pennywise
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I used to love comic books when I was a kid. I just recently rediscovered my love and appreciation for viewing and creating comic art. I have been thinking that a great way to get myself and the community here more interested in art and SO would be to have people collaborate on a comic book. It would also give creative people something to focus on, an outlet for their creative talents.
A comic book is also a great type of project for collaboration. A lot of labor goes into creating a book, it involves so many aspects artistic aspects, and it is naturally broken down into individual frames and parts. For instance, it needs a story, dialogue, pencilers, inkers, colorists, finishing and details, layout and design, etc. Not only can it be done by several people collaborating, but it usually is done as a collaborative project. Furthermore, people don't need to make some huge commitment. The book could hypothetically have a different artist for each frame.
A lot of coloring is done by computers nowadays, and I imagine that even though core images are done by illustration, so much of the book is probably generated digitally. I know that people who are good with photoshop can probably do some really awesome stuff to black and white inks that people produce.
I know lots of times people are way too lazy for this type of thing, but it doesn't have to progress really fast. We just take it a frame at a time. I would love to take someone's story and characters and illustrate them. It sounds like a lot of fun to me.
Anyone interested?
A comic book is also a great type of project for collaboration. A lot of labor goes into creating a book, it involves so many aspects artistic aspects, and it is naturally broken down into individual frames and parts. For instance, it needs a story, dialogue, pencilers, inkers, colorists, finishing and details, layout and design, etc. Not only can it be done by several people collaborating, but it usually is done as a collaborative project. Furthermore, people don't need to make some huge commitment. The book could hypothetically have a different artist for each frame.
A lot of coloring is done by computers nowadays, and I imagine that even though core images are done by illustration, so much of the book is probably generated digitally. I know that people who are good with photoshop can probably do some really awesome stuff to black and white inks that people produce.
I know lots of times people are way too lazy for this type of thing, but it doesn't have to progress really fast. We just take it a frame at a time. I would love to take someone's story and characters and illustrate them. It sounds like a lot of fun to me.
Anyone interested?
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