My imagination...

[JTMuggs]

Hey all.
As customizers, I bet you're like me, and have a bunch of characters you made up in a scetch book or doodled on some scrap paper.:D
Has anybody had any success mugging those unique characters?
Like a true star wars geek, I did my own story line(cause good ol George cant write to save his life) with some interesting character models. I'm gonna mugg them for my own jollies, but will you, my mugg crazed friends enjoy them as much as me? Or will i be mucking up the forum?
What do you think?:confused:

[flashtestmanalive]

we will probably enjoy them, with your unique style you can't go wrong!

[DarthIndianaBond]

we will probably enjoy them, with your unique style you can't go wrong!

Yeah! Lets see 'em! Bring 'em on!

[JTMuggs]

we will probably enjoy them, with your unique style you can't go wrong!

Thanks man:D

[Pumpkin King]

You dare question the maker?

[JTMuggs]

You dare question the maker?

I know...it blasphemy...but it needed to be said.:(

[Pumpkin King]

I cannot support this in good conscious

[JTMuggs]

I cannot support this in good conscious

Perhaps I've gone too far to say that he cant write...but his diolog is abismal...I'm sorry, i've said too much

[JTMuggs]

Dont get me wrong...I am a star wars nut:D

[Pumpkin King]

Perhaps I've gone too far to say that he cant write...but his diolog is abismal...I'm sorry, i've said too much

Fair enough!

Ok now I can support this. :)

[JTMuggs]

Fair enough!

Ok now I can support this. :)

You are as always a fair and just king:D

[Pumpkin King]

Naw, not so much. Dig the drawing though, I say do it up!

[JTMuggs]

Naw, not so much. Dig the drawing though, I say do it up!

LOL will do.:D

[JTMuggs]

I'd love for people to post some of their scetches on this thread. i bet theres some killer stuff out there!:D

[Pumpkin King]

Green Eggs and Death is really good

[JTMuggs]

Green Eggs and Death is really good

Do you think Green eggs will share? I hope so;)

[Pumpkin King]

He does from time to time. PM him.

[Pumpkin King]

I linked this thread to him

[JTMuggs]

I linked this thread to him

Thanks dude! look forward to seeing some great art from the forum:D

[Green Eggs and Death]

I linked this thread to him

I don't know what that means. :confused:

However, there IS an "Other Art" thread in Off Topic. Put some of your stuff in there, JT. :D

[Pumpkin King]

He did some work for DC at one time

[Pumpkin King]

I don't know what that means. :confused:

However, there IS an "Other Art" thread in Off Topic. Put some of your stuff in there, JT. :D

It is in the bump thread, sheesh

[flashtestmanalive]

post some of yours here Eggs! we all dig it, and so will he!

[Green Eggs and Death]

He did some work for DC at one time

I actually only pencilled three pages of Steel Annual #1 (I think it was #1), and worked at DC's production department for a few months. Did you ever read Superman Vs Aliens? I corrected issue #1. I also made copies of all of the pages. TERRIFIC inking by Kevin Nowlan. I could barely make corrections without starin' at each page for awhile. LOL>

I did a little bit more for Marvel before that. All in all, not TOO much.

[Pumpkin King]

Still...you have mad skills.

[Green Eggs and Death]

Still...you have mad skills.

I've have sent the appropriate amount to your PayPal account. Thank you.

[Pumpkin King]

Nice, maybe I will be out of the negative now!

[JTMuggs]

I actually only pencilled three pages of Steel Annual #1 (I think it was #1), and worked at DC's production department for a few months. Did you ever read Superman Vs Aliens? I corrected issue #1. I also made copies of all of the pages. TERRIFIC inking by Kevin Nowlan. I could barely make corrections without starin' at each page for awhile. LOL>

I did a little bit more for Marvel before that. All in all, not TOO much.

wow! i had no idea. i remember superman vs aliens! so cool:D

[Green Eggs and Death]

It's funny, I remember a couple of corrections in particular: In one panel it was "Make Superman's chin smaller" and in another it was "Make Alien's teeth longer." Generally, they tried to avoid having the production department make art changes (and you always did it on a piece of white "tape" over the actual art), it was mostly just lettering, and cleanin' up stuff.

Anyway, I've said it a million times, but eventually I'll scan a bunch of stuff I did and put it on my blog. I had all of the comics stuff stored, but I recently found it.

[Pumpkin King]

post a link here so we can all see

[JTMuggs]

I didnt know so much went into theproduction of comics. Good to know:D

[Pumpkin King]

Eggs is the man. He has good stories.

[JTMuggs]

Eggs is the man. He has good stories.

I bet! Maybe it would be cool to shre some stories as well as some unique art. I know theres probably a thread for this already, but work with me here:D

[Green Eggs and Death]

Incidentally, JT, nice design in the first post. Reminds me a bit of Grievous' bodyguards.

I don't know how they do comics anymore, but I assume it's not much different, except for the coloring. Most of the coloring I've seen is done on the computer and while it can look very nice, I also think it takes a LOT out of the actual art. That is, you lose a lot of nice lines. On the other hand, it does make crappy art look better ... so I suppose there are benefits.

Basically, Marvel and DC differed in that a Marvel writer would give you a plot and you could work out how many panels per page you would take to tell the story, and then he would put dialogue according to your artwork. Some plots would be more specific than others and, of course, some writers WOULD actually lay out exactly what they wanted, but generally that was the "Marvel Way." DC writers would have a more detailed plot and would describe what they wanted in each panel (and how many panels). Again, not every DC writer did it this way (naturally, some writers worked for both companies), but that was the general "DC Way."

After I did the pencils, I'd Fed Ex it back, it would go on to the letterer (a lot, if not most, of that is probably done on the computer now, also), then the inker, to production for any corrections and then the colorist. Back then, the colorist would basically just take copies of the inks, color them with Dr. Martin's dyes (or somethin' similar) and then chart which colors were what, for the printer.

All in all, the process of producing one comic usually took about three months, depending on whether or not everyone in the "chain" kept their part going on time ... heh, which, obviously, didn't always happen. Still, it was fun. :D

[flashtestmanalive]

hey Eggs have you ever heard of Marko Djurdjevic? He's my favorite artist at Marvel right now... and I met him and he signed a few of my books!

[JTMuggs]

I heard that DC was notorius for missing deadlines. late issues and all that. is that true?

[Pumpkin King]

hey Eggs have you ever heard of Marko Djurdjevic? He's my favorite artist at Marvel right now... and I met him and he signed a few of my books!

oh oh I know who that is, I know who that is :)

[flashtestmanalive]

oh oh I know who that is, I know who that is :)

you probably LOVE when he does Bullseye or the Tbolts don't you? and he's been doing the covers of Tbolts for a while now

[Pumpkin King]

Yeah, I really like his work

[Pumpkin King]

But, I also love Roberto De La Torre's covers

[Pumpkin King]

Oh, and Francesco Mattina freakin rocks!

[Green Eggs and Death]

I don't know either of those guys, but remember I haven't actually been in a comic shop more than a handful of times in the last 13 or so years.

I've glanced at some of the artwork, and seen some nice stuff but, again, it's kinda difficult to tell when you're just glancin' at it 'cause I'm never sure whether or not it's great art and great coloring or crappy art and great coloring. :D

Very few of the guys I went to art school with got into comic book art, and I didn't stay long myself. I don't know that any of my fellow students are still doin' it (which shows you how well I've stayed in contact with them). Probably the most famous people I met and got to know were the Kuberts, Joe, Andy and Adam. Obviously, it was Joe's school and he didn't hang out with us (duh), but I got to know Andy and Adam pretty well. Great guys. Naturally, I didn't keep in touch with them, either.

Pencillers generally do their art on an 11"x17" page (and they shrink it down for publication, obviously). Adam worked a little larger than that. His stuff looked MUCH better larger. REALLY nice. Heh, I always thought Andy's stuff looked better smaller. Unfortunately, since he was basically followin' Jim Lee on X-Men (shows you how long ago this was), and they wanted that "Jim Lee" look, Andy stayed in that style. I always thought his stuff was better when he strayed from it.

I don't ever remember hearing anything about DC and deadlines, and whether or not they were worse or better. Basically, it came down to writers and pencillers, really, and whether or not they were behind. Heh, I don't think that was just limited to DC, LOL.

[JTMuggs]

Very interesting stuff!:D

[flashtestmanalive]

on Marko, he draws and paints his own stuff... very cool!

[litepink]

im a little late to this party :p

JT, make the mugg! ive always wanted to see peoples ORIGINAL creations. although so many customizers have put their stamp on how they would mugg a certain character, i am always interested made up characters.

of course, an original character probably wouldnt sell well for obvious reasons, but i encourage to go forth with your idea anyways :D

[Pumpkin King]

I dunno. I have seen original art Muggs do pretty well on the ol Bay.

[JTMuggs]

I wouldnt sell this guy. cause youre right...no one will love it like i will. but i would really like to see some of the members unique characters. :D

[JTMuggs]

As far as artists...i like micheal turner. His work on the batman/superman series was great, and i am a fan of Fathom. his character styles are long and lean. The only thing is that all the faces he draws look similar.

[flashtestmanalive]

As far as artists...i like micheal turner. His work on the batman/superman series was great, and i am a fan of Fathom. his character styles are long and lean. The only thing is that all the faces he draws look similar.

all the faces he DREW, my friend... as he is no longer with us.:(

[JTMuggs]

all the faces he DREW, my friend... as he is no longer with us.:(

What!? What do you mean, "no longer with us"? Did i miss something very tragic?:(