That turned out really well and it's super impressive being able to do this in two weeks.
I have a bit of a suggestion for when you do other purely pencil comics, pencil is the medium I personally feel most comfortable with. You should use multiple types of pencils and use softer ones for shading.
From this it looks like you only used one type of softness of pencil, something like an HB is my guess. After doing all the lines and stuff with that HB you should do the shading with something like a 6B pencil. A 6B will get much darker darks that look more like a black than a gray. It will help give much more contrast without even putting that much more pressure on the pencil. Though softer pencils to tend to smudge more easily, if you are careful and erase well it will turn out with a much better contrast with not too much more effort. You could also go even darker with like an 8B for the text and panels to help separate them from content more.
Also if you don't have one getting an electric eraser is super worth it, you can have way more control with it and be much more precise with your erasing.
Underground-Prologue / Zoey
Critiques & Comments
# 7
Posted:
Aug 23 2017, 08:57 PM
# 6
Posted:
Aug 22 2017, 10:24 PM
I really like your depiction of the the land of the dead I am curious what adventure this will set zoey on?
# 5
Posted:
Aug 20 2017, 12:21 PM
gang of were-people? My kind of gang! poor lil chicky, she was so young. Despite it being all pencil, i just love your art.
# 4
Posted:
Aug 18 2017, 04:10 PM
Two weeks? Dang! My biggest suggestion if you want to do the same sort of pencils is to spend a bit of time on clean up. There's a bit of scanner/gutter shadow on some of the pages. Wait, two suggestions. The text is a bit difficult to read in spots. If you want to stick with the handwritten text, avoid the loopy letters and aim for consistent letter sizes. I know that old school artists would actually cut out the text bubbles and lay them on the page. That also cuts down on trying to shade around the bubbles. I'm still impressed by a whole comic done in just pencil!
# 3
Posted:
Aug 16 2017, 05:38 AM
Some notes:
- two weeks to make 6 pages with pencils is possibly ridiculous, but everything should be uploaded by this afternoon
- flow's a little wonky, but I really wanted this part to be done before going onto the next part
- cameos of characters belonging to Camel and Fred
- the projected goal is a BB monthly until the end of the year
- two weeks to make 6 pages with pencils is possibly ridiculous, but everything should be uploaded by this afternoon
- flow's a little wonky, but I really wanted this part to be done before going onto the next part
- cameos of characters belonging to Camel and Fred
- the projected goal is a BB monthly until the end of the year
# 2
Posted:
Aug 3 2017, 04:45 AM
:OOOOOOOOOOOOO
the story begiiiins!!!
the story begiiiins!!!
# 1
Posted:
Aug 2 2017, 11:13 AM
"When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us."
Beyond Battle
Drawing Time:
2 weeks
Ended:
Aug 23rd, 2017
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Intro Story
King
@ 3:09 PM Mar 28th
Monsters of Nature
Dairyu vs. Rickter & Gus
@ 2:22 PM Mar 28th
Help Needed
Theakon
@ 8:41 AM Mar 28th
Clash of the Chitin 2 Round 2
Myrmidon vs. Husk vs. Spidella Widows vs. Rod Chirpwood vs. Mizz Bonzai
@ 7:31 AM Mar 27th
The End of Extinction
@ 11:35 AM Mar 26th
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In all honesty, this could've been better quality. I'll aim higher for the next solo BB/ October fights.