Would you believe it? A comic! Created 18 years ago2006-06-19 07:41:38 UTC by AJ AJ

Created 18 years ago2006-06-19 07:41:38 UTC by AJ AJ

Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 07:41:38 UTC Post #185795
Had an idea to do this a while ago, just never did it. First time doing any sort of posing.

Created with GMOD and Comic Life (Mac software).

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AJ AJGlorious Overlord
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 07:44:22 UTC Post #185797
Haha.

Theme-y, too.

NubeCube?, whoo.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 07:47:16 UTC Post #185799
heh...
a mapping comic! :D
more, please!
Penguinboy PenguinboyHaha, I died again!
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 07:53:18 UTC Post #185803
Very good ant i think it is very amusing. :)
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 07:54:40 UTC Post #185804
Comic Life ftw.

Nice.
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 08:08:43 UTC Post #185806
Pretty slick, and amusing, some of the text is a little small, but nice none-the-less. :)
Strider StriderTuned to a dead channel.
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 08:12:23 UTC Post #185807
Nice posing, good editing, good theme. Quite funny, too, this has potential. A bit dark, for us 0-brightness-monitor users, you might want to kick the lightness up a bit in whatever editing app you're using.

Good work.
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 08:12:38 UTC Post #185808
some of the text is a little small
My bad. It looked fine on my screen.
A bit dark, for us 0-brightness-monitor users
Double my bad. This screen is incredibly bright, even when I've got the brightness all the way down in HL2. Sorry about that peeps.
AJ AJGlorious Overlord
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 08:18:20 UTC Post #185810
Well.. i do run my desktop at 1280x960, so alot of text looks small, but yours just seemed smaller (the background text from the other characters), regardless, i can still read it.
Strider StriderTuned to a dead channel.
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 08:30:26 UTC Post #185813
Heh.. Looking forward to more.. :D
Daubster DaubsterVault Dweller
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 08:52:27 UTC Post #185821
And fourthly, DONT_BUFF_MY_PILON 1!! It gets rid of the benchmark.
How many 'w's in 'wwwwwwwwwwwwwtf'?
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 08:55:39 UTC Post #185822
Dont_buff_my_pylon is an actual console command in G-mod.

The cube background really could use some work - it brings far too much contrast and draws attention away from what's going on.

Can't see what's happening at all in the last frame, 'tis very dark.
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 08:55:50 UTC Post #185823
It's a proper console command for the GMOD and yes, it gets red of the watermark. I only realised it was there after finishing the comic.

As for the image sizes, not all comics need to conform to a standard "2x6" format, like Concerned. A lot of real comic books use different sized frames to emphasise certain elements of the plot. It also looks more dynamically interesting than a boring collection of squares.

As for the theme, minimalism ftw.
AJ AJGlorious Overlord
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 09:02:59 UTC Post #185826
ZL: The cube background was meant to simulate the Hammer grid.

As for the last frame, you'll have to manually brighten it yourself as I seriously don't know what's bright and what isn't.
AJ AJGlorious Overlord
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 09:05:19 UTC Post #185828
Looks fine here Ant, nice comic.
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 09:07:38 UTC Post #185829
really good, ant... Maybe make the width 800 pixels. Nice work and funny, but again, a bit small
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 09:33:31 UTC Post #185833
Ant: Bump up the brightness next time.. Example:

Before:
User posted image


After:
User posted image


There's no serious drop in quality or colour correctness, but in the latter image I can actually see what's going on.
And, as stated, the text really is quite small when I think about it...
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 09:41:01 UTC Post #185838
Hehe, Frohman is giving out lessons in making maps :D

Nice Ant! 10/10
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 11:22:35 UTC Post #185888
Pretty good, nice posing, though not sure about the black and white backgroud.
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 11:26:32 UTC Post #185889
I really like the black and white background, it IS like a developer grid and fits the idea perfectly.
Strider StriderTuned to a dead channel.
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 11:37:22 UTC Post #185895
Hmm, I think it could have been better if it wasn't so bright and conrtasty.
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 11:53:49 UTC Post #185902
Ant, just hit the gamma adjust in PSP before you post stuff and knock it up to 1.2 or so.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-19 12:56:04 UTC Post #185924
9/10 needs some brightness

and for the background, why don't you make an accuall hamer grid, with very thin lines over a black background. and not to forget the highlighted lines every 8 grid squares, and the blue center lines.
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-20 10:44:17 UTC Post #186036
Pfft, everyones a critic...

Good comic, one that actually made me wanna map again.
Habboi HabboiSticky White Love Glue
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-20 22:40:47 UTC Post #186158
Dunno how I'm gonna be able to make an actual Hammer grid, unless I cut the characters out and paste 'em in, which is outta my league cos I suck with PSP so it'd look crap.

I may make more, dunno yet.
AJ AJGlorious Overlord
Posted 18 years ago2006-06-21 00:08:38 UTC Post #186162
Its merely ok. Not much to laugh at, just mostly basic text.
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