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Published: 2011-08-31 01:46:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 2792; Favourites: 74; Downloads: 19
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A little extra bit for my comic, Snap Crackle Pop.This may turn into the new header for my website. There's another version with lower saturation here: [link] Any preference as to which one should go on the website?
I think I did an all right job with my markers this time. While I'm still not any kind of digital colorist, I'm happier with the results I'm getting with the markers this time around.
Site: [link]
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LOL! What a cute idea and so fitting for the comic! I love it!
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Damn everything you do just gets better and better! So awesome CB
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Looks fantastic!
YAAAY!
(I personally much prefer this richer version, by the way.)
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Thanks! I could improve a lot more, but I don't hate it!
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Omg, Mordak with his little pirate hat! He tries to be all angry and tough but he's just ADORABLE!
I think I like the more coloured one - really tough decision though.
And sexy corset-dress is sexy.
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I know! Cacti in hats, who'd have known?
I did wind up going with the brighter version on the new site layout, so thanks for the vote! And yeah, I can't help it, I'm a sucker for period dresses.
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Thanks! He's very grumpy, though.
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He doesn't seem very approachable so I think that I'll just stand in my corner and marvel and his perfectly proportioned piggy angry cuteness. 
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Aw, give him a beer and a cigar and he'll soften up a bit.
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Fantastic Artwork, I'm seriously jelous of your skill.
Use the saturated version for the web, more screen friendly colours. Most people don't have colour calibrated screens, so can't see colours as intended anyway, unlike digital artists who require such things. But strong saturations get around any issue by making everything bright.
Good luck with website!
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This is great! 
Are you well versed with colored pencils? Your marker skills abound anything I could ever accomplish, are your pencil skills just as amazing?
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Thanks! Eh, my pencils aren't that great. I gave up on pencils a while ago. That Buddha Finn drawing I did, the one that used to be the header for the SCP site, was in colored pencils, as well as all the "bizarre pinups" I did of the women with the animal heads. I dunno though, they frustrated me. I still find paints to be my favorite method of coloring a thing.
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Dang, I'm sorry to hear that pencils weren't your thing. 
I was asking because I just recently became the owner of some really good Prismacolor pencils that I'll probably never use because I simply don't know how to use them / have anything of my work to actually color. :Z Do you think your sister would like them? Or you would like them just in case you'd like to have a go at them again?
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Aw, well that's sweet of you! Prismas are the best, for sure. I have to be honest, though, I don't see myself going back to them any time soon. I was never very good with them, you see. Maybe my sister would, I'll ask her!
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Ah, we have this in common. ^_^ I never really graduated from Crayola colored pencils, anything beyond that is above my skill. 
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Unlike me who loves using mathematics to colour things in. 
Pencils never seem to fill anything with enough brightness and the horrors of being 8 and trying to make something look good using cheap pencils has killed any enthusiasm. Paint is too messy and markers seem to go through my thin printer paper.
There must be an art to non-digital art.
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Well, one of the tricks is using good materials. Using those awful, super dry colored pencils they give you in school is murder. I used Prismacolors, which were practically juicy, and they gave you rich, thick colors that really jumped off the page if you used them right. Paint can be messy, but hey, no mess, no freedom, no freedom, no art! I think mess can be half the joy of a good piece sometimes. As for thin printer paper, you'd never use that for a real piece if you were going to use good markers -- Bristol paper or thick drawing paper holds the ink well. Of course, if you have a mouse and a screen and the inclination, all that other stuff isn't really necessary. All different ways of making it happen are great.
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Thanks for the tips, I'm the only one who goes to Dr. Sketches (art event) with a laptop. But I did learn some useful techniques from real artists, like not using perfect erasing too much.
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I love it
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Thank you! I had a lot of fun doing it.
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Thanks! I liked it as well, but I may save it for a different project.
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I'm torn, I'm getting equal votes for both!
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OH NO! Well I like them both aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa lot! So, whatever you choose should be great!
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Well I actually re-designed the blog just now, so let's see what you think: [link]
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I love it! It looks so cool!
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That period dress is intensely fetching. And I do love those barnacles. Such wonderful details here.
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Thank you! Who doesn't love a good barnacle?
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Uh, sailors, I gather.
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Right, and whales too, probably.
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You know, I like both a LOT, but I say put up the brighter version as your header. The comic itself is bright and loud and fun.
You did an amazing job! Swashbuckling Finn is totally swoonworthy (you know, for a dragon), and Harry's back!
Oh Adam, you don't know what yer in for!
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Thanks! I'm really pleased you like it! I may do more with this in the future, if I do another book or if I do more with merch or whatnot, so who knows, maybe a better PS version might still be on the menu, but I'm glad this one didn't stink.
Thanks for the advice.
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This is cute! I love it! I think this one is better than the other one.
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Thanks! I did wind up going with this one for the new site!
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I saw the new site, it looks great!
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Thank you! I'm happy with it.
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I like the more saturated one. Also, not the focus of the piece, but I love the purple dress!
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Thank you! I was really debating about the color of the dress, so I'm glad you dig it.
By the way, can I put Namesake up on a links page I'm making on the Snap website? I haven't made it yet, but I'd love to link you.
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No worries! Please do. We'll link you back!
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Thanks! I put you up. If you can think of any others who might like a link and might link me as well, send them my way! I already found Fall On Me through your site and the gal was really nice.
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She totally is! I love Adriana. she is a caramel coated beauty of awesome!
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She seems great! I can definitely relate to her comic as well.
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ahahah, it's a bit like yours in the whole adorableness aspect!
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Hey, I resemble that remark!
I'm from the Caribbean >.< And we have our fair share of demon folklore...
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Oooh, I'd love to hear some.
Sorry if it hit home a little too much!
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