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TheMaskComix β Gossip in Green #1: Pulling It Off
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Published: 2017-10-17 17:37:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 59869; Favourites: 137; Downloads: 116
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[CAUTION: The animation above has some minor strobing effects. If you are sensitive to flashing lights, this GIF may not be suitable for you]I wanted to try something different than my usual comics or interrim posters. And thanks to a long weekend (and lack of sleep), I attempted to make a rather simple animated gif for my story. Most of what you see above isn't exactly polished; mimicking those flipbooks of old. But even here, I was able to apply current Photoshop techniques to smoothen the whole thing. Speed needs work, though. And frame transitions can be unnatural. But I do like how it turned out.
Consider this the first promo/commercial for TheMaskComix. They'll be rare though. This one took about 30 hours spread over 4 days. I can't do this oftenβif at all.
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This GIF is wonderful no doubt! Your work is really incredible, whether in storytelling or now in the process of animation. You sir are a very complete artist
My sincere greetings and good wishes for the continuation of your story.
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"Resting Bitch Face was never so hard to get rid of..." legit made me laugh. And holy shit this is amazing. I've been working on my own little gif thing but this is impeccable. Hope this attracts a bunch of new readers, you definitely deserve it. Absolutely incredible. Can't say it enough.
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I can't tell you how many times I went over that whole tag line in my head xD And only recently did it hit me that I would have done better if it said instead: "Resting bitch face was never easy TO PULL OFF." missed opportunity 
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Oh man that's good, yes. Puns. Everything is better with puns.
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Finally corrected it 
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Photo manip. It's not smooth at all. Just like 8 or 9 photos I'm going top edit and kind of string together. Got the first 4 down but I'm not devoting that much time to it.
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It's in the description
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Wow so incredible work I cant wait for moreβΊπ.
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Wow! Well done. What was your process for making this?
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Just Photoshop's Timeline/Animation feature. Hand-drawing each individual frame took longer than I thought. But I applied comic framing styles to keep it in theme with the rest of the story on this account.
Most of the explosion in detail is seen in the first few seconds. The shadow play was a good way to show action without too much detailβleaving viewers to, instead, leap to their own imaginations. The mind's a better cinema than this early attempt anyway. Most of the movements were me trying to outpace my own eye from breaking down each scene. It's still too fast for Photoshop. After Effects would be a better program to work on.
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How about one hour with her putting the mask on?
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That... would be a lot of frames... I'd need to luck out on vacation time. Also: I see these sequences as really short. Too long and they become awkward. Bu it's something to think about
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Odd how the removal looks like a sort of dance
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Fitting
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Yes sounds about right. Should ponder more removals myself in the future, it's always fun watching a character remove such an object from their face and how they deal with it.
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