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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: Gigs on 14 May 2009, 11:10

Title: Sledding Strip
Post by: Gigs on 14 May 2009, 11:10

Surely this has been discussed, but I looked all over and I didn't see it.

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1387

Does the top of this strip look messed up to anyone else?  Jeph mentioned even turning this into prints... which makes me wonder about this even more.

Is this just some "full bleed" for printing purposes, that will be cut off in the end?

Title: Re: Sledding Strip
Post by: bicostp on 14 May 2009, 11:16

What exactly do you mean "messed up"?

The gradients? That's probably a compression artifact that isn't in the original Photoshop document.

The buildings? They're a little dark, but that makes the foreground stand out more. (Though Dora's hair kind of disappears.)

Title: Re: Sledding Strip
Post by: maddness on 14 May 2009, 11:24

I'm thinking the gradient is a compression issue. The buildings are a bit rounded on the corners, but I like that they are dark with the twilight behind and the light source being so far in front of them.

And it's not like they're completely black. You can see the windows and such.

Title: Re: Sledding Strip
Post by: LTK on 14 May 2009, 12:40

Whatever the cause is, I agree that the background could use more work, especially if Jeph wants to sell the sledding print.

Title: Re: Sledding Strip
Post by: Surgoshan on 14 May 2009, 12:59

Ohhh!  I get it! 

Yeah, I'd been thinking the top was messed up, too.  Now I see that the jagged black is the roofs of the building and the light gray, which is quite similar to the background of the website, is the winter nighttime sky lit from below by streetlamps. 

Total mindblow.