The NZA Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 Many members of this board frequent webcomics: theyre some of the most original things on the net. I loves my video game review sits, for example, but make the comparison here: play someone else's work & review it vs think of soemthing witty/funny that fits in the number of captions/boxes youve allotted yourself, and draw it from scratch. Some people spend days pullin it off. Characters must be creative yet somehow not fit into the already-established webcomic stereotype. Art must be good, but fitting. Jokes kinda havta fit your audience to an extent, and i imagine mini-series within em cant be easy. Can you keep your fictional characters interesting? Or, if its on you & friends, can you liven up their anecdotes to stay fresh? You see where im goin with this: Yahven & many others have often commented they'd love to do one, but it seems to take a lotta work. Unfair as it is to say...there's a lot of em, a lot of em out there and some really do just suck. Too much hinging on sex, too many in-jokes. But some really shine...lets show off/ out our favorites, i know im not the only guy here who reads em. Penny Arcade - My personal favorite, as many of you've noticed Our resident Silent Bob's opus to the world - youre a dick if youre not supportin this guy. Dork Tower - This one's usually too dorky even for me, but many of the ancient gods are fans of it. Just picked this one up...seems pretty funny so far tho. TrueNuff - Penny Arcade introduced me to this one today...it looks promising. Take a look, you might enjoy em...I know Yahven, Morrigan & former board member Booboo used to be fond of some sex one or another, lets see if any of em find this thread to give it a mention (not fuckin likely) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 3, 2003 Author Share Posted April 3, 2003 HAHAHA....ooo, Silent Bob, youre the mack daddy my man. I got a mention in a webcomic, how badass is that?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 Yep, now I just gotta convince everyone that not all my jokes are stolen from Kevin Smith... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 3, 2003 Author Share Posted April 3, 2003 Christ..is monty python's really a thread burial ground? Only Tussin, Spongey, Chief etc seem to come by...this thread really deserves more attention. Few more days and into general it goes; i know Yahven has somethin to say here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 ...didn't know Yahven had something to say anywhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 I'm a bit of a late-comer to Drawing the Line but after checking out the archives, character profiles you've sold me on it. Love the pissed-off magic pencil one :approve: Out of curiosity is it hand drawn and scanned or done with a computer package? What sort of computr packages do you use? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 It's hand-drawn and scanned. I'm horrible at drawing things on the computer, so I just sketch 'em, ink 'em, scan 'em and use Photoshop to get the flat colors. Heh, the Photoshop will be pretty obvious when I start using some of those really bad effects that Photoshop gives you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 Bob - i know its pricey, but Gabe (artist at Penny Arcade) speaks highly of recnet laptop/drawing pads that have really aided his work...beyond the $ part, you ever thought of lookin into one of them? Youd still be drawing but could aid it if/where you needed, might lighten your load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 wow can't wait for those filters SB, the scratch ones are way coool. Oh IC if you want an explanation for Monty P being a posting wasteland part of the problem is the loading times, even on the non-image-heavy thread. Not back to broadband for another few weeks. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 Ah...not to divert from the topic too much, i do wanna these things out a bit, but...how long does this skin take you on a modem, on average? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Bob - i know its pricey, but Gabe (artist at Penny Arcade) speaks highly of recnet laptop/drawing pads that have really aided his work Yeah, I've used those at school, but I'm bad with them, too. Dunno, just can't manage good work unless I can exactly what I'm drawing on the surface that I'm drawing it on. If they ever made something where you could draw directly on the screen...maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 See, that sounds like thats what Gabe was talkin bout...a PC pad that you draw directly on. Ill look more into it, sounded interestin. PMing Yahven to check this thread, surely more folks here read webcomics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Can take up to a good 60 seconds to load this topic and even then scrolling is jittery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Take Me To Your Lizard Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Got some bad news MLB. My computer has been making this bad whirring sound recently, which does stop when I thump it (percussion maintenance) but is getting worrying. I suspect it's the fan, and if I leave the computer on too much it starts to crash a lot. In the short term this means I can't leave it on too long, so it won't run the proxy server, so you won't have your broadband in Nottingham. However, I hope to fix it if I work out what's wrong. Any you guys think you know what it could be? If it's the fan can I just buy a new power unit? If I do that, do I have to change anything on the motherboard or do I just plug the new one in? I can swap things in PCI slots fine, but never changed a PSU before. Whirr whirr *thump thump thump* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobitussinEF Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 la la la la BLARG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 12, 2003 Author Share Posted April 12, 2003 Hey, cmon, way to support your other board member's work there Robitussin...you could at least check out the man's stuff before blarghin it out... ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 12, 2003 Author Share Posted April 12, 2003 PS if youre halfway inclined towars anime, japanese culture, zombies, things blowing up, etc, you cant go wrong with MegaTokyo. This is one of the greats ive come across. :heart: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobitussinEF Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 i wasnt blarging at SB's work........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Just the topic. Understandably because nobody seems to look in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted April 21, 2003 Author Share Posted April 21, 2003 True, and that makes me sad. Im PMing Yahven into here one more time, then thinking about topic of the week or somethin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobitussinEF Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 Good Idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yahve Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 The web comics are a great possible addon to th esite, some page that compiles the best of them much like our comic page. If i make it bigger itll never finish loading. Again mad props to our resident comic writer, who's work i DO read, i just cant comment much but.... ONE MORE DAY!!!! As far as this forums slowass loading skin, well.... Its ultra fancy using Direct X blur crap bah basically a bug ridden thing of beauty, perfect for Monty Python. I'll keep an eye out for a more appropriate skin but come on, this behemoth is a perfect representation of what the Internet has to offer. Long live the Web cruisaders! me cankts spell to muc h math today grrrrr. Avalon High and one who's name i can't remember..... CDC ? something about aliens... so well done arggg cant remember name.. fudge.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signal08 Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 i still think that SiBobs DTL site is the best...the humor is just...funny. www.drawingtheline.keenspace.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted April 23, 2003 Share Posted April 23, 2003 No w's, actually... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Juuust wanted to bump this back up to the top of the board in a desperate attempt to get people to read this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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