PyrasTerran:
Big shift XDWell, that's a shock :O
I guess I'll go to sleep and check if there'll be more shifts after I wake up :P
it's still battle with the least amount of votes by at least 10...
Wolcik:
WTF? Lost in last hours? I was already prepering for next round :(
I was gonna do a beyond battle continuing my story with the Mr Awesome in it like Chia-Hui had moved on in the tournament but I'm glad I waited haha.
This was always really close anyway and now it's tied.
There was a sudden change in the Hiemie/Danielle match too, haha XD
This is why I waited till after the voting was officially over to start writing my BB.
Not bad guys. I had to go with equal votes on this on though. I enjoyed reading both of these, but also found similar flaws in them. Either way, good work~
Kent - I really wanted to try and like this comic cause I usually enjoy reading your stuff, but it was very long winded and the story wasn't as interesting as some of your previous work (and could probably have the pagecount slashed big time to have more with your opponent in it). I think the parts WITH Awesome were pretty funny though. Not your best work but it wasn't terrible.
Wolcik - Hey man I think this has to be one of the best comics I've seen you do. I guess just keep doing whatever you're doing man. Your backgrounds I think could use some more work, mainly with perspective (which is a big problem for a lot of us heh).
H'okay I finally got to see them.
Kent: I think the flyer color pages really hurts your artwork, and if you haven't the time to go back to color you should stick to just black and white (or the always awesome BnW with a couple colors :D). There's something about this story that isn't as strong as your other work, I'm not sure what it is though. In the case of Awesome, it seems like you hit a weakness: His head is a bit on the big side which makes him look like a shrimp physique-wise, or a parody of himself. I myself tend to draw his head too small which makes him look massive, but that alone shows how important the size of the head is, especially with characters of particular physiques like Awesome. I'd work on that in the future. Keep up the great work!
WolciK: While the color was a nice touch, I think it's working against you by telegraphing the weak backgrounds. It's cool to see Awesome in a less crazy situation, though. Does this take place after his BB?
Oooh I have to admit, I liked this one a lot more than I thought I would. XD You guys are both fun storytellers.
Kent: While your storytelling and character writing is pretty crisp, your artwork leaves something to be desired. Try varying your line widths, adding a bit more depth and detail, and maybe even some sort of shading to really make your pages POP.
Wol: Your characterization skills are pretty sweet. I'm finding myself growing attached to Mr. Awesome haha. Quite the humorous character. You'll want to practice more with light sources, though. A lot of your shading looks very flat, like everyone has a spotlight shining dead-on them. Study some photos, practice different types of lighting. Overhead, behind, soft, hard. Vary it a bit, I think a good light source will really bring your coloring up a notch.
Good read from you both! Gave a slight nudge in Wol's direction because he was able to incorporate his opponent moreso than Kent without sacrificing story.
Kent - at first I was in constant state of "why is he dragging is previous battle so much?" or rather "where's mister awesome?!", but then I saw you work with his VCPD collagues and it was all cool again.
There's one big flaw that people (me included) tend to do with Bob - He's a giant in both high and width: when he's floating next to that new girl it would be his normal size - his head should be around there and yet his feet touching ground.
His delusional state allows for many interpretation of his personality, but normally he wouldn't hit on a girl his daughter's age :P
You also have problem showing muscular people and tend to slim them very much - it's cool when you're drawning someone like Susser that girl or edward, but Mr Awesome should be waaay bigger - you could even exacurate his build and make a gorila out of him XD
As for my part. I learnt a lot about production and I can color much quickier and probably much better next time. I discovered how to make diffrent line thickness and ink it quickly thanks to good scanning. Story wise I had a plan what to show but since I wanted to deliver a full story I cutted the pacing to minimum - each flashback or dellusion could take two pages and build up, but there was this second battle and life, so... in the end I enjoyed drawning susser even if the only got to draw two of his demons :P
Anathomy wise and linethickness wise it's all over the place but that's because I did all panels separetly and not everything was drawn and scanned at the same time which made me improve even more during the process, and as you can see this gives overall inconsistency in quality :P
Kent, while I did enjoy the comic, it was definitely apparent you when for quantity over quality. A lot of the panels looked kinda empty as a result, and of course, the incomplete story. However, your portrayal of Mr. Awesome got a lot of chuckles out of me. I woulda loved to have seen this finished.
Wolcik, man, this is one of the best looking comics I've seen from you! The pacing was a little weird, and I was a bit confused every now and then, but I think overall I understood it, and enjoyed it. And wow, those were some lengthy cameos! Also, thanks for the Ponch cameo, haha.
When a character's story is ongoing, it's important that each episode should be able to stand on it's own. I felt a little left of of Mister Kent's story because it was very reliant on past events. Even with the flashback I was still a little disengaged. Wolcik handled this a little better, so the vote go to him.
Entertainment value aside, I'm impressed as hell at the amount of work you guys can do in such a short amount of time. Great work the both of you.
Wolick- nice work on this one, your anatomy is really shaping up nicely, though sometimes proportion issues get the best of you, but you'll take care of that in time. And is that copper i see?? :D
Mr.Kent- good work as well! Pacing is a bit slow as TODK mentioned, but other than that i dig it, youve got a good sense of capturing peoples characters and keeping your style. Though one area in this bothered me, in the taxi on page 10, whats with those outlines around everything, its strange and distracting. other than that solid work!
Good luck guys~
I liked both comics, but Kent, it was so long without them even fighting yet, so there's definitely some pacing you can look into. Still liked it, really want to see the rest!
Wolcik, I liked this one too but I also think it could have been a little clearer and resolved better.
Uploaded something just in case, but I'm still working on colors - there's still some time left ;)
EDIT - Uploaded with colored versions, but since there's still some time I try to shade it at least a little XD
EDIT2-
I did as much shading as I could, but it's still too weak, I learnt a lot thanks to this battle, and I think I improved overally a little :)
Tried linethickness and quickier way of working.
Working for school exam and two battles and yet it's "alomost" finished XD
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