How I do it page 2: the backgrounds
bravo1102 on May 28, 2015
Thanks everyone for reading and commenting. You are the best bunch of readers a creator could hope for. If only there were more of you. Maybe when I manage to do a comic more worthwhile. I am pleased with the graphics it's the script that leaves me cold. It's uneven. Even with all the re-writes and add-ons the tone shifts too much. Or maybe that's a function of the characters. Certain characters set up a certain tone while others are all serious. Or maybe there is just too many of them. I mean I feature every crewman on Surprise at one point or another and show every bit of the ship.
This comic is the first to be totally blue screened since Go a Viking all those years ago and there have plenty of lessons learned getting here. For instance I didn't orignally use a blank background. I thought the pen tool was enough so I shot against whatever was there. When you “thought” you're wrong.
Tune in again Monday for more pain.
Banes at 9:47AM, May 31, 2015
Very cool to see some behind the scenes stuff!
El Cid at 2:08PM, May 29, 2015
Pretty cool! I saw some 'Enterprise' interior 3D models available for Google Sketchup, which is free... but I don't think the render quality would be nearly as good as these backgrounds you're using.
tupapayon at 5:35AM, May 29, 2015
Wow… impressive… I've gotta read your comics… sometime… and it's not stealing… it's "borrowing"…
KimLuster at 4:37AM, May 29, 2015
Yes, all this is so very impressive! I still find it incredible how you fit all your figures into these sets - I know photoshop can do wonders but it just seems like it be a painstaking process...!
darkace at 4:33AM, May 29, 2015
It's really cool that you give us a little Behind-the-Scenes to your process. It shows your creativity and makes us at awe at your craftsmanship amd model-making and makes us appreciate your awesome comic even more.
plymayer at 3:49AM, May 29, 2015
I've said it before but will again. Love the scout class you have created. There are many similar designs on the net and in print going back to the original ST Technical Manual. The way you modified it to have the abbreviated shuttle section just makes it for me and makes sense.