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Gdog4evr:
Alright, I'm not trying to whore anything out, just asking for feedback on an idea I've been working on.  Basically, the idea is: Using game engines and 3D editors in order to do a comic.

I'm sure it's been done, but it occured to me that such an RvBish approach to things would allow people with good ideas to be able to express them despite having poor drawing talent.  If I had good ideas, I'd probably be setting up an actual series based on this concept, but I'm a sucky hack so I just toy with it.

And before anyone says, "Dude, with the number of gaming comics out there, your thing would just become white noise," I'm saying to make it would have to be just game comics.  The game screen shot thing is just a means to an end.  For example, if Jeph were so inclined, he could use UnrealEd to make sets, MilkShape to recreate his characters, and shoot Questionable Content inside of Unreal Tournament.  Of course, it would also be quite limiting, and it would be impossible for some of the jokes to translate from ink to reders, but it just a pheasible situation.

To help illistrate this further, I'll post a few panels of what I've attempted.  Yes, they suck, and one of the things I'm posting dosn't even contain the punchline.  This isn't about the writing, this is about the pheasability of doing this decently (by someone who was actually decent at this): (Note: I apologise if this steps over the line for whoring, I'm just attempting to get some feedback)

Two different types of text situations:



The "Just text" thing worked in the second picture, but I disliked the lines.  So I attempted this:

Thal:
The idea could work if you try hard enough. Not the most common thing so would feel a bit fresh.

I would go for the word bubbles but with another font. I cant be clear enough on that. The one you use now (even if its only for testing) sucks. Ugly and not pleasant to read.

Gdog4evr:

--- Quote from: Thal ---I would go for the word bubbles but with another font. I cant be clear enough on that. The one you use now (even if its only for testing) sucks. Ugly and not pleasant to read.
--- End quote ---


I have to agree with you on that, I hate what I'm currently using.  It's just a mix of Times New Roman and Ariel; I have to crank it up to point 14 just to make sure it can be read.  I think Verdana and Comic Sans might work a bit better.

Here is an attempt at using multiple fonts for a Chritmas Carol parody comic I did for another forum; do any of these seem decent?

3point14:
this method can work....   it's a niche field though, if you use the engine to make your own comic and completely pull it out of context from the original art source, it's going to  get awkward and people will have a hard time identifying with it.

example:  



http://www.pixelred.com/ao/pages/gb_frameset.htm


Gearbox and Bob is a good example of how a comic of this type could work.   it's not as easy as it looks though.


all in all, give it a shot .   what's the worst that can happen?  you get an underground following of zealot-like forum warriors and social-misfit-insomniac crazies, willing to serve you untill death.....  wait a second....   I said worst case, didn't I?




(NOTE: yes I used this thread to shamelessly test a sig, won't happen again =p)

Thal:
3point14: To bad that Jeph dislikes image signatures (thats why you have not seen anyone else using them) so I think its a good idea to remove it.

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