russell_m_ols
Russell M Olson
UK tapastic.com/series/GatewayCity
Webcomic artist and illustrator living in Portsmouth, UK. Love Kurtzman, Buscema, Caniff, Samnee and of course Kirby.
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Here's the latest for Gateway City: [image] https://tapastic.com/series/GatewayCity
I'm rather partial to the binturong. It looks like something that would be right at home in Labyrinth. [image]
"Don't anybody move. I think I lost my contact lens!"
I've always like Delueze and Guattari's explanation: We're all composed of desiring machines, coupled together. These machines are driven by the desire to be productive. If the drive to be productive is not fulfilled, which in modern society it isn't (most of us aren't toiling day in and day out for…
Great advice. I had a bad spell of Repetitive Strain Injury to my shoulder a couple of years ago and it took awhile to sort it out. In order to be more social, I was coloring my comics on my sofa, using the arm rest to hold the tablet...worked like a dream! Until months later when my arm began to g…
In both the images you've provided there's a strong sense of tone from your excellent choice of lighting, color usage and staging. Am I right in guessing that the backgrounds are 3D generated? You've done well to make the spaces real and detailed without going overboard on information. I'd also say …
@rinari I've never read Marlowe (I know, I'm sometimes a terrible person) but have seen some of the film/TV adaptations and I assuming the adaptations are at least a little faithful, think the two characters are fairly different. Marlowe, I think is a bit lawful neutral on the alignment scale (maybe…
Just thought of someone else who always makes me smile: Guybrush Threepwood, mighty pirate. I feel like I grew up with him!
I think you've achieved what you were looking to do. Tension is present in the eyes and hands. I think you've made good choices in the panels you've shared. What I meant by skilled vs unskilled is whether you're asking us to critique your skill or if you're asking us to critique realness = blandne…
Unless you're aiming for hyper-realism, meticulously recreating a scene from a photograph or life study, then "real-looking" is a bit subjective. I don't particularly think the page you've shared is "too realistic." I think it's actually fairly expressive. You've made choices to include some details…
My favorite has to be the Continental Op from Dashiell Hammet's many C.O. novels and stories. While Hammett is best remembered for Sam Spade, the Continental Op was a far superior character. Really engaging; you can feel the weight in his steps. He's a flawed individual but damned good at his job an…
Oooh, great choice! I love Lyra. Excellent character in a fantastic series.
I've based my current webcomic in St Louis in the 1920s, (I grew up outside the city but now live in the UK, so it's kind of a love letter) and am hoping to embellish the story with cameos from history. I'm working on a future plot line to feature Cool Papa Bell, which I'm really excited about and s…
My pleasure. You've got a great attitude and an open mind...you'll still be chugging along when other people drop out. Good for you. Edgar Right has a great style and I can see what you mean. Have you ever sketched while watching anything? If not, pop on Hot Fuzz, crack open a sketch book and keep t…
Been playing with different styles for the last few weeks but finally have something I like for Gateway City I've based the design and style on Leyendecker's 1910-1920s Saturday Evening Post covers mixed with the pulp images from 40s-50s hardboiled mags: [image]
Yesterday's page from Gateway City: [image]
As said above, the resolution of you images needs an upgrade. As for the art style, I can't speak on the Manga style as I don't tend to read much in that genre, but as for general technique: You seem to be updating pages pretty quickly, and while speed is certainly something to be praised and ca…