I'm not keeping up with such things, but I'm assuming "Dark" Wolverine (talk about overkill) has two claws on his fist and one on the inside, basically so you can tell them apart. In fights, of course (I'm sure they're much different, personality-wise... right?). But it looks goofy.
I like this piece, though. It mixes computer art (the background) with traditional line art and that's what I do on the site. When I've mentioned this to people who prefer traditional art, they're usually turned-off by the idea before they see it. I think this piece does it well, even though I also think it may have been done at the last moment because the artist screwed something up (the compositional flow is disrupted - it's supposed to emphasize the trail of sparks which would surely shower behind "Dark" Wolvie - someone wanted to bring that flow forward instead of letting it fall back, where the sparks would go). If nothing else, it was done at the last minute because some editor said it needed a background.
Anyway, yes, I am all-for using computerized backgrounds and just generally incorporating computerized media into traditional comic art, just as I am all-for using mixed media, period. But when I talk about using "computer effects" in comic art, this is more or less what I mean.
Those gauzy light-trails could be done with airbrush, but unless you're really good... not well. Computers achieve it more successfully, anyway. Computer art isn't "cheating" - it's very exacting and time-consuming, actually - and I want to dispel that notion (which is admittedly more deeply-rooted in people my age).
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I'm not keeping up with such things, but I'm assuming "Dark" Wolverine (talk about overkill) has two claws on his fist and one on the inside, basically so you can tell them apart. In fights, of course (I'm sure they're much different, personality-wise... right?). But it looks goofy.
I like this piece, though. It mixes computer art (the background) with traditional line art and that's what I do on the site. When I've mentioned this to people who prefer traditional art, they're usually turned-off by the idea before they see it. I think this piece does it well, even though I also think it may have been done at the last moment because the artist screwed something up (the compositional flow is disrupted - it's supposed to emphasize the trail of sparks which would surely shower behind "Dark" Wolvie - someone wanted to bring that flow forward instead of letting it fall back, where the sparks would go). If nothing else, it was done at the last minute because some editor said it needed a background.
Anyway, yes, I am all-for using computerized backgrounds and just generally incorporating computerized media into traditional comic art, just as I am all-for using mixed media, period. But when I talk about using "computer effects" in comic art, this is more or less what I mean.
Those gauzy light-trails could be done with airbrush, but unless you're really good... not well. Computers achieve it more successfully, anyway. Computer art isn't "cheating" - it's very exacting and time-consuming, actually - and I want to dispel that notion (which is admittedly more deeply-rooted in people my age).
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