tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post116041453804554115..comments2007-04-10T01:25:25.259-07:00benton jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756521475101955881noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1168473762661673962007-01-10T16:02:00.000-08:002007-01-10T16:02:00.000-08:00I *love* the Chick Comics treatment on the cover!<BR/><BR/>We just got twenty 20" Cintiques for one of our classrooms. They are awesome...especially when someone else is paying for them :)tadleckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04724581148634964982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1161910984605733772006-10-26T18:03:00.000-07:002006-10-26T18:03:00.000-07:00Randall C.--Love your comic! Simple but well thought out. You have a nice variety od compositions and angles. I liked the way you used the brush--particulary<BR/>the effects inside the submarine and the storm. Great expressiveness with the main female character with just a few simple lines. Great work!benton jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440988228777414076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1161771301856799112006-10-25T03:15:00.000-07:002006-10-25T03:15:00.000-07:00awesome work this! I agree with what you say on moving fast. Most interesting to me when I was doing my 24h comic was to see that I have a very limited set of ready-made-compositions. I suppose starting from tone-based compos does help in creating a broader range, but I definetly need to work on variety of vieuwpoints and camera angles. By the looks of it, you have got that sorted out pretty well. Respect.Randall.chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778596319327389217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1161377657137655582006-10-20T13:54:00.000-07:002006-10-20T13:54:00.000-07:00Benton --<BR/><BR/>Freaking amazing -- really, really beautiful. 'Nuff said.LABobsterofAnaheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16761128863170218193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160859150134123102006-10-14T13:52:00.000-07:002006-10-14T13:52:00.000-07:00czarmangis- ?? Most of the shots in these examples, the camera has been eye-level. In fact, most are slightly lower than eye-level. Most aren't head on (except page 4 ) to give a voyeuristic impression.benton jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440988228777414076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160796724352456002006-10-13T20:32:00.000-07:002006-10-13T20:32:00.000-07:00You're...not bad.I notice that most of your camera angles are 3/4 verticle looking down...is that on purpose?Czarmangishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238686664892346302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160787163210351032006-10-13T17:52:00.000-07:002006-10-13T17:52:00.000-07:00bko- Thanks for the enthusiasm over the pages! However, if I give EVERYTHING away, nobody will get the book! I will, however, be posting a few more pages soon. Maybe Sasquatch will appear in some of those pages. Keep watching this space...<BR/><BR/>Jamie- Thanks for the kind words! I've been overdosing on Alex Toth and all the other great black and white cartoonists a lot lately. Maybe some of it's finally sinking in--benton jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440988228777414076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160675424713510662006-10-12T10:50:00.000-07:002006-10-12T10:50:00.000-07:00benton, you are an absolute MASTER of spotting the blacks... wow.Jamie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06035732239590902225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160625465660755842006-10-11T20:57:00.000-07:002006-10-11T20:57:00.000-07:00"pbdstudios-Thanks -I'll be sending you a dog drawing for your blog soon!"<BR/><BR/>AWESOME!! thanks!pbcbstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08633823323530799486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160611483852702302006-10-11T17:04:00.000-07:002006-10-11T17:04:00.000-07:00Where is the Sasquatch!!! These are beautiful!!!but where is the Sasquatch!!!!BKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05668225773107322051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160530074965596102006-10-10T18:27:00.000-07:002006-10-10T18:27:00.000-07:00pbdstudios-Thanks -I'll be sending you a dog drawing for your blog soon!benton jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440988228777414076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160511002501822922006-10-10T13:10:00.000-07:002006-10-10T13:10:00.000-07:00this looks really cool -pbcbstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08633823323530799486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160443504552666312006-10-09T18:25:00.000-07:002006-10-09T18:25:00.000-07:00ooops! Actually I meant to say the Superman piece was the first all computer line drawing, NOT the Surfer one.benton jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440988228777414076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160441453308194172006-10-09T17:50:00.000-07:002006-10-09T17:50:00.000-07:00I've been using photoshop since the late 80's, early 90's. Used it mainly to composite photos and do concept paintings. All my paintings ( the Hulk and Swamp Thing for example ) all started with at least a minimal pencil drawing that I scanned in before I started painting. I always had a hard time sketching with a mouse or stylus. It's just too "slippery". So anything with linework in it, I tended to do using traditional tools. I've only recently started doing the actual drawings and sketches on the computer, although I suppose I could have started doing that LONG ago ( as many of my colleagues have ). My first really 100% computer line drawing was that Silver Surfer piece. Sure I've done a few quick sketches before, but that Surfer piece was the first one that could be called a finished line drawing. My next step is to buy a cintique ( eeek! $2500.00) so I can actually draw on the screen. I've played with my friend's cintiques and it feels so much more natural. I've gotten a pain in my neck/shoulder from using my tablet. I think it's the combination of looking up at the vertical screen and drawing at the same time. I'm hoping the cintique helps alleviate this.benton jewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440988228777414076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28355732.post-1160437983126384982006-10-09T16:53:00.000-07:002006-10-09T16:53:00.000-07:00Sheez, that's incredible. <BR/><BR/>Great ideas on moving fast.... I was given a fan script this year that I committed to try to do a comic strip on and just doing layouts alone....ough... S-L-O-W!<BR/><BR/>Curious.... when did you switch to all-computer? Did it take long to switchover?<BR/><BR/>(I just bought my first tablet last week, but have yet to actually test it out)crazy_asian_manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14476001104175126885noreply@blogger.com