The
background art has been one of the big challenges in putting together
this video comic. The places I have imagined for the scenario don't
exist exactly as I've envisioned them, and though I can make some
exceptions, others are very specific. For instance, the scenario
involves a warehouse with a garage door on the front, a security
panel next to it, a side door on the building, and a ladder on that
same side up to the roof. Drawing this freehand would be the easiest
solution, but art takes time and is expensive—plus, artist John
Fell is currently working on a few new characters that will be in the
video comic. So, I needed to come up with a way to make the
backgrounds that I need. I'm a decent artist, but my work is not
going to measure up against someone like John, so I found a solution.
I've been taking (and finding) photographs of different locations and
then I've gone into Photoshop to alter them, adjusting them to fit
the scenarios in the video comic. For instance, that warehouse I
mentioned? I found a photo of a warehouse with the angle I needed,
but the garage was on the wrong side, there was no ladder and no
security panel, and it was in the daytime (the scene is at night.)
After some work in Photoshop, I was finally able to create the scene
I was envisioning.
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