The Orpheus project; page 19 by Bastinado
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Description
This is the last page of part one of a graphic adaptation of my short story "The Orpheus Project" published by Apex Digest (2005).
Cyber-horror/New Weird. Features award-winning writing (influences such as Alan Moore and Warren Ellis are apparent to the discerning reader), some essential-to-the-story nudity, and click the link to check out the NEW PAGE-FLIP(tm) FORMAT at Apex Digest for that complete comic experience! with 12 PAGES of ADDITIONAL STORY (Victorian demons, and Arctic desolation)and dont forget to vote for topWebcomic while you're there.
Thanks to everyone who has commented - I FEED on comments!
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Student and 'nightmare' characters were created in Daz|Studio. The nightmare character is a Vicky 3 male morph and the student isn't.
Post work panels prepared using Photoshop CS. I used the Poster Edge filter filter to get the 2D look I wanted.
Final page and lettering assembled in InDesign CS.
Comments (6)
Danceswithroos
Nice comic feel, you've done a great job here!!!
crocodilian
I like Poser-toons, and this is nicely done. I also like the flip-book, which I hadn't seen before. Some things to think about: --you've done a great job laying out the screen like a comic book; but there's actually less real estate on a lot of screens than a two page spread. I'm reading this on a Mac Powerbook (15" screen) which is laid out landscape-- things scan better side to side than top to bottom. -- experiment with some Photoshop techniques to lower detail before applying poster edge. One technique I use is to dupe layer, gaussian blur, and set composite mode to soft light (sometimes I do this twice). Then flatten and apply poster edge. . .there will be less detail, so you'll get a look that's a little less noisy. --plan color blocking carefully. Comic artists are phenoms at color theory. In this page, the girl and the ghoul are both similarly cream colored, which makes it a harder image to "read" Take a look at Alex Kelly or on Rosity, the remarkable Archangel Gabriel. There are lots of cheap or free color theory utilities that will help you pick out colors which "go"
GRiMAge
Sort of open-ended here, at least to me! But still i've really enjoyed it - a great interpretation of one of the most classic stories around! A truly beautiful work!
Bastinado
Guys! Thanks so much for following Grimm and the Orpheus Project. You are right GRiMAge, -- it IS open ended. I'll be coming back to it in comic form after a diversion (of another story called Seven Wives), but Orpheus Project is part 1 of five stories - The Janus Legacy, The Artemis Ascendancy, The Tantalus Effect, and The Prosperina Affair. They're being published online by Apex Digest (issue #5, #6, #7, and #9(next month) at http://www.apexdigest.com/online.shtml ) but the Apex Digest version of the comic actually incorporates the Janus Legacy (an extra 12 pages inserted throughout the comic). So there you have it. Thanks again for your regular commenting guys. I appreciate it heaps.
Bastinado
Crocodilian, thanks very much for that fantastic advice. A comment like that is worth more than money, man. It is such a kick just to be taklen seriously.
Moebius87
Truly enjoyed this series. :o) Thank you very much. I will be back for more...