Spider Woman Motion Comic

[samurainoir]

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Watched it last night. Was not impressed.

[The Toyroom]

I don't want to "watch" my comics ......I need to have the book in hand

[Riffster]

they're killing me on that title.. I bought a subscritpion in march for it. it's been delayed since then. new date if Sept 28th

[Cosmicman]

I love these flash comics. I saw a couple of X-men ones on Youtube. They are great. Probably takes a lot of time to make!

[samurainoir]

I hadn't realized Spiderwoman was British!

[kingdom warrior]

Sorry can't get past the Photoshopped Pictures that's not being an artist let alone a comic book artist......Alex Maleev relies too much on Photography and not enough on actual drawing ability.......Take a Picture then trace over it or photoshop it...that's not an artist it's a glorified tracer.......

[samurainoir]

Sorry can't get past the Photoshopped Pictures that's not being an artist let alone a comic book artist......Alex Maleev relies too much on Photography and not enough on actual drawing ability.......Take a Picture then trace over it or photoshop it...that's not an artist it's a glorified tracer.......

Really? Is this documented? Having just paged through his portfolio this past weekend, the process seems to be that he draws all his stuff in pen and ink first on paper, and it does actually look like normal stylized comic book line art. My understanding is that it's just the textures and shading that he adds in during the photoshop/digital phase.

[kingdom warrior]

Really? Is this documented? Having just paged through his portfolio this past weekend, the process seems to be that he draws all his stuff in pen and ink first on paper, and it does actually look like normal stylized comic book line art. My understanding is that it's just the textures and shading that he adds in during the photoshop/digital phase.

A few years back I saw an interview with him. Sorry can't remember what show. it showed his studio and all the photographs he took. That he worked from.

I always thought his comic book work looked Dull because of the Photography.
Never thought anything was dynamic about it.....

Here is a Link where Comic Inker Klaus Janson talks about the use of photo reference..... comicfoundry.com June

It is one thing to use your own photography and use it to draw from, meaning not tracing. It's another like Klaus says in the interview to invite your friends over
Take pics and then trace over and ink them.....Photography when used in comics is dull and stiff. The artist needs to have some drawing ability. Many artist in the past have used photography.....but were accomplished artist who used it to draw from not to trace over.

In Comics, Dynamics is what sells the character and gives it life. That's why Jack Kirby's Captain America is so eye Popping good. It moved towards you.

[The Toyroom]

All of this talk about Alex Maleev's "artwork" got me interested....so I took a look....The whole "motion" comic aspect was a joke. Horribly, horribly done.I've never been a big fan of Bendis' writing style and that really comes through when you have people reading his dialogue out-loud...Cheesy.

As far as the artwork.....

Really? Is this documented? Having just paged through his portfolio this past weekend, the process seems to be that he draws all his stuff in pen and ink first on paper, and it does actually look like normal stylized comic book line art. My understanding is that it's just the textures and shading that he adds in during the photoshop/digital phase.

I think it was pretty apparent that he got some chick to pose as Jessica Drew, snapped a few pics and traced over them....He's not just tracing the backgrounds...everything looked like it was lightboxed right off a photo.

[Riffster]

so I just watched the first issue of the comic??

[The Toyroom]

Apparently...now you can cancel your subscription

[Riffster]

NO!!!!, must have physical issue in hands..hate motion comics, although the voice sounded nice/sexy

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

I didn't mind it...

[samurainoir]