Official forum for the 2009 24 hour challenge. GENERAL CONTENT See comikaze24.com for rules and signup. Entry subject should read "Your Name - Entry Title - Location" (Manga category entires must be marked as such to be elilgible for Manga prize category.)
Jing - Yeah, I tried to get that effect but it's kinda hit and miss with the time limit
Matt - It's probably cheating using painter but it gives a good level of finish without much effort. Not that this comic was easy. It was definitely a rushed thing.
And now for the balance of the comic. If I do the challenge again I think I will do an 8 page one and try and give it a proper storyline. There was also a storm here this morning which suspended things for a couple o hours (the timing is really strange, normally only storms in summer). Anyways, enough excuses...
I agree with Troy..this was seriously good. The art was spectacular and the story and humour were MMSMOOMN* funny. Having just read your story I realised for the first time this year I forgot to use a completely black panel (the secret to shaving a few hours off the time). MY favourite scene- waking up with the picture stuck to his face.
hpop - Cheers! Yeh, CG can be a killer. My colour theory is pretty weak but painter is so forgiving. It's also another way of finding form, it's like 'sculting' (that's probably a bad analogy).
Pirotess - Thanks! I'm still learning painter and only use the artist oils.
Practicecactus - Thanks man.
Troy Keally - YEAH! WOOO! (tips hat in gracious manner)
jacen_c - You know when you are 12 hours or so into the challenge and not sure what'll work and what won't, when you get all paranoid and build a fort... i've probably said too much, I'm glad you liked it.
Can I just say how much I loved the lightening pages? A lot, that's how much. Nice style - the oil paint effect came up a treat. I think there's something we can all learn from your story, too.