Saturday, 11 November 2006

Illustrations and Copyrights

I have taken up my pencil and pen in a bit of renewed interest in comic illustration.

Most, if not all, of the work that I post to this category will licensed under the Creative Commons. A sort of “copyleft” licensing practice, more open then the traditional “copyright”; Creative Commons often dubbed “cc” and noted as Some Rights Reserved.

For the curious wondering about the illustrations and techniques: I typically begin with a penciled sketch then scan at a high resolution, 300 or 600 dpi, putting it in Photoshop for the final ink fills, shades, and details. This is a relatively new technique for me, but practiced by a lot of web comic illustrators today. I'm still getting the hang of it.

Why the illustrations? Bella likes it when I scribble out a sketch of something that interests her (like my recent poor attempt at Cinderella that I dubbed Manerella for its masculine likeness). Plus, I like the creative process of composing something from the mind's eye.

Also, you’ll be able to download high resolution formats of the illustrations if you use an RSS capable browser or blog reader. Otherwise, it's just the version I put in the post for you.

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