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Post by lordyam on Feb 23, 2022 18:13:24 GMT -5
Certainly looks really cool
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 28, 2022 12:57:48 GMT -5
What does a space opera need?
SPACESHIPS! LOTS OF SPACESHIPS!  |
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Post by shaxper on Feb 28, 2022 16:45:31 GMT -5
What does a space opera need? SPACESHIPS! LOTS OF SPACESHIPS! F*** WOW |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Feb 28, 2022 18:20:39 GMT -5
What does a space opera need?
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More cowbell? |
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Post by Crimebuster on Apr 12, 2022 9:58:24 GMT -5
Roquefort Raider was nice enough to join me on my YouTube channel to discuss Le Bras d'Orion:
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 12, 2022 12:06:49 GMT -5
During idle moments at the FBDM, I doodled something from an upcoming scene,
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 16, 2023 9:18:39 GMT -5
The fourth and final book of The Orion Arm is still underway, with 17 pages done to date. I had problems with India ink over the past few years, mostly because the ones I bought were too thin (they look dark grey instead of black, and many lines disappear when I erase the pencils) or were too cloggy, ruining brushes and pens. Having been very satisfied with Japanese fountain pens using Carbon Platinum ink, I purchased a small pot recently and found it works really well with my Rotring or with pen nibs. It doesn't dry as fast as I'd wish (causing a few accidental smears!) but it's dark enough, doesn't erase and doesn't clog. I can now use that for pens without worrying all the time, although I still use my old thick black ink for brush work (I just have to clean the brush often). Page 17 of The Fall of the Empire. "Unless a miracle happens, we have no choice but to surrender".  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2023 9:54:24 GMT -5
The fourth and final book of The Orion Arm is still underway, with 17 pages done to date. I had problems with India ink over the past few years, mostly because the ones I bought were too thin (they look dark grey instead of black, and many lines disappear when I erase the pencils) or were too cloggy, ruining brushes and pens. Having been very satisfied with Japanese fountain pens using Carbon Platinum ink, I purchased a small pot recently and found it works really well with my Rotring or with pen nibs. It doesn't dry as fast as I'd wish (causing a few accidental smears!) but it's dark enough, doesn't erase and doesn't clog. I can now use that for pens without worrying all the time, although I still use my old thick black ink for brush work (I just have to clean the brush often). Page 17 of The Fall of the Empire. "Unless a miracle happens, we have no choice but to surrender". Terry Moore has been mentioning how difficult it is to get quality ink, that the one he typically uses isn't the same as it used to be, and that his reserve supply is running low so he has been mulling options. -M |
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Post by shaxper on Jan 16, 2023 14:43:15 GMT -5
The fourth and final book of The Orion Arm is still underway, with 17 pages done to date. I had problems with India ink over the past few years, mostly because the ones I bought were too thin (they look dark grey instead of black, and many lines disappear when I erase the pencils) or were too cloggy, ruining brushes and pens. Having been very satisfied with Japanese fountain pens using Carbon Platinum ink, I purchased a small pot recently and found it works really well with my Rotring or with pen nibs. It doesn't dry as fast as I'd wish (causing a few accidental smears!) but it's dark enough, doesn't erase and doesn't clog. I can now use that for pens without worrying all the time, although I still use my old thick black ink for brush work (I just have to clean the brush often). Page 17 of The Fall of the Empire. "Unless a miracle happens, we have no choice but to surrender". Outstanding! Are you blending digital art with hand drawn/inked? That planet looks like something out of a '60s Kirby story where art meets photorealism. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 16, 2023 15:08:29 GMT -5
Yes, shaxper , the planet was drawn with Photoshop. I made a white-to-black, off-centered circular gradient as the background, then painted several layers of land and clouds over it with the mouse, using the gaussian blur filter to make clouds hazy and playing with transparency levels to give a sense of depth. I don't want to use such effects overmuch as it clashes with my old-style line work, but since I had already introduced the planet as a Photoshop-painted thing I thought I might as well be consistent! |
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Post by shaxper on Jan 16, 2023 20:52:32 GMT -5
I don't want to use such effects overmuch as it clashes with my old-style line work, but since I had already introduced the planet as a Photoshop-painted thing I thought I might as well be consistent! Oh, I think it works. It gives a sense of majesty to the planet in comparison to everything around it, which is exactly how I'd imagine it would feel actually looking at a planet in space. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 20, 2024 12:05:39 GMT -5
Since I redo all the image frames and the speech bubbles on the computer anyway, I started doing a few text-less pages a while ago. I'm not sure it's a good idea, because you do need space for that %$# text, and even with a general idea of where you want to put it, you end up losing details you'd have preserved if given the chance.
Here's page 33 of The Fall of the Empire, mostly unencumbered by dialogue!  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 20, 2024 12:25:01 GMT -5
You probably hear this all the time, Roquefort Raider, but the depth and breadth of your abilities is staggering. I kid you not. Seriously. Or as Titus Andronicus said (translated from the Latin), "Holy Frikkin'S#%t!" |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 20, 2024 13:24:27 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 20, 2024 14:55:44 GMT -5
You're kind. All I know is ironic. You know ionic, too! |
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