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May 13
Aug 27
So, I found this blog (on StumbleUpon, I think), and thought this concept was very interesting. As the writer describes it:
“High dynamic range imaging (HDR) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of luminances between light and dark areas of a scene than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDR is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows.”
That’s something I’ve never thought about before. When you look at a photograph of something you saw in person, doesn’t the photograph usually feel a little dull by comparison? Well, this technique attempts to bring those scenes back to life, in a way. Click on the pic below to see this blogger’s selection of HDR photos:
Sep 03
So I’m trying to figure out the best print service to get these cranked out- I’m going to finally get a store going that will have prints of comic strips and random art available, and the first print I’ll have available is the following:
You may recognize it as Edmund’s visit to Cannibal Island, where he (along with the two stranded CEOs) meets Mimbutu the cannibal. It will likely be a matted 8×10 print, more detail seen here:
Signed art prints, signed comic prints, and who knows what else, should be available soon.
Of course, eventually I’d love to have every comic print available, but the most financially sound way to produce prints is to order them in bulk instead of print-on-demand. Since I am approaching 50 strips now, obviously it would be daunting, financially, to print all of them in bulk to make all of them available at once. So, let me know which strips you’d like to be made available first! Either comment here, or contact me directly. The strips’ production will be prioritized accordingly.
In the meantime, stick around and keep enjoying the adventure!
Sep 17
When I see things like this, I wish I knew how to photograph things and then manipulate them in editing programs. But then I think that I might not want to know what my mind would come up with if I had that ability/superpower.
Sep 21
I was made aware of Worth1000.com by a reader’s comment, and you should go there! Lots of fun photoshop trickery. I soon stumbled across this collection of user-submitted photoshop recreations of Far Side cartoons. Click the image to see the submissions.
Anyway, I think this this is a good illustration of my theory about comic art. It’s not too complicated of a theory- basically, the artwork should fit the tone of the comic. Pretty simple, right? While it is neat to see Far Side cartoons made into realistic images, the realistic versions are nowhere near as funny as the original drawings.
Gary Larson’s art was just plain silly. The pudgy characters, the women with ridiculous beehive hairdos, the nerdy-looking bug-eyed men…it all set the “mood” of the comic. What you were looking at was funny, even before you read the joke.
I remember in my college newspaper there was a one-panel comic artist whose material was Larson-esque, actually pretty clever, but her drawings were semi-realistic pencil sketches, and that type of art didn’t “match” the joke material. In my opinion, there is a place for realistic art, and there is a place for stick figures, and everything in between. This collection of photo-realistic recreations of Larson’s comics is an example of this. It’s neat to see, but not as effective.
If you’ve followed comics for a while, you’ve probably seen the question asked: “What’s more important, the art or the writing?” I’d immediately answer “the writing.” Good art can’t save bad writing, but good writing might save bad art. But what is “bad art”? Are Gary Larson’s disproportionate line drawings “good art”? Not exactly, but what is “good art”? Could an artist draw realistic 3-D renderings of Larson’s subject matter? Sure. Would it fit the comic, though? No. So, I don’t think the art needs to be “good” as much as it needs to be “appropriate.”
I would say that good writing with appropriate art is the key to a good comic. Cyanide and Happiness has stick figures that fit their type of humor. Hark, a Vagrant! by Kate Beaton has more detailed art that fits her sense of humor. I don’t think you could interchange these art styles and keep both comics’ relative effectiveness.
I just realized that this is the longest blog post I’ve posted yet, so I’m going to stop. Hooray!
