Dryad test page.
Added 2020-11-16 00:49:08 +0000 UTCI'm forever torn about simplicity/complexity in my comics. For the hiker comic I know I could do just a simple 1 color comic, and maybe that's what I'll start with and add colors as I get further along, but I'd like to try something new with texture on this one.
I've been making these textures in Photoshop that might be the kinda look you'd get if you were making rubbings on top of textured plates or something. I like the sort of noisy and foresty detail it gives, and the hatching can easily eel like a bed of pine needles which I hope will come in handy on this one ;)
Still need to make a finalized design for the Dryad but I'm kinda liking this one. What do you think about mythical forest creatures having fashioned choker necklaces and acorn cap berets for themselves? π
It took a long time of fussing to arrive at this still very rough page, but I know how useful that process was for Little Bird's Bath so I'll be using it again here. I think my aesthetic keys for this one will be a very very warm, limited palette, that can bridge the gap between late summer and fall colors, printed media texture, and very modernist cartoon type nature aesthetics, think Eyvind Earle trees and the like!
More updates soon, thanks all for your support and patience! I'll get a finalized dryad design (or two, if I can't decide) so we can get a vote going first thing this week.
<3
Winton
Comments
this level of detail feels right
Fenrysk
2020-11-16 12:15:10 +0000 UTCThat's a good point! I feel like the designs just need to match the aesthetic, and since much of my work is kinda retro anyways, some conceits make sense. If I get around to a Gibson girl comic for example, I'll care a lot more about period accuracy because it will make things feel more aligned. π
Winton Kidd
2020-11-16 05:55:22 +0000 UTCI love the 'modern dryad' notions! Doesn't feel anachronistic with the joggers that way.
FrogtieFirbolg
2020-11-16 03:45:18 +0000 UTCThanks for the support Laz! ππ
Winton Kidd
2020-11-16 00:58:55 +0000 UTCThank you Joseph, glad to hear that!
Winton Kidd
2020-11-16 00:58:35 +0000 UTCI really like what you're doing here.
Joe Zuniga
2020-11-16 00:57:04 +0000 UTCHaha, I guess that's just my hand showing-- just some kinda North American dryad's gonna come out when I put pen to paper. ;)
Winton Kidd
2020-11-16 00:55:32 +0000 UTCThe dryads probably should be more elven/greek.
InkstainedFox
2020-11-16 00:52:29 +0000 UTCI'm sure we'll all be more than happy enough with whatever direction you take us
Lazarus0024
2020-11-16 00:50:43 +0000 UTC
