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Published: 2015-02-19 19:30:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 1604; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 5
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These above are the first experiments I made with GIMP and its filters the first day I installed it, about a week ago. ( the filters I used here are those of the G'mic plugin: gmic.eu/gimp.shtml ).GIMP was a big surprise for me, I have to thank for suggesting me to try it, I'm already in love with this program!
You know, I'm a big fan and devout user of Photoshop... but to use PS filters to simulate painting is the same thing as to peel an apple with a chainsaw.. 
to much power and little or no control, whereas in Gimp/G'mic there is total freedom.. 
I apologize for the low quality of these pictures.. they are rough experiments. I think with a little more overpainting, patience and experience it should be possible to get decent results..
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I love how you integrate the realism of the photos with the simple elegance of the comic characters....and the light falloff is always just perfect that way too! Cool stuff and thanks for sharing which programs you're using!
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Ma per ora lasciamo gli sfondi... meglio concentrarsi sui personaggi
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It doesn't seem to be an easy task to mix 3D modeling, photo resources and digital drawings and get the result that looks whole, nice and natural, but I think you manage to make the best out of your resources (also give the right atmosphere by lighting)! The scenery doesn't look alien or separated from characters, and in a whole mixed media is perceived as some special part of your style. The second pic resembles an anime shot a lot, in my opinion plants and flowers came out particularly marvellous, just like they where carefully drawn too! Why did you reject them? By the way, I didn't know Kay had a soft spot for drawing!
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Wow!! I gotta say, this is a great addition! I love it when fellow artists put up their steps in their design process, and yours are phenomenal!
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Gotta say, these digital renditions are amazing
Really, though, it's good to see some effective test pages from ya, friend. And I love how they all manage to give their own little addition to the story. Especially with the second to last panels. Puppy fighting dogs are always touching :3
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If you purly used GIMP for this, I'm love to have this in my main group in the folder for that program
Also for experiments, these are pretty good 
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Ooooooh che meraviglie ** non vedo l'ora di vedere quante belle pagine sfornerai!
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I still think it looks good and I still think 3D is the best option for sanity's sake. I really like how you added even more flowers, they add so much colour and liveliness.
If you want to check out more drawing and image manipulation programs, I can recommend some.
I personally use mypaint when I'm using my tablet. Very simple and light program, more like a canvas. Definitely not an image manipulation program, though. It's free.
As for image manipulation you should seriously check out Krita. Its free and loaded with tons of features. You can use it with a tablet but I found it a bit too laggy to draw in.
Inkscape is a vector drawing program. This is excellent for mouse users, 90% of the art (even my avatar) in my gallery was done by mouse in this program. Its very different from the usual way people draw on computers. In this program you start with a basic shape and refine it until it looks good. Since I have unsteady hands and work well with shapes this was excellent for me. You probably won't use it much but it can be good for refining lines and producing images that can be scaled to any size.
The last program I know next to nothing about. Blender. Its a free and mainly used for 3D creation.
I tried to link to their sites but deviant art considered all the links spam . They were the top result when I googled them though.
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omg Every single one looks so good!!
I'm glad you found a good program!
AAH And I must hug Willy!
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ph so THATS how you do it!
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Che bello! Mi piace moltissimo la foto centrale, quelle piante fiorite sembrano emettere luce propria!
Anche l'ultima è proprio suggestiva...
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Toccherà anche a me usare questi trucchetti per gli sfondi se non imparo... ç_ç
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eh eh posso dirti una cosa sinceramente? Alla fine della fiera a forza di trucchetti e scorciatoie finisce sempre che ci metto più tempo di quanto ce ne avrei messo a fare le cose per bene... 
Visto che tu miri a diventare una vera artista
Ps. comunque gli sfondi che disegni per i tuoi fumetti sono già prefetti!! A me sembrano proprio professionali!!
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Se ricordi ne ho fatti davvero pochi di sfondi (di solito li lascio in bianco o con qualche effetto) e gli unici che ho fatto erano del fumetto di Eighty Nine che essendo ambientato in un mondo scarabocchiato non ho avuto bisogno di molta prospettiva. ^^'' Ma l'altro che dovrò fare sarà "serio" e quindi deve essere tutto perfetto. Se non imparo come usare gli aiuti per lo sfondo di Manga studio (con delle rette da spostare, ma io di prospettiva ci capisco poco) sono nei guai. ç^ç
Se per te è professionale quel poco che ho fatto sono felice, però d'ora in poi dovrò cercare di fare di meglio. ç-ç *paura*
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Oooooh
Dove le trovi le piantine fotorealistiche pre-ritagliate?
VOGLIO
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ehhh cosa intendi per "piantine fotorealistiche pre-ritagliate" 
... quello che ho usato per il terreno del campo di concentramento?
Ehhh è un'immagine ritagliata da google earth (un mese fa hanno messo la versione pro gratis.. sono dei santi quelli di google! Puoi scaricare immagini fino a 4000 px di larghezza... 
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No, quella dell'ultimo disegno.
Google Earth l'ho già in versione semplice, in effetti ho visto l'avviso, potrei approfittarne >.>
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ahhhh piantine inteso in senso di piante?
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Pfft, scusa se mi sono spiegata male. XD
Ho visto, ho fatto la scoperta del secolo!
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Yaay ! Great work ! I'm in love with the "interior panel" ! Dat atmosphere...
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You are kidding me!! Your interiors are gorgeous, not mine!!! I'm so envious of you!
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Sigh... I envy your background creating skills. High quality for filtering. I guess it takes an eternity to find the right photos, no?
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Finding the right photo.. well it depends..
For these experiments I simply grab the first things I found... I only wanted to test the filters..
For the actual comic - yes as you say it will be more tricky to find the right one.. but with some cut and paste.. I think it will work!
Well.. it HAS to work!! These photo-manipulated background took me from 30 minutes up to an hour... If I had drawn them from scratch in that time I wouldn't have finished not even the lineart!!
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Indeed, that's why 3d envoriment sounds so great. Too bad you have to be really good with it to not just use the already created ones. I mean with simple objects that is fine, but to create new things it needs some hard work, skill and knowledge.
Tedious thing that we cannot make backgrounds with our brains. Oh well this is probably the excuse of me why I only drew a scene from the story from time to time.
Not to mention that the small story I wrote was viewed 931 times added together and by at least 150-160 people. If only 30 of them actually read it, well then it was more sucessful than any kind of visual story telling I did so far.
Maybe I should mix writing with drawing or something, because thanks to my work and my own talentless lazyness through comic it will be a life long project
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You brought up a very interesting subject here my friend.. I too faced the same dilemma when I was starting with the story... A comic? A book? An illustrated book? Something new?
I tried every option.. And even though my story is long (not as much as yours
And, believe me, when I started I drew like a 5 years old child...(and I was almost 30.. 
I think you should try every combination of words+images (or words alone) that comes to your mind... and then go for the one you find more suitable for you, the one YOU like the most... (not the one that scores the better results) All in all we are here to have fun doing the things we love, isn't it?
I haven't actually read your short story ( please forgive me, it is merely a matter that I don't have much time and reading in english is still a struggle for me..
but told me you're very talented and your style is brilliant.
If it worked so well here on dA, have you considered to submit it to websites specialized in written fiction? I think wattpad is one of the biggest...
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Yeah, I'm still in that dilemma. The comic sounds the most appealing, because that translates my thoughts the best to the aduience. In a book it's up to everyone's imagination how things happen or not, how the described people look like ect. However that takes a lot of time and not just the invested time in it, but the story telling's pace. One page of text is around 5 full drew page and you can't really cut things out like probably character developing idle chatter, because that would go on the story's expense.
And thank you 
And yes, you are right. I only mentioned the views, because at first I assumed that only 2-3 people from my watchers will going to read it, lacking the visuality that catches the eye or the reown to anyone even know about it and I stand corrected and also puzzled how the hell people even found it. Point is writing a page long of text, while can be tedious it consumes as much time i draw a character's part in lineart
That dilemma.
Fame or recognition is secondary if not non-existent. I started it for my own amusement and I still do for it and perhaps for the 4-5 people who actually communicate with me
And no problem at all. I too have a hard time reading other's novel experiments which is usually 1-2 page long.
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Yes I see what you mean...
I'm glad to know that you're not seeking for success.. 
PS. How come that you know english so well? Have you been abroad maybe?
And before starting with your comic.. what did you do in your free time if I may ask? Just reading war books?
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Yeah, no description is accurate enough to replace a simple image.
Well I do seek success, just not fame or a living. If a picture is remotely close of what I had in mine, it's a success for me. But at first, aside your encouragement I had no other feedback or people who had interest in it, but that changed in course of the months. (of course I KNEW from the start that my art was ugly, so my expectations weren't too high to begin with). Of course I would be lying, if I would say that I don't enjoy if others find any enjoyment in my art, but that's hardly my motive.
As for english, thank you, but it's just self-education. In school I learned german, but perhaps I can't even ask for a glass of water. I had no interest in german and no way to practice it. (this was in the dark age of the Internet). However a few years ago, i began to leard english word by word to cruedly translate the ton of english text around me. Then I found an online strategy game "Supremacy 1914" which I don't play anymore, but while I did, I chatted with a lot of english speaking people, that helped a lot with making sentences instead of just understanding them. Also there I role played a little in political RPs which was my first take on writing and creating characters on my own. Tyranio was born back then, allthough just the name. Still I have much to learn, even now.
But no I was never abroad. I never even left Hungary in my life.
As for my free time, well nowadays just either listening to music while drawing, reading or playing a few hours with some strategy/FPS war games. (some of the randomly created tense situations actually serves as inspiration for smaller battle scenes, like in that short novel.) Just wasting time in an enjoyable way, nothing really productive.
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Someone mentioned me :U
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Ah ah, forse avre dovuto scrivere "someone summoned me"
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Che fico, guarda che se trovi tra le mie foto qualcuna che ti aggrada puoi usarle, basta che dai il link nella descrizione!
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eh eh grazie mille sei gentilissima!!
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