So I kinda want to make a comic
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So I kinda want to make a comic
My head is right now swarming with ideas for a fanfic, but I feel that I won't have enough patience to write down the whole thing with detailed descriptions of landscapes, fights etc. So I want to try and make all my thoughts into a comic. The question is: what programme should I use? I'd rather it had a relatively easy interface - 'cause I'm a complete dunderhead when it comes to computer programmes with too many buttons - and a set of instruments for vector drawing, like in Word. The only programme I am using now is Corel Photopaint, and the only thing it seems to be suited for is adding fancy effects to existing images, not creating new ones. I used to have Adobe Photoshop, but it was a trial version which expired ages ago, and I have already forgotten how to work with it. Perhaps I should reinstall it? Also, I seem to be hearing a lot about Inkscape lately. Perhaps it will suit my needs? I will be thankful for any suggestions.
In between the lines there's a lot of obscurity.
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
www.inkscape.org
It is a brilliant vector-based program, and it should suit your needs if your style is simple. I, personally, love it a load. It's sort of like typing: takes a while to get up to speed and learn the keyboard layout but once you've done it enough you can get 65 words a minute.
It is a brilliant vector-based program, and it should suit your needs if your style is simple. I, personally, love it a load. It's sort of like typing: takes a while to get up to speed and learn the keyboard layout but once you've done it enough you can get 65 words a minute.
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
Of course you don't like it enough to finish super hero comic about velocity guy
Post it here when you finish it Norroen.i want to read something else as the things I'm reading haven't been updated in a while
Post it here when you finish it Norroen.i want to read something else as the things I'm reading haven't been updated in a while
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
Acshually I finished that it's just it turned into my GCSE IT project and I don't want to post it all online in case they accuse me of burglarising it.
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
well now that it's done,can you put it up?or pm it to me?
back on topic,what is the comic about Norroen?
back on topic,what is the comic about Norroen?
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
Thank you for the link. I have downloaded the exe file, but as I click it a sort of error occurs - a small window pops up with a message about an incompetent publisherDogmantra wrote:http://www.inkscape.org
It is a brilliant vector-based program, and it should suit your needs if your style is simple. I, personally, love it a load. It's sort of like typing: takes a while to get up to speed and learn the keyboard layout but once you've done it enough you can get 65 words a minute.
Generalno1, thank you for taking interest
(A couple of weeks later)
Actually, I have solved all the problems I had with Inkscape and it now works like a charm. Here is the first strip of the comic I intend to make. The main characters are three merry Mages Guild Apprentices: Gar gra-Bolg, who is an Orc and strives to prove that she can be a Mage, too; Hudrun, who is a Nord and posssesses the most kick-ass Mum in all Cyrodiil
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In between the lines there's a lot of obscurity.
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
I will be glad to hear your opnion. Yes, I AM asking for compliments!
Yes, I know it's double-posting, but I wanted to revive this thread a bit
Yes, I know it's double-posting, but I wanted to revive this thread a bit
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In between the lines there's a lot of obscurity.
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
If you add things by edit t doesn't show up as a new post so i didn't notice.and can you re size it please,i can't see it clearly
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
It looks good, but I can't see the text. You might want to resize it.
Doin my own, thang, and if you got a problem with that
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I rep that West
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
All doneThe Raven wrote:It looks good, but I can't see the text. You might want to resize it.
Here is a link to the original, it should be readable this way
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6/ksusch ... 45b75_orig
In between the lines there's a lot of obscurity.
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
Looks good. Probably better than I could do after just a couple weeks on Inkscape. So, how did you do the dialogue balloons?
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
Hehe nice.get the next one ready soon
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
ThanksCactus wrote:Looks good. Probably better than I could do after just a couple weeks on Inkscape. So, how did you do the dialogue balloons?
Generalno1 wrote:Hehe nice.get the next one ready soon
Thank you
In between the lines there's a lot of obscurity.
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
I wrote a comic, once.
It was about a wealthy Britishman that spent his time defecating in various pubs around Manchester.
Needless to say, it didn't go over well with the local newspaper.
It was about a wealthy Britishman that spent his time defecating in various pubs around Manchester.
Needless to say, it didn't go over well with the local newspaper.
I missed it here.
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
Uhh, that's me again. I feel that I have completely lost interest. Did half the second strip, right up to the heroines woke up and found a bunch of Daedra demolishing the unfriendly Bosmer's house, and then I put it aside. Like, forver. Now I am nursing another idea for a fanfiction, but I know it won't last long. I will chuck it aside and switch to something else. What's up with my freakin' brain?! I have never been able to wtite or draw any story further than the second chapter. The only exception is a kids' fantasy novel which I got going pretty well, but then the PDA with the text was stolen. I know that because of my carelessness I will never make a decent writer, but the thing that sucks most is that I can't give up inventing plots. I guess this thread was pretty pointless and should be blocked or deleted or something.
In between the lines there's a lot of obscurity.
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
*deep sigh*
*bangs head against the wall*
*bangs head against the wall*
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Re: So I kinda want to make a comic
I'm sorry 
In between the lines there's a lot of obscurity.
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.
If it's alright, then you're all wrong.
But why bounce around to the same damn song?
You'd rather run when you can't crawl...