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zolandar
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A long time ago while playing City of Heroes I saw someone post a comic cover on the forums made from a screenshot. I tried my own hand at it and loved doing it. One it was creative, and two it gave me a uniform record of characters I played. The more I played, the more comic covers I did. It also drove me to do a TON of screenshots along the way. I did over 600 covers for CoH over the years.
I did the same when I tried the competition. Its not easy. Certain characters don't give you good angles because they are further range, or the graphics tend to overwhelm the image. Sometimes game elements like pickup items, boosts and the like spoil shots. Good covers can be ruined by a ill placed limb of an NPC. Other characters tend to go through the same animations a lot, making covers too similar after a while.
Lately now I have been doing a lot of Champions Covers. AND I got to seeing DC doing another crossover event (Convergence) and Marvel doing theirs, (Secret Wars). So I decided to do one for my CO toons. IF all goes well this will be over 60 covers. I've already got 23 done -- but I've still gaps to fill in the sequence. (3 crossovers and one aftermath issue per toon along with the mini-series itself)
and the covers of First wave.
I did the same when I tried the competition. Its not easy. Certain characters don't give you good angles because they are further range, or the graphics tend to overwhelm the image. Sometimes game elements like pickup items, boosts and the like spoil shots. Good covers can be ruined by a ill placed limb of an NPC. Other characters tend to go through the same animations a lot, making covers too similar after a while.
Lately now I have been doing a lot of Champions Covers. AND I got to seeing DC doing another crossover event (Convergence) and Marvel doing theirs, (Secret Wars). So I decided to do one for my CO toons. IF all goes well this will be over 60 covers. I've already got 23 done -- but I've still gaps to fill in the sequence. (3 crossovers and one aftermath issue per toon along with the mini-series itself)
and the covers of First wave.
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Formerly @CentralNexus in CoX -- as Flagborn, Doctor Futura, Fast Neutrino, Accoustix, etc.
Formerly @CentralNexus in CoX -- as Flagborn, Doctor Futura, Fast Neutrino, Accoustix, etc.
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Had to do two messages due to limit of pics in a post.
Formerly @CentralNexus in CoX -- as Flagborn, Doctor Futura, Fast Neutrino, Accoustix, etc.
Final addition.....For Now.....
Formerly @CentralNexus in CoX -- as Flagborn, Doctor Futura, Fast Neutrino, Accoustix, etc.
Click here to check out my costumes/milleniumguardian (MG) in-game/We need more tights, stances and moods
Good to see you're still going at it.
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Lose the bar code.
The "guy from the back" on Chessman cover is awful composition. "here's this unimportant victim of chessman's power---center page!" Everything on that page scaled so Chessman's hand is high and center frame right would be ideal. Applying the Rule of Thirds where is the focal point on the current cover?
Another thing that is noticeable is the common heroic stance, if you are looking at enough of the comic covers at one time.
[Do you use /demo_record and the -demoplay feature?]
You can get glorious screenshots with that. freeze frame on the action and monkey around with the field of view. Get closer close ups and even render in a blue screen-ish environment or noodle with the lighting.
Still end's up being a struggle for the perfect shot, especially to fit a horizontal panel.
If you wanted to ever print your own comics here's some production tips:
The Endpoint Crossover logo is too close to the edge of the page. During a print run the paper can shift at the cutter, and you could lose some lettering,oh now I am noticing also some logos and titling end up being right on the page edges. The real world result would be several hundred copies of lost value comics, posters or whatever it is you are printing. Always leave at least 1/8th inch border for the trim and the fold, that's pretty safe at quarter inch borders it's all on the printer if something gets folded or cut where it shouldn't, ie, he'll have to fix the run.
Excel...lent stuff.
Formerly @CentralNexus in CoX -- as Flagborn, Doctor Futura, Fast Neutrino, Accoustix, etc.
It'll save you tons of time, honestly.
Formerly @CentralNexus in CoX -- as Flagborn, Doctor Futura, Fast Neutrino, Accoustix, etc.