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| I drew the picture, and the amazing coloring was done by Genie! |
So I hope you all have a SUPER halloween and keep safe!!!
-Jocey
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Happppy Happpy Halloweeen!!!
OOOOOooooooooOOOOOOOooooooooo!! HAPPPPY HAPPPY HALLOWEEEN!!!! From JGT! Yours truly has drawn a very lovely halloween picture!!!!!!
I have drawn you all this lovely super image!! I'm sure you all know these lovely heroes! We are humans because right now in Big Magic we are all human, soooooo Ta-da, even lovely Lila and Ace are human. The girls are DC heroes and the boys are Marvel heroes. Genie is the all lovely Wonder Woman, Jocey is the Black Canary, Taylor is Hawkgirl, and Lila is Cheetah (a villian). And the boys: Harry is Thor, Jag is Hawkeye (he looks totally different from the Avengers movie), Ace is Loki and our cute little Rudy is Captain America. I kinda really really love Lila in this picture as well as Genie, and I kinda really really like Jag and Rudy...
So I hope you all have a SUPER halloween and keep safe!!!
-Jocey
So I hope you all have a SUPER halloween and keep safe!!!
-Jocey
JGT: Behind the Page ~ COLOR ~ Characters
Ello! Well, aren't homework breaks just awesome? After about 1.5 hours of coloring, I can now show you some sneak peeks at the next phase in Coloring a Comic Page!
CHARACTERS!
Coloring the characters is probably the most time-consuming part of the many phases that go under Coloring. In saying this, I try hard not to overwhelm myself too much. So I like taking it slowly and coloring one character at a time.
When I tackle a character and all of his/her appearances in the page (these usually range from 1-7 appearances per page), I first color the skin. I have all of the color codes/schemes recorded for the characters; that way, all of their schemes are consistent throughout the entire episode. After skin, I go for the eyes, then the hair, and finish off with the clothes and mouth.
Think of the order like this. Layers. The character is toppled with layers...and the best way to start is to color the bottom layer and make your way to the top. That way, you don't have to be so picky with coloring inside the lines! The coloring of the upper layers will fix it for you! That is why I start with skin first, and finish off with the top-most layer of clothing, for instance, Harry's lab coat.
While coloring, I also make sure to blend in colors, so the characters don't just have one bland color-scheme going on. Hehe, I did tell you I like blending. (^^^ i.e. if you look closely, Rudy's skin consists of two shades of his skin color.)
For all you trivia-lovers, the hardest character to color as of right now is Human Jag. I mean, as a squirrel, he's as easy to color as all the others, but WOW did I make his color design time-consuming. While all the other human characters have about 1-2 colors in their hair, Human Jag has three. THREE. That lil diva has two shades of brown and one shade of red in his fluffy-squirrelly hairdo. I shouldn't blame him though, since I created him, but still...Jag, sometimes I wish you were a squirrel again so I wouldn't have to take about 20-30 minutes on your character alone...(and he shows up the most in this page, too...bonus for me -_-")
Though coloring the characters is hard/long, it probably is one of my favorite phases in the process. It's just because you get to see your character come to life, in a sense. Since I've been storyboarding practically my whole life, used to the simple world of black and white, I never really liked coloring, but sheesh the wonders coloring does to your characters! I'm such a rookie at this still, but I'm loving every minute of it.
The next phase is CLEAN-UP.....yeah, that post will be short. And hopefully will be coming soon ^^
Until then, thanks for reading!
Genie
CHARACTERS!
Coloring the characters is probably the most time-consuming part of the many phases that go under Coloring. In saying this, I try hard not to overwhelm myself too much. So I like taking it slowly and coloring one character at a time.
When I tackle a character and all of his/her appearances in the page (these usually range from 1-7 appearances per page), I first color the skin. I have all of the color codes/schemes recorded for the characters; that way, all of their schemes are consistent throughout the entire episode. After skin, I go for the eyes, then the hair, and finish off with the clothes and mouth.
Think of the order like this. Layers. The character is toppled with layers...and the best way to start is to color the bottom layer and make your way to the top. That way, you don't have to be so picky with coloring inside the lines! The coloring of the upper layers will fix it for you! That is why I start with skin first, and finish off with the top-most layer of clothing, for instance, Harry's lab coat.
While coloring, I also make sure to blend in colors, so the characters don't just have one bland color-scheme going on. Hehe, I did tell you I like blending. (^^^ i.e. if you look closely, Rudy's skin consists of two shades of his skin color.)
For all you trivia-lovers, the hardest character to color as of right now is Human Jag. I mean, as a squirrel, he's as easy to color as all the others, but WOW did I make his color design time-consuming. While all the other human characters have about 1-2 colors in their hair, Human Jag has three. THREE. That lil diva has two shades of brown and one shade of red in his fluffy-squirrelly hairdo. I shouldn't blame him though, since I created him, but still...Jag, sometimes I wish you were a squirrel again so I wouldn't have to take about 20-30 minutes on your character alone...(and he shows up the most in this page, too...bonus for me -_-")
Though coloring the characters is hard/long, it probably is one of my favorite phases in the process. It's just because you get to see your character come to life, in a sense. Since I've been storyboarding practically my whole life, used to the simple world of black and white, I never really liked coloring, but sheesh the wonders coloring does to your characters! I'm such a rookie at this still, but I'm loving every minute of it.
The next phase is CLEAN-UP.....yeah, that post will be short. And hopefully will be coming soon ^^
Until then, thanks for reading!
Genie
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
JGT: Behind the Page ~ COLOR~ Background
Hey, everyone! Well, while taking a quick 30-minute homework break, I managed to finish up some of the coloring for page 14! So, allow me to show you the next phase and sub-phase of the comic-page process!
And that...is COLORING. Dun Dun Duuuuuun...
So, the coloring phase is a BIG and LONG one, like the drawing phase. Coloring takes various steps, as I'm sure you guys are aware of ^^.
The first thing I turn to when it comes to coloring is the backgrounds.
.....And...as you can see, my backgrounds aren't that complicated XD
Coloring the background doesn't take too much time, for I don't have to worry about 'staying in the lines' and whatnot. Since this is the first thing I color, the tidying up of the lines will be corrected when I start coloring in everything else, including the characters.
For most of this eppie, the only background is the sky. And from the very beginning, I didn't just want to use the same shades of blue and white. So I defied the laws of nature and made the sky randomly change color between panels! Hey, it's my comic so I can do what I want X3
And I tend to pull off a lot of 'Charlie Brown' backgrounds. You know, those backgrounds where it's just one color? Yeah, I grew up with CB, so now I do that. But I do put thought into which color I use (I choose based on the mood of the scene or character).
For coloring in general, I use paint/air brushes...and I blend...a LOT. What, blending colors is fun! And pretty. Well, to me, anyway.
The next part of Coloring is...the CHARACTERS O__O And boy oh boy, does that take a long time. But once I get a good start on it, I'll be sure to show you guys!
Until then,
Genie
And that...is COLORING. Dun Dun Duuuuuun...
So, the coloring phase is a BIG and LONG one, like the drawing phase. Coloring takes various steps, as I'm sure you guys are aware of ^^.
The first thing I turn to when it comes to coloring is the backgrounds.
.....And...as you can see, my backgrounds aren't that complicated XD
Coloring the background doesn't take too much time, for I don't have to worry about 'staying in the lines' and whatnot. Since this is the first thing I color, the tidying up of the lines will be corrected when I start coloring in everything else, including the characters.
For most of this eppie, the only background is the sky. And from the very beginning, I didn't just want to use the same shades of blue and white. So I defied the laws of nature and made the sky randomly change color between panels! Hey, it's my comic so I can do what I want X3
And I tend to pull off a lot of 'Charlie Brown' backgrounds. You know, those backgrounds where it's just one color? Yeah, I grew up with CB, so now I do that. But I do put thought into which color I use (I choose based on the mood of the scene or character).
For coloring in general, I use paint/air brushes...and I blend...a LOT. What, blending colors is fun! And pretty. Well, to me, anyway.
The next part of Coloring is...the CHARACTERS O__O And boy oh boy, does that take a long time. But once I get a good start on it, I'll be sure to show you guys!
Until then,
Genie
Sunday, October 27, 2013
JGT - Behind the Page ~ LAYOUT
Hey, guys! Tis Genie ^^
I'm ready to show you the next phase in Behind-the-Page, and that phase is 'Layout'!
Once I finish and scan the panel drawings, I then have to cut and crop each one. That way, each panel is separated and straight.
This particular page has a looot of panels, so I've ended up having about 16 panel squares floating around my desktop.
Then I open up Gimp, which again is the free/kind of nih-y version of Photoshop (One day, Photoshop...one day you will be mine.) I first prepare the background for the page, which is usually the same shade of gray (I use a light gray so it still showcases the white of the raw panels).
Using different lairs (so, 16 layers in total), I cut and paste each panel onto the gray background. Because each panel has its own layer, I can easily move and adjust it without tampering with the other panels. Once all are on the page, I organize them based on the model rough draft from the early phases of BtP ^^
After finishing up details in organizing and separating, all I have to do is merge all layers into one cramped layer, and then I can start the next phase....COLORING.
Tune in next time for that mess ;D
Until then,
Genie
I'm ready to show you the next phase in Behind-the-Page, and that phase is 'Layout'!
Once I finish and scan the panel drawings, I then have to cut and crop each one. That way, each panel is separated and straight.
This particular page has a looot of panels, so I've ended up having about 16 panel squares floating around my desktop.
Then I open up Gimp, which again is the free/kind of nih-y version of Photoshop (One day, Photoshop...one day you will be mine.) I first prepare the background for the page, which is usually the same shade of gray (I use a light gray so it still showcases the white of the raw panels).
Using different lairs (so, 16 layers in total), I cut and paste each panel onto the gray background. Because each panel has its own layer, I can easily move and adjust it without tampering with the other panels. Once all are on the page, I organize them based on the model rough draft from the early phases of BtP ^^
After finishing up details in organizing and separating, all I have to do is merge all layers into one cramped layer, and then I can start the next phase....COLORING.
Tune in next time for that mess ;D
Until then,
Genie
Thursday, October 24, 2013
JGT: Behind the Page ~ Final Drawn Panels
Hey, everyone! Genie here!
Guess what? Another phase of the comic page-making process has been completed!
After the rough sketches comes the final line-art for the panels! Since I'm not fancy, I just use a lead pencil. But it works for me so I regret nothing. So huzzah! The panels for page 14 have been fully drawn!
As you can see, the panels take about 1.3 pages of printer paper. That's cuz the actual comic page sizes are bigger than US Letter, so I need more room, ergo more paper ^^
Also, it shows that I may be a little lazy when it comes to the boxes of the panels. They look a bit uneven, right? That's cuz in the Layout phase, I crop them and set them...you know what, you'll find out soon enough, hehe.
This page came pretty close to the rough draft I drew earlier. Some changes have been made though...can you spot where they are? ^^
Next up is the Layout of the page! Hopefully I'll be able to show you this weekend ;D
Until then,
Genie
Guess what? Another phase of the comic page-making process has been completed!
After the rough sketches comes the final line-art for the panels! Since I'm not fancy, I just use a lead pencil. But it works for me so I regret nothing. So huzzah! The panels for page 14 have been fully drawn!
As you can see, the panels take about 1.3 pages of printer paper. That's cuz the actual comic page sizes are bigger than US Letter, so I need more room, ergo more paper ^^
Also, it shows that I may be a little lazy when it comes to the boxes of the panels. They look a bit uneven, right? That's cuz in the Layout phase, I crop them and set them...you know what, you'll find out soon enough, hehe.
This page came pretty close to the rough draft I drew earlier. Some changes have been made though...can you spot where they are? ^^
Next up is the Layout of the page! Hopefully I'll be able to show you this weekend ;D
Until then,
Genie
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
A Favorite Past-time of Mine: Doodling
Hey, everyone! Sorry about being inactive this week. It's really hitting me how much I miss having all the time in the world to draw and write.
So, what's my temporary solution to this dilemma?
DOODLING.
Yes, I know. Doodling is bad if you're in class. But I honestly think doodling helps me concentrate more. Cuz I tend to have a 'day-dreaming problem' sometimes, and doodling helps anchor my thoughts...but that's just me ^^
Doodling also makes way for some good practice!
Since I'm still in the middle of Big Magic, the eppies that show JHR as humans, and since drawing humans isn't my forte, I've managed to draw a couple of practice sketches whenever I could.
I guess this can be considered Concept Art...maybe...or just doodles.
Yeah, they're doodles X3
"Keep Calm and Doodle On."
Until then (and hopefully that's soon cuz I feel a Behind the Page update coming along),
Genie
So, what's my temporary solution to this dilemma?
DOODLING.
Yes, I know. Doodling is bad if you're in class. But I honestly think doodling helps me concentrate more. Cuz I tend to have a 'day-dreaming problem' sometimes, and doodling helps anchor my thoughts...but that's just me ^^
Doodling also makes way for some good practice!
Since I'm still in the middle of Big Magic, the eppies that show JHR as humans, and since drawing humans isn't my forte, I've managed to draw a couple of practice sketches whenever I could.
I guess this can be considered Concept Art...maybe...or just doodles.
Yeah, they're doodles X3
"Keep Calm and Doodle On."
Until then (and hopefully that's soon cuz I feel a Behind the Page update coming along),
Genie
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Blast from the Past: JGT Issue #1 Cover
Hey, everyone! Genie here. Trying to catch my breath after all of this reading and college and whatnot. Because of school, it's getting harder for me to find time to work on pages...huh, maybe I have some time tonight...hmm...I'll keep you posted ;)
But until then, here is a little something from the very random past of JGT:
(Why is it gray?!?!)
So, I believe some time before this website launched, Jocey and I wanted to try and 'self publish' JGT into an actual comic-book-thing. So, coupled with that idea was a design for issue 1, which from what I remember consisted eppies 1-5, ending with Switching Stone.
The idea was later retired, along with this page (partially because of the stain underneath the JGT cloud...See it? I wish you couldn't, but it's there...)
And instead of self-publishing, we decided to just open up a website and redraw the entire series! Yay for taking the road less traveled, right? XD
That's a little bit of JGT history for you :3
(PSSST Also, take a look under the 'Playlist' Tab...another song might've popped up for Big Magic ;p you should check it out!)
And yes, once I get more progress done on page 14, I shall continue the Behind the Page posts! As soon as I can, it'll get done!
Thank you for your patience and awesomeness, and be sure to check back for more Behind the Scenes and JGT Randomness!
Genie
But until then, here is a little something from the very random past of JGT:
So, I believe some time before this website launched, Jocey and I wanted to try and 'self publish' JGT into an actual comic-book-thing. So, coupled with that idea was a design for issue 1, which from what I remember consisted eppies 1-5, ending with Switching Stone.
The idea was later retired, along with this page (partially because of the stain underneath the JGT cloud...See it? I wish you couldn't, but it's there...)
And instead of self-publishing, we decided to just open up a website and redraw the entire series! Yay for taking the road less traveled, right? XD
That's a little bit of JGT history for you :3
(PSSST Also, take a look under the 'Playlist' Tab...another song might've popped up for Big Magic ;p you should check it out!)
And yes, once I get more progress done on page 14, I shall continue the Behind the Page posts! As soon as I can, it'll get done!
Thank you for your patience and awesomeness, and be sure to check back for more Behind the Scenes and JGT Randomness!
Genie
Thursday, October 10, 2013
I'm finally free!!
Yo-o entire world who loves squirrels! Tis Jocey-squirrel here!! And I am here to tell you that I AM FINALLY FREEE!! Woot woot!! I've been swamped with my biology class (anatomy!) and I had this evil exam recently o.O...soo finally I've had this exam! (Too much information about bones, the integument and the nervous system) SO! This is gonna be the lovely Jocey-freaking out!
Soo this is the lovely image (and look two squirrels discussing the freaking outness of Jocey)
Monday, October 7, 2013
I Didn't Forget Your Birthday, Lila!
I'm about 10 minutes late, but I have Lila's birthday pic from JGT!!
It's a picture of Lila...sitting on a hill...contemplating life ^^
Hey, some of the simplest things are the most beautiful, no?
Besides, it's nice to see villains just chill and not cause mayhem every once in a while.
So, in saying this, Happy Happy Birthday to our conniving yet colorful Lila!
Love,
Genie and JGT
It's a picture of Lila...sitting on a hill...contemplating life ^^
Hey, some of the simplest things are the most beautiful, no?
Besides, it's nice to see villains just chill and not cause mayhem every once in a while.
So, in saying this, Happy Happy Birthday to our conniving yet colorful Lila!
Love,
Genie and JGT
Friday, October 4, 2013
JGT Behind the Scenes: Drawing Phase ~ Rough Sketch
Ello, people!
Well, I finally started the Drawing Phase of the comic page process!
(Not sure why it's gray...it's on white paper.)
Anyway, this actually might be my favorite part of the whole process...I guess it's because at this point I don't have a looot of pressure...I turn to the final lining and coloring for that!
Obviously, I am not done with drawing the rest of the page, but I tend to do final lining as I go. So before I continue drawing the rest of the panels, the above panels will probably already be done and ready to scan. I'm weird like that.
Well, hopefully I'll get to show you the final drawn panels soon!
Until then,
Genie ^^
Well, I finally started the Drawing Phase of the comic page process!
Anyway, this actually might be my favorite part of the whole process...I guess it's because at this point I don't have a looot of pressure...I turn to the final lining and coloring for that!
Obviously, I am not done with drawing the rest of the page, but I tend to do final lining as I go. So before I continue drawing the rest of the panels, the above panels will probably already be done and ready to scan. I'm weird like that.
Well, hopefully I'll get to show you the final drawn panels soon!
Until then,
Genie ^^
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
JGT Behind the Page: Script and Rough Draft
Hey, guys! Genie here ^^
Well, college is starting to take over my life again, but that doesn't mean that JGT shall go too down with my amount of free time. I am currently on the verge of starting to draw Page 14!
And since I am still in the beginning of the page process, I thought it'd be cool to actually SHOW you guys what I have to do for each one! The process I currently use is influenced by a webcomic called Lackadaisy! You probably have heard of it; it's really popular, and it inspired me to try and change the style from storyboard-like to actual color/comic-like. And the very talented Tracy J. Butler showed her readers the process of drawing a comic page on Photoshop! Since I had Gimp (the free/'nih'-y version of photoshop), I thought I'd put her process to the test with my new style. And so far, I'm loving it! It's hard, but it's awesome.
And believe me, tis a looot of work, and it is for this reason that it sometimes takes so long for a page to come out.
So, here we go!
The page process starts with...the SCRIPT.
Here is a look at my desktop with the JGT eppie 9 script (and yes, that is one of Jocey's epic drawings of JGT in the background ^^). I actually wrote this script months ago, before I started page 1 with the new style. So this script is pretty old, and usually undergoes a couple of changes when I actually draw the corresponding page to the corresponding script scene. So these words are not official.
The next step is the ROUGH DRAFT of the page!
This is a rough doodle of how I initially want the page to look. Like the script, this draft is not final...some pages have undergone spontaneous changes when I started the drawing phase.
This rough draft gives me a vague idea of the layout of the page, where the dialogue goes, how much of the script I use, etc. And if you look closely, you can probably guess who's who, haha XD
So in a nutshell, here are the first two steps of the comic page-process! Once I start the drawing phase (hopefully after I finish hw tomorrow), I'll probably show you guys a couple of roughly sketched panels...if they don't look too embarrassing haha ^o^"
Until then,
Genie ^^
Well, college is starting to take over my life again, but that doesn't mean that JGT shall go too down with my amount of free time. I am currently on the verge of starting to draw Page 14!
And since I am still in the beginning of the page process, I thought it'd be cool to actually SHOW you guys what I have to do for each one! The process I currently use is influenced by a webcomic called Lackadaisy! You probably have heard of it; it's really popular, and it inspired me to try and change the style from storyboard-like to actual color/comic-like. And the very talented Tracy J. Butler showed her readers the process of drawing a comic page on Photoshop! Since I had Gimp (the free/'nih'-y version of photoshop), I thought I'd put her process to the test with my new style. And so far, I'm loving it! It's hard, but it's awesome.
And believe me, tis a looot of work, and it is for this reason that it sometimes takes so long for a page to come out.
So, here we go!
The page process starts with...the SCRIPT.
Here is a look at my desktop with the JGT eppie 9 script (and yes, that is one of Jocey's epic drawings of JGT in the background ^^). I actually wrote this script months ago, before I started page 1 with the new style. So this script is pretty old, and usually undergoes a couple of changes when I actually draw the corresponding page to the corresponding script scene. So these words are not official.
The next step is the ROUGH DRAFT of the page!
This is a rough doodle of how I initially want the page to look. Like the script, this draft is not final...some pages have undergone spontaneous changes when I started the drawing phase.
This rough draft gives me a vague idea of the layout of the page, where the dialogue goes, how much of the script I use, etc. And if you look closely, you can probably guess who's who, haha XD
So in a nutshell, here are the first two steps of the comic page-process! Once I start the drawing phase (hopefully after I finish hw tomorrow), I'll probably show you guys a couple of roughly sketched panels...if they don't look too embarrassing haha ^o^"
Until then,
Genie ^^
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