You can get a lot done in 30 minutes with good references and Clip Studio Paint’s perspective ruler.
I’m working on getting the next MP out as soon as manageable. Here’s a sketch of an important building in this chapter in the meantime.
Until Next Time,
Thanks for reading
I may have bitten off more than I can chew. I originally intended the next page to be a simple exchange of dialogue between characters. Then, I decided it would also be a great opportunity to show more of Fahrenopolis. Inspired by classic RPGs, using an isometric perspective seemed like a great way to focus on texture and color; particularly, Fahrenopolis’ affinity for brick and mortar masonry. It also seemed like a fun way to move the characters through the city. Since an isometric perspective is uniform in all directions, it’s easier to draw than a scene with a traditional view. Unfortunately, even though it’s an easier perspective, extra attention has to be paid to rendering all the extra little details.
Anyway, I’m working on it now. I ended up in a heck of a slump last month and progress fell to the wayside. With that in mind, if you ever come to the site and wonder, “where the heck is this guy??”, I’m pretty active on social media. Twitter especially. Tumblr sometimes. I often produce gems like this:
If you ever get tired of me not ranting in your feed about things or want to know if I’ve abandoned all hope, follow me.
With that, I leave you to build my city; brick by brick apparently.
Til next time,
Thanks for reading!
This month has been a rollercoaster ride from start to finish. What little time I’ve had for Mage Punk has unfortunately been scarcer than usual. At the very least I’ve managed to spend the brunt of my free time thumbnailing the rest of chapter one. MP 1-5 is definitely on the way sooner rather than later and I’m hoping November treats me better than October did.
Additionally, I’ve made a few minor updates to the site. I’ve added graphics for the subheadings on the front page. There’s some actual info on the About page, though I have to rewrite it a bit. I also want to add some info about Orbyss Archives and yours truly. Eventually I want to add a Profiles page for character and location info; and a gallery page for showcasing artwork and graphics.
Suffice it to say that this site wasn’t at 100% when I released it. But I was so excited to put it out and I always feel so excited thinking about it! I just can’t wait to show you guys what I have in store! That said, I’ll leave you guys with a teaser for the next page.
Until Next Time,
Get Some Sleep!
I have a mental numbering system for the sizing of comic panels. The system based on how many panels of a specific size can fit on a single page. It’s similar to sizing for paper except that mixing and matching panel sizes is possible on a single page.
It’s also pretty modular but it’s hard to explain without using illustrations. With a little effort it could make writing formats for comics super easy.
Like any rules of thumb I imagine this system becoming super easy to break once learned thoroughly.
I’d love to write more about it in detail someday, once I can make illustrations and word it more clearly.
We’ll see in posts to come.
Seal of the City of Fahrenopolis, Chaos.
I’m working fervently to get page 1 out as promised. I sorely underestimated how long it would take to draw a first page that’s primarily environments. Then I had to design that little gem up there at the very last minute when I did something that made another thing seem redundant.
That said, the page is all drawn and inked and all I need to do is lay down color and shading. It’ll be done in time for the 7/7 update that I promised on 6/10. I should be able to get another page up near the end of next week before pausing another short while to get some things in order. I figure the least I could do is introduce you to our intrepid hero.
It’s 7/6 so assuming the order of numbers doesn’t change, see you tomorrow!
If you’re scrolling down this blog to see the past, be forewarned that there’s little of interest beyond this point. A lot of what I posted while putting this little corner of the internet together amounts to a faux devblog that was pretty much me re-posting checklists as I tinkered with WordPress/ComicPress. If you continue down, enjoy the awkward.
To my imaginary audience that I’ve been posting to since I started the site up, I hope you enjoy what’s to come!
Till next post!
A Multi-Functional MAGiTech Device.
The Thumbnail is fixed. The Post Thumbnail Editor plugin wasn’t working because of Jetpack’s Photon plugin.
The Blog page was being an issue layout-wise but isn’t anymore. The code in the template file for it seems to have been the wrong one, likely due to an interaction with an earlier plugin. I just pasted over the code with the one from Frumph’s blog.php on Github.
I’ve added my Twitter feed to the sidebar and need to figure out how to get the scroll bar to show. I’m also going to manually add Social Media icons using a custom menu widget.
Other than that, the Archive, and some illustration work, I think we’re almost there as far as the site goes.
I haven’t touched my Tablet in ages and it’s starting to drive me a little batty. Expect more drawings later.
Stay Not-Batty, Folks!
