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Subject: Online comic ready for liftoff
Simon was the team leader 7 years ago when Miki made her debut as a CIA agent. After that operation, he was asked to attend a special camp where he and 14 other candidates were given a battery of tests; both physical and mental. They had blood drawn, which they were lead to believe was to insure they were healthy. In fact, it was so their DNA could be tested to see if it was compatible with the formula they would receive if they passed the initial tests. Simon was the only one to make it all the way through. The formula gave him enhanced strength and stamina, mental prowess, and the ability to shoot lightning from his hands, as well as draw it out of the air in short bursts. He can’t sustain drawing lightning out of the air for long, as it weakens him. It is only a last resort. He is not invulnerable, but he has a large pain threshold which serves him well. He is the team leader. Code name: Green Lightning.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Hank Thompson was an Army Special Forces team member. His unit was hit by an IED while on assignment in Iraq, and he was left brain dead. He has no family, and no living relatives, so the team who created Green Lightning convinced the Army to turn his body over to them. Since his brain had ceased to function, they couldn’t use the same formula that was used on Simon. They went about replacing destroyed body parts with electronic ones. The result was a cyborg entity nicknamed Gabriel. He has greatly enhanced strength and speed, his eye piece has infrared, x-ray, and sensor array capabilities. He also has a nasty little surprise embedded in his right arm. A liquid metal blade was implanted there that he can extend and retract at will. He can’t speak, but he doesn’t need to. His programming makes him follow all lawful orders without question. He was assigned as Miki’s bodyguard when she was recruited onto the team. His doctors claim he feels no emotion, no pain, nothing. But he seems to be exceptionally fond of Miki, beyond the scope of his assignment. Code name: Gabriel.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Miki was recruited to the CIA 7 years ago. She was invited to join Simon’s field office, but that never came to pass because of Simon’s subsequent assignment to Archangel. Miki spent the next seven years going back and forth from field agent to lab rat. Her first lab assignment was to crack the laptop taken from an enemy operative. Although she had no idea what was on it, she knew it was big. She didn’t know it would lead to the CIA forming Archangel. She is recruited to Archangel after being rescued by Simon and Hank during a failed mission. She has natural gymnastic and martial arts abilities, but her DNA wasn’t compatible with the formula. For that reason, she is given a stylized electronics embedded Ninja outfit to increase her natural agility, strength and stamina. Hank is assigned as her bodyguard initially, but after she is given the suit, she doesn’t really need him. Just don’t tell Hank that. Code name: Black Star Ninja.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Karen came by her powers differently than the others. She was a research assistant in a lab deep in the desert in Nevada. A lab accident resulting in an explosion transformed her into living fire. She can generate fire from her body and call it out of the air. She doesn’t wear the special plate armor, since it would literally melt off of her when she is in her fire form. She didn’t start out as one of the good guys. Her initial reaction to her transformation was rage. It took Miki to convince her to use her abilities for the good. Karen struggled with her weight before the transformation, and she harbors hatred toward men that she still carries with her. Even though it seems to be buried, the rest of the team is still cautious of her. She is not given undercover assignments because her transformation is triggered by her emotions. If she loses control of her abilities she could do catastrophic damage before she can be contained. Code name: Blaze.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
By the way, here is the bar I used for the renders above. Let me know if you want it, and I will see if I can package it and get into the freebies section:
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Nice to see you back, Rokket. Looks interesting... Perhaps you'll let me offer some critique and advice when it comes together a little more. I'm a long time time comics fan and have spent some time around others who were professionals in the medium, even considered attending the Joe Kubert school of comics and animation when I was younger (R.I.P, Joe). Instead opted for a fine art education. My best friend, also deceased, ended up going there.
Anyway, Have you ever read Will Eisner's 'Comics and Sequential Art'?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_and_Sequential_Art
Scott McCloud's 'Understanding Comics' is also really excellent!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding_Comics
Both definitely offer inspiration in terms of the technical aspect of the medium.
Looking forward to seeing more of your efforts!
great to see you finally starting.
Love esther
I aim to update it about once a month. Oh, and it's free!
Quote - Nice to see you back, Rokket. Looks interesting... Perhaps you'll let me offer some critique and advice when it comes together a little more. I'm a long time time comics fan and have spent some time around others who were professionals in the medium, even considered attending the Joe Kubert school of comics and animation when I was younger (R.I.P, Joe). Instead opted for a fine art education. My best friend, also deceased, ended up going there.
Anyway, Have you ever read Will Eisner's 'Comics and Sequential Art'?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_and_Sequential_Art
Scott McCloud's 'Understanding Comics' is also really excellent!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding_Comics
Both definitely offer inspiration in terms of the technical aspect of the medium.
Looking forward to seeing more of your efforts!
I will definitely ask for and receive advise. This is my first effort with this, and while I know I have a great story to tell, I am a little bit on the naive when it comes to putting this together. I am going to get a comic creation software very soon. But I will look at those links you posted.
Thank you.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Quote - great to see you finally starting.
Love esther
Yeah, it's a little daunting, but I am about ready now. The first 3 episodes are written with a cliff hanger at the end of each. I have been studying how series are put together, and I am certain I can entertain and keep 'em coming back once this thing takes off.
Any advise on a good web site to use? I don't want to do the slide show thing like yours, so I guess maybe get a free site from google and learn some HTML?
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
R u going to use some tooning eg photoshop filters?
I aim to update it about once a month. Oh, and it's free!
@ esther and primorge: no, I am not going to toon this one up. I prefer the semi-realistic look of what I have so far. I will be doing a lot of post work, though, especially on Blaze. There is a scene I was working on where Green Lightning attempts to capture her when she first appears with a specialized shackle gun. She is in human form, but transforms when he locks the shackle on her ankle. That's also when he learns she can pseudo-fly by heating the air around her. She takes off and after she gets a few hundred meters into the air, she melts the shackle and lets him fall.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Quote - Rokket, I just recently started building a website through Weebly... Pretty easy and free! you can have as many pages as you want of images as long as each image is under 10mb. The site is highly recommended.
Esther could probably give you more advice on this topic but weebly is pretty damn nice.
I'll look into that one. I want to be able to post my pics as large as possible, so that there is no mistaking what is going on in each frame. I thought about just going with frame-by-frame, but I would lose the comic aspect of it. So I will probably go with a comic book style page, just a bit larger than 8.5 x 11 in.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Anyway feel like Blabbing, Kind of OT... but maybe not. This Plug-in for Carrara by Digital Carvers Guild is high on my wishlist: http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/plugin.php?ProductId=15.
Images I've seen made with this are incredibly nice (almost as nice as Cinema4d's Toon features). Just spent $40.00 on Terai Yuki 2 (she so cute!) a little while ago so I'm Cg cash strapped for a little while.
All right, time to top off the coffee.
Quote - Anyway feel like Blabbing, Kind of OT... but maybe not. This Plug-in for Carrara by Digital Carvers Guild is high on my wishlist: http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/plugin.php?ProductId=15.
Images I've seen made with this are incredibly nice (almost as nice as Cinema4d's Toon features). Just spent $40.00 on Terai Yuki 2 (she so cute!) a little while ago so I'm Cg cash strapped for a little while.
All right, time to top off the coffee.
I don't have Carrara. I am still fussing with open source things right now, besides poser. I learned how to use a few of Blender's features while I was away, and that was what pushed me to where I am now.
Where did you get Terai Yuki 2? I'd like to see what she looks like...
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Quote - Nice work, Rokket. You're going to make all of the content from scratch? That's one hell of an undertaking! Your modeling skills will be sharpened to a razors edge with such an endeavor. I would relent and utilize a lot of the excellent freebies out there to lessen the work load... If it were me.
Yeah, because I have been finding that a lot of the freebies I try to use have something that is just a little off. So I usually end up just making my own stuff. I will probably be ready to to be a vendor by the time the first edition of my comic has run... lol...
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Quote - Terai Yuki 2
http://www.contentparadise.com/productdetails.aspx?id=9886
Images
http://www.google.com/images?q=terai+yuki+2
Whoa, she is cute. I would be messing with her all day and get no work done... :biggrin:
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Quote - Think the gun could use more detail but interesting idea, it has a Police Baton vibe to it that works with the concept.
I am still working on it. I have to shape the butt stock to a more conventional rifle shape, and the area in front of the triggar will eventually become where you load the CO2 cartridge that fires the projectile. The shackle self locks when it meets any type of resistance.
There is a nylon rope attached to the shackle that you can lock when you capture your perp. It won't reel in however, when the shackle is closed, so whatever line you paid out, that's what you have to work with until you can subdue them.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Quote - I'm surprised you don't use A3 more, she has so many excellent freebie clothes... you seem to be more of a Miki fan, though.
I don't have A3, V4,5, any of them. I only have what came with Poser 9, and later Miki and Tyler.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Quote - Well, anyway, hope you check out that Blambot site. Catch up with you later, Rokket.
I will check it out. I may go with the same software that Esther is using, which has all the fonts. I downloaded a trial version, but I was so busy that I never got to use it until after the trial period ended.
I have to log off now, so hopefully this thread will attract some more attention...
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Wow u need a whole production team.
I aim to update it about once a month. Oh, and it's free!
Rokket, when your comic is live, lemme know.
3D Digital Comics & Art/My homepage
http://www.edgeversemedia.com
Attached Link: http://www.plasq.com
the software comiclife that I use for doing the panels, balloons and sound effects etc can use blambot fonts or any other fonts you own. Any software you can find to cut corners will speed up your comic making.Vue is handy, even if it is just to make backgrounds for your outdoor scenes. you can import pz3 into vue and render in vue as well but genesis won't import properly into vue yet.
Love esther
I aim to update it about once a month. Oh, and it's free!
oryou can for example make a spherical render in vue and save as HDRI and map it onto the BB envirsphere which is a really usefull freebie. then your character can walk around in the forrest in poser.
I aim to update it about once a month. Oh, and it's free!
Quote - Wow u need a whole production team.
Lol, hopefully I won't have to go that far! I got this far on my own. I will probably put up an episode a month until I get the whole process down. Then I am hoping for one every other week.
Have to see what kind of readership I get though, before I get too deep into it...
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Quote - Looking forward to seeing this develop Rokket.
I especially like the Blaze character idea...
She and Green Lightning were the only hold overs from my original idea, when the storyline was centered on Simon as Green Lightning. But now the story is centered on Miki, though Green Lightning is still the leader and will see a lot of action in the early stages of the story.
Blaze was originally thought of as the antagonist in both version of my story. In the first version, it turns out that Green Lightning's best friend, who was going to be played by James was the real bad guy. In the new story, she starts out bad, then goes good.... sort of.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
Quote - the software comiclife that I use for doing the panels, balloons and sound effects etc can use blambot fonts or any other fonts you own. Any software you can find to cut corners will speed up your comic making.
Vue is handy, even if it is just to make backgrounds for your outdoor scenes. you can import pz3 into vue and render in vue as well but genesis won't import properly into vue yet.
Love esther
I had the trial version but I didn't get a chance to do much with it before the trial period expired. In other words, I never got a chance to show my wife that it was something worth buying.
I get to talk to her this weekend on Skype. I am going to bring that up again.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
She is Alyssa Montegue. She can be compared to Joan Collins' character on the 80's tv show "Dynasty". She is pretty much self-centered and narcissistic. She is friendly toward you only if it suits her purpose.
She is going to be fun to write.
This was about 10 minutes in the face room.
If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.
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Archangel, an elite squad put together to achieve objectives that the US can’t by normal means. The costumes they wear give them anonymity so that the government has complete deniability. They wear a special chest plate armor which allows them to communicate with their superiors, and monitors their biometrics. They each possess special abilities and powers to enhance their effectiveness.If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.