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For the Initiated:This Dev is just for group for networking purposes, and it'll also be part of a revised Wiki on the Web Comic's web site. I have this here mainly to get new readers from that group and elsewhere in DA.
For the Uniniated:
Johnny Briz (alias Johnny B Cheezer) is one of the two main protagonists in my web comic, The Ballad of Johnny Briz foxfirestudios.net/johnnybriz . Johnny is a field mouse from a colony of lab rat escapees from an experiment during the WWII era. Over the time from then to now, the rodents there experienced a rapid evolution until they can boast Toon-like proportions and Human-like intelligence. They lived in relative safety from the human world in an abandoned amusement park.
Yes, they know of some cartoons similar to their history. That's why they named Johnny after one of those cartoon characters. It no doubt influenced his desire to go to the human world and become a living version of those toons; with the hopes of making people happy and all.
He got his chance when he investigated another lab experiment, this time with some goo that grows and shrinks matter. In a trick of chance, he fell into the gel when it was set to 'grow' and he ended up at 2'5 Feet tall and 45 Pounds of furred adrenaline; pretty much like a cartoon charcter he fantasied as. He managed to escape the lab and found his way out to wonder what would become to him.
That was when a budding animator named Amber Merichello found him, took him in, and started the adventure of their lives.
"The Ballad of Johnny Briz" is available here as well as on the listed web page, and it's just about to get really going with the storyline. Most of the main characters are established and the plotline is about to shift into second gear--a bit late to some parties, but it's finally going to happen--and I invite all of you to check out the comic to see what's about. Maybe you'll see other characters alongside him in the group in future postings.
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Comments: 8
CatbeeCache [2014-03-05 18:31:53 +0000 UTC]
Looking at this picture reminds me of something- at what size do you draw your image?
Because something a lot of professionals do and something I think you can benefit greatly from is to draw at a much, much larger size than the image is actually intended to be, and then shrink the image down to the intended viewing size when you're done. This is done by professionals because shrinking an image tends to make imperfections disappear- for instance, wobbly line-work, and it's much easier to draw a larger image than it is to try and strain your hand with a smaller one.
I think using this method would help greatly with making your line work more smooth and crisp.
Also, if you ink digitally, what program do you use?
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davidfoxfire In reply to CatbeeCache [2014-03-06 07:20:00 +0000 UTC]
I use the traditional comic book board that you can get in artstores, the ones pre-printed with blue borders and what not. While I can shrink them, I tend to draw the pages in three strips that I can cut apart (Horrors!) and scan them in without shrinking them.
And I usually ink by hand. Just feels more natural for me, I guess. Maybe what I should do is to do the pages in pencil, scan them in, and then ink over them with the tablet I have. I do edit my inks in GIMP if need be, and even redo some panels there, but the initial inking is almost always done by hand.
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PorygonV [2014-03-04 04:49:23 +0000 UTC]
I know I keep saying this to you, but ya know what I'd like to see? Some of your other characters from the comic.
While I understand it's The Ballad of Johnny Briz and all, your human characters need to have more exposure (even without the titular Johnny) to avoid that usual "self-insert protagonist and his 'nakama' of uninteresting cardboard-cutouts" trap you've relied on throughout the years. It does bear mentioning that you could use the practice on the human characters' consistencies, and drawing them half as much as you draw Johnny would do wonders for the rest of the comic in general.
Would it be at all possible to see more non-Johnny Deviations here, or am I barking up the wrong tree?
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davidfoxfire In reply to PorygonV [2014-03-04 08:26:49 +0000 UTC]
Well, I'll be adding pics of the other characters here as I rebuild the wiki. And I've also decided on the type of RPG I'll make in RPG Maker: I'm bringing back Blood and Metal as an RPG! Or that's what I've got planned.
Like I said above, this is for the Sonic-Furry group, I just had to upload it so I can show it here. Once that chore is out of the way, I can move on to stuff you'd be interested in.
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CatbeeCache In reply to davidfoxfire [2014-03-05 08:58:14 +0000 UTC]
I have experience with RPG Maker VX/VX Ace. If you need any help with anything I'd be more than happy to give you pointers on things or point you out to nice, well supported scripts.
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davidfoxfire In reply to CatbeeCache [2014-03-05 09:05:34 +0000 UTC]
I have a small forum you can be a part of if you want to discuss this with me more. foxfirestudios.net/johnnybriz/… Once you register, I'll put you in there.
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CatbeeCache In reply to davidfoxfire [2014-03-05 18:27:03 +0000 UTC]
I'm actually already there as CBCache, I just haven't been around in ages
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PorygonV In reply to davidfoxfire [2014-03-05 00:29:58 +0000 UTC]
Okay, I'm genuinely curious as to how you'd revise Blood and Metal to be something more cohesive and interesting to experience. Given that furries seem to be more in your field of expertise, I hope the project is less artistically troublesome than this current one.
All the same, I would like to hear how you plan to revise it.
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