For a while I've been wishing that something like this would come along.
Now it's here, you can come along too if you want!
Wednesday 24 September 2008
I'm at RedBubble too
RedBubble is a site I heard about by word of mouth (that's one of the other ways of communicating when you're not using a keyboard). They kindly provide folio space, webpage and online shopping facilities for prints and t-shirts.
For a while I've been wishing that something like this would come along.
Now it's here, you can come along too if you want!
For a while I've been wishing that something like this would come along.
Now it's here, you can come along too if you want!
Tuesday 23 September 2008
Page one artwork complete
My final project is swimming towards it's deadline, so i thought I'd start using my blog to keep tabs on it. So let's start off with a bang. This is the completed artwork for page one. I was aiming for the type of splash page that would make people want more...
Sunday 14 September 2008
So there's this forum about a dark Superman...
Before you wonder, it's about the idea of Superman having the same brooding dark tone as the Dark Knight.
This was posted at the_dark_superman which I stumbled across:
I think we are, and that we certainly will be after Watchmen carves itself into the general cultural psyche. Especially if he's compared in any way to Dr.Manhattan.
There's definitely more depth to a conflicted hero. More story.
Why wouldn't a near godlike entity with a belief in striving towards good get frustrated with us mortals?
Use BOTH sides. That way you can keep the values he was raised under and add in the frustration that he has sworn not to rule over humanity, yet we treat each other like crap.
How does the Man of Steel deal with the fact that he can hear family abuse, hate crimes and murder? Even from orbit.
Would he share his frustrations or bottle them inside?
How would the Superman be tempted to cure humanity of it's weaknesses?
Superman flailing would be like watching a Greek God fall from Olympus into the muck.
Hell, bring in Brainiac into the movie franchise. But give the guy some subtlety.
Bring him in as the man behind the curtain, who tests Superman's other powers. His legendary optimism and patience. His hope. And don't just give only one villain to take on. He's Superman, he can multi-task!
Superman has never been my favourite hero due to the sheer edge in power he has over most of his opponents. The last Superman film seemed caught and confused on where to go, it had great moments but then seemed restrained or illogical. The last thing you need to ruin that really good suspension of disbelief is a 'hang on a minute' moment.
This was posted at the_dark_superman which I stumbled across:
A Dark Superman? The Dark Knight's recent success has convinced WB the next pack of superhero movies should have the same brooding tone. The evil side to characters is now the key to unlocking some of their DC properties. "We're going to try to go dark to the extent that the characters allow it," Group Pres. Robinov says. "That goes for the company's Superman franchise as well."
Are we ready for this?
I think we are, and that we certainly will be after Watchmen carves itself into the general cultural psyche. Especially if he's compared in any way to Dr.Manhattan.
There's definitely more depth to a conflicted hero. More story.
Why wouldn't a near godlike entity with a belief in striving towards good get frustrated with us mortals?
Use BOTH sides. That way you can keep the values he was raised under and add in the frustration that he has sworn not to rule over humanity, yet we treat each other like crap.
How does the Man of Steel deal with the fact that he can hear family abuse, hate crimes and murder? Even from orbit.
Would he share his frustrations or bottle them inside?
How would the Superman be tempted to cure humanity of it's weaknesses?
Superman flailing would be like watching a Greek God fall from Olympus into the muck.
Hell, bring in Brainiac into the movie franchise. But give the guy some subtlety.
Bring him in as the man behind the curtain, who tests Superman's other powers. His legendary optimism and patience. His hope. And don't just give only one villain to take on. He's Superman, he can multi-task!
Superman has never been my favourite hero due to the sheer edge in power he has over most of his opponents. The last Superman film seemed caught and confused on where to go, it had great moments but then seemed restrained or illogical. The last thing you need to ruin that really good suspension of disbelief is a 'hang on a minute' moment.
Monday 8 September 2008
psignature logo
I've made this for my sign off , signature and logo for correspondence.
It encompasses my profile picture, logo and icon all together.
Saturday 6 September 2008
A new folio site...
Recently I signed up to the free online folio site Finalcrit.
They use a pretty clean Flash interface that allows you to post and present your work.
There's only a few pieces in there so far, with many more to come.
Check it at:
Cheers!
They use a pretty clean Flash interface that allows you to post and present your work.
There's only a few pieces in there so far, with many more to come.
Check it at:
Cheers!
Thursday 4 September 2008
Web 2.0 roundup part two...
So I've joined Librarything and I must admit it's kind of nice to see your books all in one virtual spot. I've just splashed the tip of the iceberg though, it'll take a while to get every book I've read in there. I'll keep trucking through the one's I love first. Which means there will be quite a lot of sci-fi and graphic novels to begin with.
I've previously posted a sci-fi book cover illustration of mine on my Flickr profile but I'll post it here too for good measure.
The picture was called the Nanite Trooper. Essentially a futuristic soldier/survivor enshrouded in a swarm of molecular machinery.
But whose side are the nanites on?
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Web 2.0 roundup part one...
Well the Web 2.0 project is drawing to a close.
It's been fun, though I wish a few less real life demands had hit while it was on.
I'd already made a Flickr folio, which is not only a useful tool but is creating weird spin-off projects such as "Album Covers from a Parallel Universe" which is kind of a conceptual collage.
The point of play is to generate an album cover. Use the following ingredients:
* Wikipedia's Random Page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random ]: The article name is the name of your band;
* Random Quotations Page [http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 ]: The last four words of the last quote are the name of the album;
* Flickr's Interesting Picture Page [http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/ ]: The third picture is your album cover image.
Mash them all together in your favoured art package and behold, a band is born.
I'd like to post my album cover mash-up, but I'm being good and respecting the artist's copyright. As soon as they give the all clear it'll be album cover time!
It's been fun, though I wish a few less real life demands had hit while it was on.
I'd already made a Flickr folio, which is not only a useful tool but is creating weird spin-off projects such as "Album Covers from a Parallel Universe" which is kind of a conceptual collage.
The point of play is to generate an album cover. Use the following ingredients:
* Wikipedia's Random Page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specia
* Random Quotations Page [http://www.quotationspage.com/rando
* Flickr's Interesting Picture Page [http://www.flickr.com/explore/inter
Mash them all together in your favoured art package and behold, a band is born.
I'd like to post my album cover mash-up, but I'm being good and respecting the artist's copyright. As soon as they give the all clear it'll be album cover time!
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