Dowsing

Kind of reminds me of Princess Mononoke. Did someone watch a Ghibli movie recently? The facial expression and bow are somewhat similar. Great drawing.

Hey there Kadrik, welcome to the forums ^.^ I had to do a double take, ANOTHER WHOLE PERSON has joined the forums! And you just ninja-ed right in! I am very pleased~ hohohoho, another victim-- I mean forum goer >.>' yeah that's it...

As to your Princess Mononoke comment, I would not say that it was Princess Mononoke that I was inspired by, but it was something else by Miyazaki. Monisawa lent me his copy of Nausica of the Valley of the Wind, Perfect Collection and that inspired me quite a lot! I felt the full weight of my inadiquate art work, and decided I had to do better 0.o
What do you like most about Dowsing so far? And what do you think needs imporved on?

I was just noticing, you have GREAT crosshatching on the guys pants. Reminds me an awful lot of what is done in Yotsuba. ^_^

Well since you are behind on updates here (regarding your new page) I will jump the gun with what I think...

I really like the interesting/neat page flow of your newest update. It portrays how memories jumble and flow in our minds! I can't recall ever seeing anyone portray it that way before...it is very unique!

monisawa wrote:Well since you are behind on updates here (regarding your new page) I will jump the gun with what I think...

I really like the interesting/neat page flow of your newest update. It portrays how memories jumble and flow in our minds! I can't recall ever seeing anyone portray it that way before...it is very unique!

Its not like I WANT to be behind on my updates! Our neighbors decided to dig a hole, and they hit our Internet line... >.>' it was terrible...
Anyway, no more excuses!
I am very pleased with this page too ^.^ I thought about doing this whole long flashback... but it would have dragged on for FAR too long... this was was so much nicer, and I can get to the juicy action scene that is just around the page! I am very excited~
As for how the memories were portrayed, I do not think it was entirely intentional to make it like it was, my only aim was to separate the thoughts in such a way that tied in with the present time, and because the present time was in a creepy room full of wiring and such, that is how it ended up.

I was just noticing, you have GREAT crosshatching on the guys pants. Reminds me an awful lot of what is done in Yotsuba. ^_^

Woot~ I have leveled up my cross hatching skills it would seem then~

Are there any thoughts about my two recent pages?
I am curious what my readers thought of this page in particular:

Amelia wrote:Are there any thoughts about my two recent pages?
I am curious what my readers thought of this page in particular:

I really like it. I love the reflections on the glass and the detail work. Very cool design. You can never go wrong with wolf like creatures. Interested to see your next panel. Plus, since I started to get into hunting it is nice to see a manga with some crossbows in it. That or a nice laser type sword

HURRY UP AND DO THE NEXT THING.

HURRY UP AND POST SOME MORE.

Haha, ok ok. Here is more ^.^



I would like some feed back on this page. This was made completely on the computer, so it looks rather different doesnt it? And I dont really like it either.. it just seems generic.
Anyway, I ask my forum people for their opinions, what do you think of the new page?

Hmmm...I've put off commenting about this page so I could have a few days to think it over...

My initial reaction was POW detailed amazing backgrounds...the second reaction was that something didn't feel right about the whole thing...I will try to explain why:

Characters have lost their weight/presence in reality...part of this relates to the digital/traditional battle, another part relates to the fact that it doesn't feel like your work.

--Working traditionally versus digitally: How you do your pages in the past gave characters and backgrounds vitality and life. Your fluid drawn and painted linework gave them movement, emotion, and life. With this new setup your characters specifically seem to be too...perfect and pristine...carefully measured, placed and inked...in otherwords they look stiff/robot-like and lifeless. Part of the way to avoid this is by relying on your strength by working traditionally and blending THAT with digital. The other is to avoid working and reworking and re-reworking parts of your page until they are perfect (that jacket for example. It is perfectly rendered but is quite distracting and ends up becoming the focus of the whole page...since my eyes immediately are drawn to it.)

--It is not YOU! : Yes it looks like a professional Japanese manga page...however I don't think it fits YOUR personality...or at least style. Your pages tend to have a RAW-ness about them (partly to the fact they are hand drawn and painted). For example you usually weight your lines with thick amounts of varying black, while the shadows are also heavily saturated with black. There is so much to say about what is your style, but that page does not seem it. this new page feels like a bunch of cotton in a static box, instead of your typical cold quick dagger slashing through the air. Maybe you are still trying to find your "voice", but that doesn't seem to fit in the choir of "voices" you have portrayed so far.

Overall the page layout was amazing, the textboxes and bubbles were easy to follow, and the backgrounds had a depth, and professional edge that usually isn't there, however it seems to have lost some vitality...which probably could be fixed by just mixing your usual traditional with digital.

helpful?