Judging from those I’d say I’m still not good enough to try submitting a character to VOID. Pity! The deadlines would have been a good motivator for me.
Wanting to draw & get better should be the biggest motivator for anyone coming to the site. If you had however long to work on these & they had this many issues, I don't see how rushing anything's going to help with a deadline.
My apologies to Kaelin. I’m not on the internet all the time so I’ve downloaded most VOID characters profiles and design sheets.
lol wut?
Carolyne Reigne’s profile (downloaded around 20 September 2008) didn’t have any warning. If’ I’d seen that warning message I definitely would not have chosen your character.
I don't know why you're going through the hassle of downloading character bios, but whether you did it two years ago or two days ago, its irrelevant because it wouldn't have mattered if you were courteous & asked in the first place. Or bothered to check back. It's just good manners. although few, certain people tend to get upset with this & you happened to catch one of those few. Which is why it's best to let them know first.
I didn’t add a background because it was irrelevant and most of it would just be covered by text. What’s happening around the table is the important thing. A background would have been a distraction.
Why would you say that? You see I would argue that not having a background is makes what you have irrelevant because you're not trying to establish any sort of reference to the events happening in actual space & time. Where does it take place? Apparently some blue gradient vacuum where everyone likes to pick on you. Why should I be interested if there's no context to it?
Beyond that, you're coming to us, asking us if you're ready for the site. One of the things you need to display for this site is the ability to create a convincing enough background for your stories. You don't do that here. Instead, what do you do? Argue why you don't need them. No one's saying every panel. But not being able to show us anything is not going to work.
And a proper layout would have prevented covering everything up with word balloons. Just do a little work & put some thought into what it is you're doing & you can make just about anything work.
The table, viewed from the top, is a rectangle. If it’s a boring, rectangular laminated table then it’s going to look like an uninteresting rectangle at this resolution. What am I supposed to do? Hack the table to pieces to make it look “interesting”? Knowing what to leave out and what to put in is all part of the learning experience.
There is something to be said for knowing what to leave out but if all you're giving to us is an incredibly simple table top that doesn't even stay the same size, you're not giving us much of anything really, which was my point.
I agree that not showing the backs of chairs was an oversight.
So wait, they are supposed to be seated? Because they all look as though they're standing. Yeah. Work on poses.
Apart from luniara mentioning the comic was ‘almost bitter’, none of you mentioned the humour or entertainment value of the comic, so that’s a blow to my ego. Comics are measured for their Creativity, Quality and Entertainment. I know my Quality value is low. I was hoping my Entertainment value would lift my score a bit. But, apparently, what I think is mildly amusing reads as ‘almost bitter’. I guess I’ll have to work at that, as well. Maybe throw more pies.
First of all, I did say it was awfully passive aggressive.
But let's look at this a second. You're saying you're let down because no one responded to the attempt of a joke you made. The one where you single out someone who you felt wronged you.
First off, we discussed creativity here. You hardly showed any as this takes place in a blue vacuum, the layout & angles are entirely basic & there's no mood or vibe to it. To be creative, thought's got to be put into what you're doing & everything about this is pretty generic.
Ultimately, you're asking us how entertaining you picking on someone is really. And there's nothing really entertaining about it. Not in the fact that it's overly offensive. It's just so bland. It's that lame level of base line sitcom humor that precedes a really blatant laugh track. And you know, it's not really that characteristic either so it doesn't really fit. Kotori will often go into agonizing detail about just how wicked she can be. Trust me. She's the first to admit something like that but you have her ignorant to the fact here. You may say "well i'm not on the internet often so i don't know her well enough." Good point. So then what's the point of trying to make her the brunt of your joke if you don't know her well enough to make jokes about her? Other than being bitter?
A more apt situation would probably be her laughing about being called a witch, relishing the fact, & everyone else just wanting to move on.
A question I have is; Should I concentrate on black and white comics and when I’m good enough at those start practicing on my colouring skills, or should I try to improve both at the same time?
I think you're concerning yourself with the trees & not the forest. You should concentrate on two things right now: anatomy (all kinds) & poses (all kinds). When you're done with that, then move onto backgrounds & perspective. It seems like you need a lot of work there so focus on them & then work on the color or b&w thing (in the knowledge b&w is totally different than just not coloring).
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