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About Me Member Comic Artist Orlock34/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 6 Years
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Met my deadline...

Fri Aug 28, 2009, 2:36 PM
I finished the last piece at around 5 am this morning, the 28th, so I am next to ecstatic about that, got all the full rez work sent over to the boss man about an hour ago...now it's time to go watch Halloween 2 and party!

  • Mood: Artistic
  • Listening to: Michael Jackson, KISS, Metallica
  • Reading: Circus Envy by Scott Courson
  • Watching: Married...With Children
  • Playing: Peggle Nights and Saints Row 2
  • Eating: Bologna Sandwich
  • Drinking: Big K Diet Root Beer

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Official Artist for Circus Envy and Scary Pup Productions.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Kentucky
  • Interests: Horror flicks, wrestling, comics, toys, Elvira, my wife and kids...
  • Favourite movie: Empire Strikes Back, Spider-Man 2, The Dark Knight, Elvira MotD, The Devil's Rejects
  • Favourite band or musician: KISS, Metallica, Michael Jackson, Rob Zombie, Frankenstein Drag Queens, Wednesday 13
  • Favourite genre of music: Rock/Metal
  • Favourite artist: Jim Lee
  • Favourite poet or writer: Brian Lumley
  • Favourite photographer: Peter Parker
  • Favourite style of art: Comic Art and Pixel Art
  • Operating System: Windows Vista 64
  • MP3 player of choice: Winamp
  • Wallpaper of choice: Friday the 13th Wallpaper I made
  • Favourite game: Saints Row 2
  • Favourite gaming platform: XBox 360
  • Favourite cartoon character: Spider-Man
  • Personal Quote: Doing what's right does not always mean doing what's easiest.
  • Tools of the Trade: Digital Mouse, Wacom, Photoshop 7, Pencil, Paper, Sharpies...the usual...
http://www.OrlocksDomain.2ya.com

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Comments


:iconmastertypo:
Question for the Orlockster... I started a comic recently. I've never done a comic before. I'm doing it in a fairly realistic B&W style since that's all I'm familiar with when it comes to ink and I'm not very experienced at digital work.

As a comic artist, are there any good books or anything you can recommend to help me along?

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All the world's indeed a stage - and we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience - outside the gilded cage.
:iconorlock:
Oh also knowing what programs you have available to you for digital composition would help as well.

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Orlock's Domain [link]
Circus Envy [link]
Circus Envy MySpace [link]
My MySpace [link]
My MyYearbook [link]
:iconorlock:
One of the most important things you can do is develop your own style. Are you scanning these in and trying to manipulate them digitally at least on levels and contrast and what not or are you going for the hand drawn look? I've settled into a hand drawn digitally colored style that is working awesomely for me at the moment.

Do you need to know more about how to get the pages ready for publication or to emulate a particular style or what? I suppose I require more pointed questions to go more in depth rather than just to inundate you with information that could be hit or miss. ;P

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Orlock's Domain [link]
Circus Envy [link]
Circus Envy MySpace [link]
My MySpace [link]
My MyYearbook [link]
:iconmastertypo:
Right now I'm doing it similar to the old pre-computer method: pencil in areas, ink it, erase pencil. I've been scanning them in for cleanup and to do the paneling. All the text is going to be done with a calligraphy pen since my regular handwriting is awful.
It's just black and white for now but I like the idea of maybe digitally coloring part of it. I have Photoshop 6 and Photoshop CS2 here... used to have Painter but my brother has the disc. I think a tablet might also be handy to get in the future, yes?

Yeah, anything you can tell me about formatting/getting the pages in order would be helpful. I'm thinking something like a mostly sparse, minimal style with some really art heavy pages every so often. Although I always liked the way old American comics were drawn, I'm enjoying the way the newer ones (the "fusion" style ones, I guess) are shaded and colored. They have a very smooth, clean look.


Here's a sample from the first page I've worked on. This isn't the whole sheet, just the top.
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Here it is shaded in with Photoshop:
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I actually think this looks a lot like it was totally drawn digitally. I'm not sure which I prefer. The first style is simpler but the second looks more like a comic.

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All the world's indeed a stage - and we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience - outside the gilded cage.
:iconmastertypo:
Hey, it's the artsy extension of your online presence!

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All the world's indeed a stage - and we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience - outside the gilded cage.
:iconorlock:
That it is my friend...that it is...

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Orlock's Domain [link]
Circus Envy [link]
Circus Envy MySpace [link]
My MySpace [link]
My MyYearbook [link]
:icondmntzombie:
Hey thx for +watch :D
good gallery.

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It's all about Lust...
:iconrandal-l:
I like your microes. Have you seen mine?

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If you draw something over and over, you'll get better...
:iconorlock:
Thanks!

Yeah I've seen your Micros and they are really good. I love the horror ones and the Jason masks turned out awesome. The way they look made me want to re do my Jason Micros because I did those back when I first started making Micros and they would look so much better if I did them the way I do micros now. After I get done with my Michael Jackson ones I probably will start redoing the Jason ones.

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Orlock's Domain [link]
Circus Envy [link]
Circus Envy MySpace [link]
My MySpace [link]
My MyYearbook [link]
:iconrandal-l:
Wow, really? I too was planning on making Jason micros by using my masks. As you can see though, I need to finish them. Heh. ^^;

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If you draw something over and over, you'll get better...

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