Teens of Valor - Chapter 2 page 3

Story so far: Lisa heads off on her own towards the burning building after hearing a faint cry for help. 

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I tried shading in a bit more for this week's page since, if I recall, the previous comic page was under-done. 

Next week will be another 'comic concept' and the week after is the next comic page. I need to start writing up more scripts/story details as I've caught up now, haha. 

It's not going to affect the post rate, since the script is mainly for getting my ideas organized out a lot better and not just replaying in my mind for the past few years. 

Yep, pretty sure I fangirled while visiting the Marvel exhibit/store at the Comic Exhibition

Is there a difference between a "convention" and an "exhibition"? I know there's differences between a "conference" and an "exhibition". I have yet to go to San Diego Comic-Con (really want to) but just that little Marvel store made me happy so I'd probably die (figuratively) if I went to SDCC.
Below are just 3 of the 111 photos I took yesterday while at the exhibition. This year's was the 14th (or 15th?) annual and I think the one I went to years ago was likely the 7th or so. It grew immensely since then!

(Taipei Comic Exhibition at Taipei World Trade Center)

And here are 4 panoramas of the exhibition. All these have glimpses of just how many people were there Saturday afternoon. And apparently, on day 1 (which was a Thursday) got 100,000 visitors! There were so many publisher booths/sections with lines to follow! 

This last panorama shows the largest publishing group and the only a fraction of the line of people trying to get in. The line went beyond the wall in the far back right of the image and looped around way left of the image. 

Keeping a journal was a heck of a lot easier as a kid.

Seriously! I could fill up a journal really quick as a kid, though if I recall correctly, about a quarter of the day's journal entry consisted of doodles or comics. I've been telling myself, "Oh I should write something for my blog" and it's been pretty much: "Meh, nothing eventful today" or "There's nothing to really write about".

That's mostly true I suppose since this summer I really didn't go out much; it was much too humid to do so, with the exception of the first week I got to Taiwan and the two days the typhoon actually hit Taiwan. That first week, since it was relatively cool and not quite summer yet (it was the last week of May), I went to visit Keelung, Taiwan. It's mostly a harbor city from what I could tell; you could smell the sea water. As for the two days the one typhoon that actually hit Taiwan, well, no one really should be wandering around outside for that anyways. While the winds and rain are bad, the weather gets a heck of a lot cooler with it around. Of the 4 typhoons that hit East Asia this summer, only 1 actually hit Taiwan. Japan got 3 of the 4 though.

I really should write more. They'll end up really short posts though. I might have something more eventful to write about this weekend. Convention tomorrow, offering (culture related "holiday") Sunday .

Teens of Valor - 121 Weave Street City Apartments floor plan

The number got burned off in the fire, but this is the burned and stained floor plan of the building. 

The building was hinted at in the last panel of last week's comic page. Next comic page, there'll be more scenes involving this building. 

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I opted for a different type of comic concept for this week's.  Next week is a new comic page!

Teens of Valor - Chapter 2 page 2

Story so far: Lisa can venture outside of the headquarters now, though with a member of HCOP watching her. 

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I didn't do the splash art as planned for this page; it didn't make sense for me to do so for these panels. Next page however, would make a probable splash art page. 

Next week is another comic concept post! 

Teens of Valor - "Off to a Good Start" comic concept

So after that rough draft I posted earlier in the week, I still played around a bit with the buildings and the idea.

Then I started to clean up the rough paint and added minor details to the buildings. I also began adding smoke from the fire surrounding the buildings to add depth...and cover up empty spots. I tried to make the embers spiral towards the fire (or away, depending on which side you start) to get to viewer to focus on the fire rather than the rest of the image. Focal Point! 

To increase the focal point further, I added color only to that spot/the fire and its embers in the wind. 

Finally, I adjusted the color balance and levels.

'Off to a Good Start' - a Teens of Valor comic concept, WIP1

Well, technically, this is WIP 2 since WIP 1 was a rough sketch/painting of a view from the alley. I opted for this point of view instead for a bit of a change up. 

I ended up scrapping this rough though and re-painting everything excluding the foreground elements. 

I need to remind myself to paint the sky first then layer things on top of that. 

I'm going to try to finish cleaning up WIP '3' before I post it.

Teens of Valor - Chapter 2 page 1

Story so far: Months has past since Lisa's brother was found and it seems the siblings reunion is still quite the talk around HCOP's headquarters/base. 

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Author's note: I didn't  get to put in the usual tone I would for the comic page this week. I had a few things pop up during the week  and completely forgot to put in the tone before placing the text. The reason I say that is of how I work with these comic pages; I draw and paint the stuff I need in Paint Tool SAI and then move the image into Manga Studio debut to put in the text.

Next week will be a 'comic concept' and the week after will be the next comic page. Right now I'm planning on making a large splash page possibly for the page but not guarantees;  I haven't figured out what I want it to look like yet. 

Teens of Valor - Mess Hall

The Mess Hall, as it's called as opposed to the Cafeteria, was named so due to the literal food related messes members of Heroes for CoOperation (HCOP) had to deal with in its earlier years. 

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Next week will be a new comic page, the week after will be another comic concept. 

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I posted some of the WIPs earlier this week on my blog and Facebook page. Work in Progress progress can also be seen on my Behance profile's WIP section: Mess Hall (Teens of Valor WIP) 

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Teens of Valor- Mess Hall (WIPs)

7/2/14 10pm GMT+8

I decided what I wanted to paint for this week's Teens of Valor update; the Mess Hall. Nope, not the "cafeteria" but I've decided to name it the "Mess Hall". It's a bunch of superheroes with a range of age, what's to say there aren't any messes in the future? *laugh*

If any of the visitors are wondering why I'm posting a Teens of Valor image in the middle of the week instead of the usual weekend date (Sunday), I'm posting the Work In Progress images, so the final image for the Teens of Valor update will still be uploaded/scheduled for Sunday.

With that said, here are the WIPs so far!
It took me a while to get a sketch I wanted down; I still didn't get the right look I wanted but after scrapping two or three of the initial sketches, I decided to just use the one I had and paint in the changes. Keeping it loose.

From the final sketch to the base paint application to a smoothed out, but still messy painting, I think I spent around 5 hours on it so far. I can't recall when I started after dinner so on the low side, 4 hours and on the high side about 5 - 5.5 hours.