The Amateur Art Thread!

Savage Raven · **Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:45 pm

Whoa! Pretty good! Is there more?

Hanzo the Razor · **Joined:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:19 pm **Posts:** 1140

Nah. It was rejected, after all...

jettison · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:59 pm **Posts:** 96

Jim Purcell · **Joined:** Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:24 am **Posts:** 1350

Hanzo the Razor wrote:

My rejected Zuda story, written by former Savage Dragon letterhack Greg O'Driscoll and colored by Bomb Queen colorist Paul Little.

Nice. Question about Zuda. The intention for Zuda was for the comics to be published digitally, correct? What specs were you given to draw the artwork at? As I notice each page is wide, and not tall. I've very very interested in comics formatted for digital display, and am interested in what an actual publisher was looking for in their submissions to fit that model.

Savage Raven · **Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:29 pm

I never submitted to zuda, so correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there whole philosophy "half page layouts"! If you notice all zuda books have that format even the werewolf western one that saw print was half page format. I think they're trying to defeat any need to scroll. For some reason the simple act of scrolling is a taboo in webcomics.

Savage Raven · **Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:30 pm

Also...Jettison..Nice job!

Hanzo the Razor · **Joined:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:19 pm **Posts:** 1140

I can't remember exactly, but they provided the specs -- it's not so much "half page" as it is a "landscape" page. They do the art so it'll fit on the monitor, rather than take art for the printed page and try to adapt it to the web.

Jim Purcell · **Joined:** Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:24 am **Posts:** 1350

Savage Raven wrote:

For some reason the simple act of scrolling is a taboo in webcomics.

It breaks flow to have to keep scrolling and zooming. It the main reason I hate reading print comics in a browser window on a computer screen.

Hanzo the Razor wrote:

I can't remember exactly, but they provided the specs -- it's not so much "half page" as it is a "landscape" page. They do the art so it'll fit on the monitor, rather than take art for the printed page and try to adapt it to the web.

That makes sense, and is something I've been toying with (I've got all my sheets of drawing paper cut to be ratio at 16:9 so that what I draw will always fit on a standard computer monitor)

Savage Raven · **Posted:** Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:52 pm

I liked your Zuda submission, Hanzo. You got anything else cookin'?

Jim Purcell · **Joined:** Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:24 am **Posts:** 1350

PS: I've just taken the time to read the first story arc of your webcomic Raven. Its very very good. Good sense of comedic timing, and a diverse cast. Gonna read the rest of it latter.

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