Have you ever gone to a party and TRIED having a conversation with someone about something or another on a more intellectual level but instead of discussing or ever admitting they may be wrong, they just shoot down everything you say with out consideration? Probably one of my biggest pet peeves ever.
PS. Yes, that is in fact my good friend, Ty Haley.
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ALT - 0005: POP CULTURE VULTURE
[ Panel 1 ]
:: Cadence is at a party with Ty Haley, he’s drinking a PBR ::
TY HALEY: EVERY song on their new album sounds EXACTLY the same.
CADENCE: Well, their TIME SIGNATURES are the same, yes. It gives the album an overall audio aesthetic. BUT, if you pay attention, the actual notes played are different.
[ Panel 2 ]
TY HALEY: No. Track one goes “DUN dun dun DUN” and track two goes “DUN dun dun DUN."
CADENCE: Just ‘cos two songs have notes in the same SEQUENCE doesn’t make it exact--
TY HALEY: YES! God did you ev--
[ Panel 3 ]
CADENCE: WHAT are you talking about?!?! Do you even know ANYTHING about music!?!
:: She strangles Ty, it’s the only logical thing to do at this point. ::
[ Panel 4 ]
CADENCE: …How ‘bout we talk about TV or something.
TY HALEY: OM EM EFF GEE, WHAT was with that Josh Wheatin’ show FIREBUG?
:: She found herself yet another thing for him to annoy her with. ::
[ Panel 1 ]
:: Cadence is at a party with Ty Haley, he’s drinking a PBR ::
TY HALEY: EVERY song on their new album sounds EXACTLY the same.
CADENCE: Well, their TIME SIGNATURES are the same, yes. It gives the album an overall audio aesthetic. BUT, if you pay attention, the actual notes played are different.
[ Panel 2 ]
TY HALEY: No. Track one goes “DUN dun dun DUN” and track two goes “DUN dun dun DUN."
CADENCE: Just ‘cos two songs have notes in the same SEQUENCE doesn’t make it exact--
TY HALEY: YES! God did you ev--
[ Panel 3 ]
CADENCE: WHAT are you talking about?!?! Do you even know ANYTHING about music!?!
:: She strangles Ty, it’s the only logical thing to do at this point. ::
[ Panel 4 ]
CADENCE: …How ‘bout we talk about TV or something.
TY HALEY: OM EM EFF GEE, WHAT was with that Josh Wheatin’ show FIREBUG?
:: She found herself yet another thing for him to annoy her with. ::
RIP Firefly. ='(
Seriously! Such a good show.
Hahahah, Ty in the depths of hell! Awesome. Sorry I missed the hangout :(
I think Ty is ALWAYS in the depths of hell. ^_~
Boy howdy is THAT the truth!
Ty is Hell… when you die you go to Ty.
What happens when Ty dies?
He doesn’t, he just… is.
Getting all philosophical in this bitch.
I turn into Bruce Willis.
I’m not sure that you’d be able to be that hard.
The strip actually doesn’t look bad in gray scale, but I was thinking, maybe you could just us a generic color for non-reoccurring characters. White, or gray scale, would probably work for them, or since you’ve already got this guy as green, you could set them all as green. That way, you can reserve the other colors for main characters.
I thought about that too… after thinking about it even longer I decided that I wanted to try what I just uploaded. What are your thoughts on that? This way I can still work on learning colors and try new things like monochromatic backgrounds and flat color characters.
I do like it, but my biggest concern would be how much work went into it. As you mentioned these are meant to be quick and easy, so you can use them as a kinda filler comic.
I actually color it already… then drop a filter over it.. so its actually LESS work because I don’t have to change the line art color or add the filter.
Ah, well then, I think my only concern would be people being able to easily differentiate between these and the regular programming. Not that it’s terribly hard, but you know, some people need help.
I thought about that a bit too.. I was hoping maybe making talk bubbles white as well would help with that.
Greyscale w/ color accents, personally…. I’ve always favored that sort of effect though, so I’m biased.Also, love the comic… Been lurking about a year, you’re rockin it :)
Thanks for crawling out of the darkness that is the internet to comment! I appreciate it. :]I keep going back and forth on which I like the best. Its tough for me to really decide! So you’re saying you like the one that just had the red background for panel 3 and everything else be grey?
How about a blend? Greyscale monochrome the comic, but use signature color monochromes for the recurring characters. This way you build a recognizable visual language based on color.The downside I see is creating layer masks for the recurring characters. They’d have to created new with each comic.
The simplified illustration style also sets off this universe. You may find in time and development more simplified forms for recurring characters. We know them well by their hair styles, colors, and clothing. What’s the simplest expression for these signatures?
I think what you have done so far is a good start. Until I read the blog entry, I thought you had a guest comic.
Well at least I was able to throw it off enough to make you think it could be a guest strip. That’s sort of what I’m going for, I want to make sure that people realize it’s not inline with the rest of the comic.I’ve been finding that the thing with the blend is that it starts to take more time if I have to go the extra step of monochroming the characters. The reason is that I have to either draw each character on their own layer OR i need to go back over their line art with a clipping mask to color their lines a different color. As nice/neat as it may look… it tacks on 30mins-1hr… that being the case, this looks just as nice and takes away that extra time I don’t need to take. I want ALT to look nice, but be easier for me to accomplish. If I can pull that off, I may be able to get LAWLS to a 5 day week thing. :]
I think the term your looking for is “Characteristics”?
Thanks for the comment, I appreciate your feed back. :]
You know, if it’s the pragmatic choice, I kinda dig the greyscale; especially with the way you shade. It reminds me of old school strips.I hope that lampoon of Firefly was for the sake of Irony. Otherwise, I’d have to kill you. With fire.
It’s really only more pragmatic in the realm of printing… other than that, time wise its only about a 5minute difference between the two as far as work goes.I love Firefly, his statement was solely for the joke.
Bitchin’The use of Bitchin’ in this comment was also a joke.
Personally, i like the way you present it in this strip.. faded/softer character colors, grey backgrounds etc. It keeps your signature look while also being different enough to not be confused with the real thing.Besides, you do great color work, why eliminate that? =)
Why thank you BriceMasters! That’s exactly what I was hoping people would feel about this style. Glad you like it and thanks for the compliment. :]
yea i sometimes do that but it tends to be changed to the zombie apocalypses
Strangle people to death?
psh no, conversations with people but instead of conversations on smart topics they shift to the zombie apocalypse
*Read last panel.*It’s just a joke, they’re making a point. Be cool, be cool…*Head Explosion No.8: The Head Explosion of Anger.*
Haha, I like Joss Whedon’s work; If that’s what you’re referring to. In fact Cadence is just as pissed as you are. :]
The guy with the glasses is right: I truly hate bands that seem unable to write but one song (with tiny variants) – and the people who is so blind (deaf?) as not to give that any importance.
That third panel, replace Cadence with myself, and the scrawny guy with any young’un who has no idea who Thelonius Monk, Brubeck, or Coltrane are, and won’t shut up about some band and how “It’s so melodically complex and strange, there’s nothing like it”. Guess what little buddy, those three guys just made it up as they went, there’s a reason jazz mainly uses fakebooks instead of sheet music. I love the band just as much as you do, but maybe you ought to read some interviews and check out their influences, I’ve got new music to listen to because I did that, and some of it is AWE-SOME!*Why yes I am working on becoming a crotchety old fart, why do you ask?
You know, cause o this page, I’ve started reading Ty’s comic. Congratulations, Ty, on the new reader.
Same here. Thanks to LAWLS I’ve found a few new comics (IamARG, Nerf This, Ty’s comic) along with Inkoutbreak.
I see your dilemma, sir, and I think I may have a solution.So far, you’ve been doing a monochromatic background with characters having their own overall color scheme, minor variances here and there for skin, hair, and clothes.
If it’s been working for you, stick with it. If you aren’t comfortable with it, then keep experimenting with different color styles until you feel nice and cozy with it.
I can’t offer much more, but I personally liked the style you used with the ALT: Celebrity Crush comic. It’s got it’s own flow, ya know?
Now I bid all of ye adieu before I pass out in my chair from exhaustion.
I like greyscale with accents!
The soften colours over grey background seems like the best idea to me but what do i know im just a stuffed panda used as a hat-stand….
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