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superTULER — PSC Round 1 Black Tourney
Published: 2009-09-11 04:30:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 2758; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 28
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Edit: For those who did not read due to the file being huge I made it actually readable because I was getting a lot of comments here and off of dA that it was too big. So, hope it's ok now... and notified in case someone couldn't read due to that issue.
IT READS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT LIKE REAL MANGA. And I numbered the pages to cause less confusion because I like ...causing a little confusion at least. XD
Oh my GOD... I died, this took so long. It basically took around 6 hours or so to get the story boards and an other 12 to do the inking and toning. BUT IT WAS WORTH IT... I don't even care if I don't place in the tournament. The reward is, I actually committed to something.
My first one too.
=goodcitizen 's character is pretty tough to draw. The Iron Maiden
...and it's the first time I drew Scizors too.I really hope it turned out ok, it's a little weak on the content side as death would be involved if I made any more pages. >_> ...epic battle ftw I guess. I guess in a contest battle your supposed to do damage to your opponent while remaining stylish? Hopefully this works XD
...uhm, all I can say for dial up users... make a pot of coffee and turn on the TV or watch something while this downloads. It's MASSIVE... but it had to be that way just because of the text and proper sizing of tones so they don't look gross. It's very high res.
I did have fun, it was actually mind numbing at times but I enjoyed it. Otherwise I would just give up... because saying you want to and actually doing it are two different things -- I was positive I was going to bail around wednesday but never doubt the power of crunch time you may get it a day early lol
I incorporated the theme 'being lost' into it -- but not ACTUALLY lost, just a little lost in thought... or in confidence, as it shows near the end... I had no idea how to get it in there somehow so he's off to find his true potential, hence the lost. C:
OK... I believe i am done. No individual files because I wanted all the comments / favs / anything else to be in one spot.
Art © *super-tuler // Pocket Monsters © Nintendo
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Comments: 57
uhmm I love Manga style but to sincere I prefer coloured like this [link]
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Wow, that's something great!
I still have a lot to learn about manga
Hey, how did you install Manga Studio 3.0?
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Hm. I like it. Use some improvement, but I like your style. I like the "OH DEAR GOD" one. XD
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XD. The story was spaced out so far @_@; I hardly touched base on ANYthing o__o; it's embarrassing actually but we all learn from mistakes. I just waited until the last minute and had to pump out something artistic looking but never focused on the wording/story. Just kinda bam-bam-bam I win? yay!
That and I forgot the glasses on a lot of it |D
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I thought it was kind of rushed, but I wasn't 100 percent sure. I did have trouble catching on to the story, even though I could make out that there was a battle.
Believe it or not, its more important to have a good story then your ability to draw.
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wow!
that was awesome.
i believe you should do it like this. totally. it should be easier to draw colorlessly too.
if this was about to kill you then what would happen if you colored
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sooo happy i dont have dial-up! i want to bask in the awesomeness for a little bit.
it's beautiful
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I'm sorta sad that you weren't able to advance to the second round. I'd be more so sad if I hadn't been able to battle Iron Maiden after you which was an interesting expiriance to discuss with her to better get to understand her character.
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I was actually one of the wild cards to round two, but still... I didn't make it as I didn't have an entry prepared. I was just swamped with other stuff D: It's cool though... although gives my ambition to make something comic-y a major plunge XP
I had difficulty with her character |D
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Yeah. I ended up having to post my rough draft cause I was so swamped for time. I may end up dropping out of this round even though we have tons more time.
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That
WAS
epic.
It was so much like a real manga 
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oh wow, thia was so awesome, like the story any everything.
plus I loved the use of tones, it made it look so cool, and like it was an actual manga
nice job and good luck
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Can't imagine how much work truly goes into doing something like this, of such a large magnitude.
Definitely aware you've been told this time and time again, but I can't help but once again commend you on such an extremely cool and rather authentic manga experience. You deliver the whole package, it's scary almost. o__o;
Love the action, and the story so far. Keep it up bud!
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Hope you don't mind if I ask a few questions...
Do you draw comics like this entirely in Photoshop, or do you make use of Illustrator for the linework, or do you use a different program altogether?
How do you achieve the screentones? Do you use pre-made screen blocks - cutting/erasing them to the shapes you wish, or do you convert gradients into screentones using the 'Colour Halftone' tools in Photoshop?
I'm asking because I'm interested in making black and white comics myself sometime, but I'm an Adobe Illustrator myself so I'd probably do the linework in Illustrator and shade it in Photoshop (I'm not sure if I can do tones like this in Illustrator).
Thanks in advance.
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Oh ok, here goes: I use a program called Manga Studio 3.0 EX (it's basically industry for some manga artists in japan -- I think they have something to do with Tokyo Pop I'm not sure)
The program has 1000's of screen tones to choose from and are free to use (it's not like the tone is art -- in some cases they might be but it's all part of the program) And nope, no blocks to cut or erase, that's the joy of MS-EX, is that you can COLOR with screen tones 
I would invest or find a free download some wheres as it's probably one of the greatest programs I used focused heavily on one medium which is pure comic making.
You can't 'color with colors' in it very well though but it's still an excellent program. You just have to adapt to it, and get passed the really, really cluttered interface.
Hope this helps!
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Right, so it's a completely separate program to Photoshop, but you can draw and tone in it?
Okay, I'll try looking into that, but I might play around with achieving effects like this in Illustrator too.
Thanks for the reply!
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Not a problem, always glad to give tips and or help to anyone who needs it! ^^
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I'm glad that my computer didn't decide to cut this in half. Very well done, the style is fluid and fun to look at. The whole thing reminds me of one of those Pokemon Special mangas, which is a good thing.
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Oh yes! That's just what I want to hear... I love that series and having captured something as fun and fluid to look at makes my day.
Thankyou very much
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I love the artwork!I dare say your artwork is brilliant!I love the screen-tone too (I assume its screen-tone?).My one and only complaint was that the full view was too big-it was huge!But maybe its just my eyes that were hurt by the size 
All in all well done I looked through your gallery and I now watch you
P.S:sorry for the lo----ng comment!
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Oh gosh, and yes.. I was getting complaints from people I showed that it was too hard to read shrunk so I just made it huge so we could all read it. I didn't mind shifting from side to side so I thought it was ok.
I'll know for next time XD!
Thankyou
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OMG!! this looks so awesome, i love it
love the story, the style and everyting!!
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Oh wow, I appreciate this comment! 
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X333 i wish i knew how u made this
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lucky!! i almost got manga studio too but my dad
said i shouldn't waste money on such things
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Awww 
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nahh, torrent takes too long XDDD
oh well, i guess i'll have to stick
with photoshop =3
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Well done on this. It's a really professionally done piece.I found the action a bit unclear, but then I'm not used to reading right to left.
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That's pretty flippin' sweet! 
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Hey thanks! 
Thankyou very much, glad to get some good feedback on my first one ever. It was quite challenging. >.<
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Very true. 
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Wow. You really rock at this manga style. Time-consuming, I can see, but you make many of us quite envious with the handle on the medium. A+++!
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It was time consuming o_O; It was really fun too, I spent a lot of time getting my head around it too and used many books for reference on how the tone was used and good was to lay out the panels.
Thankyou+++ XD
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Huge work need big screen!
I like your style very much! Good luck for the contest
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Very huge XD... I just felt all the parts should be one so I can get the feed back in one place. Why thankyou
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I died just because this is huge!! Why didn't you resized it? D:
Well, looks very nice this
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Because it was too squinty to read XD. Trust me it's ok this way lol. Just don't have dial-up
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Awesomeness. Now, did you make the glass fall? Or super-heat the sand to MAKE the glass?
(If so, uh-oh. i'm in trouble. I used that type of effect...)
ANYWAY. Awesome. I love the way you planned and paneled thew whole thing out. It looks just great.
Good luck~
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Overheated the twister to make the glass and u-turn to spread it everywhere. D:
...I may have to reword this I'm not sure XD. I've been getting that question. ...but I just looked at your entry now and you did use glass but that's not to say it's the same at least. I didn't even know if anyone had done that so away I want XD. I'll remember to check you so I don't use a similar concept haha.
Thanks on the panels
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Gotcha. The idea was just kinda stuck in my head.
Ok.
So I's not like an idea rip-off.
Good.
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