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[Aliya]

This is some cool stuff, Fly! Love them both.


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Although, Guenhwyvar's paws are really weird, 'cause only two have claws.

[flysoup]

This is some cool stuff, Fly! Love them both.


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Although, Guenhwyvar's paws are really weird, 'cause only two have claws.

Glad you love them, it is a bit nervous to draw such a well known and amazing character as Drizzt. The claws are hidden in the shadows. Anything else? I guess the panther might look weird as well because I can't see any whisker's (long hairs from the nose). Oh...all those details right?

Edited by flysoup, 12 July 2009 - 02:40 PM.

[flysoup]

The kids continues with their intense workout. Credits for the grammatical corrections/text editing goes to prune1. I am so grateful for his amazing aid and it really enhance the comic. I look forward to the moment when I will start working on the bg comic website were all the corrected pages will be displayed. And the chances of some printed versions of the comic in the future has surely improved due to the grammatical corrections by prune1. Of course I must get in touch with the owners of the trademark first, even if it would be a free give away of any printed version. Credit for the fart idea goes to Lurker of the north.

Edited by flysoup, 18 July 2009 - 03:59 PM.

[Pale Knight]

I love the Edwin and Drizzt portraits, truly magnificent! Drizzt's right boot looks a bit odd but hey, artistic license... still watching and loving your comic. If it is indeed printed, I'll slap it up

[flysoup]

I love the Edwin and Drizzt portraits, truly magnificent! Drizzt's right boot looks a bit odd but hey, artistic license... still watching and loving your comic. If it is indeed printed, I'll slap it up

When I stare at the boot you mention then I must agree, it have some twisted oddities on it. Glad you love the comic, and to have it printed would be a dream come true for me. It is something special with holding a comic in your hands.

[flysoup]

Just wanted to share the working progress on a page. I am using page 23 as an example. From penciling to inking to colorization to visual edits and grammatical edits. Credits for the grammatical/sentence/text edits goes to prune1. Notice how I decided to get rid of one of the gnome children since he didn't appear at the later pages (52-53). I am inking the BG Comic with a pen, though I am regretting that choice now. I should have picked a brush and and floating ink instead since those tools in my mind gives more variety and life into the lines. Still every type of tool has its advantages and drawbacks, just pick the ones you like but try them all before choosing a favorite tool. At the beginning of the comic I used opened inking lines but has on the later pages started to use closed ink lines and a less sketchy style than in the beginning. Nowadays i sketch the comic with a blue pen and ink right on top of it. Good speed to you all!

[flysoup]

Deleted this comic page. For the new comic visit: http://bhaalspawn.com/

I chose to do this so that there wont be any confusing between the old and newly crafted/edited comic pages.
Other than that thanks you all for the constructive criticism and the inspiring words. Hope to meet you all at the
new Bhaalspawn site. The comic wouldn't have developed to what it has if it wasn't from the aid of you all.

All the best and many thanks/
Michael H Bhaalspawn

Edited by flysoup, 25 March 2010 - 02:43 PM.

[prune1]

Great to see the artistic process fly.

I had to reply for that, and to say this: You're far too kind! You're mentioning my name in every post for the grammatical corrections and there is no need, honestly! If you just put a little font size 6 credit to me at the very bottom of an obscure linked page in this eventual webpage; it would still be more than enough.

Just post away without worrying about mentioning me, here on SHS anyways!

Anyhows, it's interesting to see that you leave the blanks for eventual dialogue/story from the very beginning, rather than a complete picture and then drawing over it the appropriate sized boxes as needed.

[flysoup]

Great to see the artistic process fly.

I had to reply for that, and to say this: You're far too kind! You're mentioning my name in every post for the grammatical corrections and there is no need, honestly! If you just put a little font size 6 credit to me at the very bottom of an obscure linked page in this eventual webpage; it would still be more than enough.

Just post away without worrying about mentioning me, here on SHS anyways!

Anyhows, it's interesting to see that you leave the blanks for eventual dialogue/story from the very beginning, rather than a complete picture and then drawing over it the appropriate sized boxes as needed.

You deserve all the credit mentioning you can get , due to the kindness of you sacrificing time to correct the grammatic and giving suggestions to alternate sentences. It really improves the comic. It is not always so that I have a dialoge completed in my mind when drawing a page therefore the blank speech bubbles. A bit risky to work like that but more fun

And here is Elminster, hated by some and loved by others



Elminster, the sage of Shadowdale, a high-level wizard, and capable of taking on almost any appearance imaginable. He is a natural storyteller, clever and charming man. Elminster rarely reveals the full extent of his true nature to anyone who is not an extremely close friend. He can portray himself as any stereotype he wants to assume, depending on what he wants to accomplish. He interacts regularly with the other Chosen of Mystra through a telepathic link and is an ally of the Harpers.

Edited by flysoup, 26 July 2009 - 01:39 AM.

[Miloch]

It is interesting to see how you develop your work from sketch to full colour. I'll have to learn how to do that someday. Do you use a tablet, mouse, or something else?

[Aranthys]

It is interesting to see how you develop your work from sketch to full colour. I'll have to learn how to do that someday. Do you use a tablet, mouse, or something else?

From what I can see, he's inking before scanning.
There also a lot of people that use light blue pencils to sketch, then they Ink, and then, after scanning, they use photoshop to have the blue disappear.

There's a good example of this method here : http://www.boltcity....opper_tutorial/

[flysoup]

It is interesting to see how you develop your work from sketch to full colour. I'll have to learn how to do that someday. Do you use a tablet, mouse, or something else?

I started out using a graphite pen for the sketch then Inked on a new paper using my light-table. After that I am scanning the inked page into photoshop then cleaning the page with a eraser and also making edits were needed. For example moving an eye that might look to be on the wrong place and so on. I make the inked layer into two layers and then I chose the multiply option so I can color over the inked lines. I am using a mouse when I color a page and when making edits/changes/redrawing inked lines. I have bought a tablet but haven't tried to learn how to use it yet. The dream would be to own a cintiq: http://www.wacom.eu/...?pid=90&lang=en but to be honest I like the traditional way using paper and ink. I am planning to start inking the BG Comic with a brush instead of pens since a brush gives smoother lines and more variety in the thickness vs. thin lines. But it might look weird to change the style in the middle of the comic...we will see what I do...

It is interesting to see how you develop your work from sketch to full colour. I'll have to learn how to do that someday. Do you use a tablet, mouse, or something else?

From what I can see, he's inking before scanning.
There also a lot of people that use light blue pencils to sketch, then they Ink, and then, after scanning, they use photoshop to have the blue disappear.
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Nowadays I use a blue pen then I ink over the blue and scan in the page choosing lineart 600 dpi. The lineart option removes the blue. After that I change the page into rgb.

Edited by flysoup, 27 July 2009 - 03:59 PM.

[flysoup]

Bare with me friends I know the update of the comic is on the lower phase but the everyday slavery work keeps
interfere. But I had time to doodle down another chibi npc. Hopefully I can get back into the splatting gory bg action as soon as possible so I don't loose myself into the cuteness swamps of the chibi maniacs.

[RedTyga]

Wow ... that's awesome

[flysoup]

Wow ... that's awesome

I am happy that you think so. When it comes to the chibi style I am not that familiar with it yet. I remember that I was really sceptical towards it in the beginning. But nowadays I am open minded to all the styles, there is much to learn from every style out there. Its all about sampling the things you like from each style and then in the end use them to put together something of your own.

[darlarosa]

OMG thats adorable O_O

[flysoup]

OMG thats adorable O_O

Thank you! Aerie sure has the ability to be adorable

[flysoup]

Another npc from the parallel baldur's gate universe; the realm of the Chibi's were the clouds are pink and the inhabitants are infected by cuteness and psychedelic staring eyeballs.

Kivan the ranger (But I guess you already figured that out from the facial tattoo):

[prune1]

These are really of a very high quality. Don't know if it means that much coming from someone who isn't an artist, but hey, it's great IMO! They're nice and simple (in terms of the look, i doubt it's simple to draw), yet very eye catching.

[flysoup]

These are really of a very high quality. Don't know if it means that much coming from someone who isn't an artist, but hey, it's great IMO! They're nice and simple (in terms of the look, i doubt it's simple to draw), yet very eye catching.

I am so happy you think they are of high quality, that means a lot to me! You are right, I find the simple looking ones to be the hardest to draw. Thank you for the inspiring comment, that helps me to keep on trucking with my artwork. I must get into a comic page now but these Chibi beings has haunted me the latest week Good speed to you friend!