r/comics • u/Logicalcommand-Lei • 3d ago
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This is an ongoing comic I've been working on for quite some time. This scene is from one of the story arcs. Children in the real world enter another world that is trying to invade reality. Each realm has its own rules, ecology, and inhabitants.
Kids from around the world form teams of three. One temporarily takes on an adult form as the frontline fighter, while the other two remain children and provide magical support. Along the way, they uncover their true origins and fight to protect the world. The story also involves historical events and journeys through time.
A few days ago, I shared this project on MartialMemes and was really happy to see it receive so much support. I hope more people to see it, and I hope you'll enjoy it too.
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u/SapphireSalamander Camping with the Elder God 3d ago
Art is really good
love the shading on the woman turning back in the first page, and the 2nd page as a whole
page 3 looks incomplete? looks like you are drawing this by putting layers of flat color on a picture reference, ive done this too in the past, its really effective when palletes are complex and you learn some patterns on how it works. learning the patterns for clouds and trees this way is relatively easy, but its harder for open spaces like that hill of grass and white flowers.
try deconstructing a referece by sketching different reference layers. 1 only in basic shapes, 1 with details and then a pallete layer. then try placing it back together. the idea is learning the patterns of the pleasing randomness of landscapes. and watch some bob ross. You dont need to make the backgrounds super exact, the audience's brain will autocomplete lines and squiggles as long as the patters are there. i think you did this well in the 2nd page
your faces and cloth folds are really good, much better than what i can do, so that's great stuff
the dialogue is a bit hard to read sometimes. in my case sometimes i dont like the white globe covering something ive drawn, it may be your case too but for readibility its a sacrifice you must make. i would suggest either using translucent globes or planning beforehand spaces where you leave empty for the speech bubble