Mark Brooks on Uncanny X-Force #11 (video)

[Purrpura Bastette]

Be amazed.


This guy makes me want to quit art.

[Admin]

hah, awesome.


But what isn't awesome is the way AoA Creed was manhandled!

[Morpheus]

Got to admit that was awesome. Beautifully done.


And Wolverine mandhandling Sabretooth while Fantomex decks Nightcrawler made it even better. Take that, K4tz.

[Purrpura Bastette]

Lol. My favorite part is in the beginning when he draws Sabertooth right side up then flips hims over to get beat. Gotta love Photoshop.

[ckal]

I had no idea so much computer effects were involved in comic book art (at least Mark Brooks') between the altering of size, location, and angles, etc. I'm almost kind of disappointed lol, I thought it was still all done with pencil and paper. I guess it makes sense, obviously being much easier to edit. Fantastic art though, great job.

[devias]

Jul 6, 2011 22:25:38 GMT -5 ckal said:

I had no idea so much computer effects were involved in comic book art (at least Mark Brooks') between the altering of size, location, and angles, etc. I'm almost kind of disappointed lol, I thought it was still all done with pencil and paper. I guess it makes sense, obviously being much easier to edit. Fantastic art though, great job.

I'm sure pencil and paper was still involved, even if they played a small part. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many horrendous artist. Either that or a group of artists does it on computers . If it makes you feel better, Alex Ross does it on paper ;D.



The true king of covers .

[ckal]

Haha yeah but unfortunately horrendous artists still have jobs because they have a 'unique' style

Alex Ross is incredibly talented, but I'm not a big fan of his style. I like seeing the actual process of his work though.

[Purrpura Bastette]

What Mark Brooks was doing really isn't very different from the traditional method used to create comics. Instead of paper and a pencil he's using a tablet, stylus pen and photoshop. He's still drawing everything by hand, except he has the added benefits and efficiency of modern day technology. With photoshop, he is able to emulate the texture and stroke of both a graphite pencil and ink from a pen. Also, the compositional changes made, such as the changing of angles and the sizes of figures, are all the same changes any traditional comic artist would make. The only reason you see it here and not in their work is because due to the drawbacks of traditional medium, all those changes must be made and finalized before hand in thumbnail sketches. Photoshop enables such changes to made on the fly and in matter of seconds, whereas with a pencil, the artist would have to physically erase what they drew in order to make a change.

There are artists who really do have unique styles and there are artists whose styles are unique because their technical skills are lacking so they rely on the whimsy and casualness of stylized art to hide their shortcomings. The use of technology has no effect on whether the art is good or not. Although I will go so far as to say that technology lends an increased probability of bettering the art. Like for example there are people like Adam Hughes who will draw the basis of a figure, scan it, then finish it in photoshop.

Also, you can thank computers for all those awesome blur and glow effects that you see on panel and coloring would be nowhere near where it is now if it weren't for computers.