I had to try again, just to make sure I was able to do Schlock the way I wanted to. Besides, I need a nice picture of Schlock for the Art Auction at Linucon.
So here’s a nice picture of Schlock.
Much better…
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I like the texture and the lighting and the red glow in the vents on the Plasma Cannon. Nicely done.
Oh my…
I can nearly feel the warm, ‘gentle’ glow of the stream of cohesive plasma from here…
Bravo, I say…
Nice work. Good job on the distored reflection on the metal.
Bet the guys on the other side were yelling “Oh, crap!” and not referring to Schlock!
NICE!
It keeps getting nicer and nicer. Now, the question remains – will you be actually creating Schlock and Friends like this for our daily comics?
My guess is “Are you mad?”, but, you know… It could happen!
Not. A. Chance.
There’s no way you’re getting this level of coloring in the dailies.
1) Too time-consuming. Until the comic is truly paying the bills, I’ve got to focus on other comic-related income-generating activities. The coloring WILL get better, but not like this.
2) The comic is on the wrong paper for me to color it this way. I’d have to change my whole process, and while I MIGHT do this for a short story or two (maybe next year’s Schlocktoberfest, or perhaps a special Sunday) the process I’ve got allows me to go FAST.
–Howard
Damn, I want that gun. How many millenia do you figure before they come on the market?
Not as long as you’d imagine if I have my way….
I want a gun that produces an “ominous hummm…!”
Hmm… I used to know a guy who does high-tech props… and we’re moving back to CA. I just got an urge to look him up and talk to him about doing a plasma cannon. It’s exactly the sort of work he does best.
Hmmmmm.
(Or should that be “Hummmmm?” 🙂
Mmm… 3D Schlock. 😀
That’s a very nice, lumpy craptastic texture you’ve got there.
mmm plasma cannon. It says “Raytrace me!”
You know, being forced to do it with multiple colours, makes Schlock look far, far more “real” than previous peices. It really adds “texture” to what otherwise could almost be mistaken for a vaugely oily appearance.
In short, it looks good because subtle variations in colour and lightness make something look “organic”. Don’t know if you plan on doing him like this always, but I (the bemused bystander), would heartily reccomend it – it brings Schlock to Life(tm)!