A color study of Kim’s outfit for Dark Science. Does she look like a supervillain yet?
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Dark Science #87 - Lunch Break
It has not been a good year for my brain. I’m hoping I can better sort out mental health things and bring you all more Dark Science than ever before, because there’s nothing on this planet that I want more than that.
Today’s sketch: Kim’s final outfits for Dark Science!
Preview of Dark Science #19. It’ll be up in a couple days!
Kim costume study for upcoming Dark Science pages! I like the top middle one a lot.
Developing the Dark Science storyline has taken more concept and prep work than anything I’ve done before. I’ve tried to be meticulous with the designs and make sure that the styles fit the concept. Here are a few of my sketches I originally put on Twitter a while back. You’ll notice some things that won’t appear in the comic; for example, on the color test I ended up going with the middle painting technique.
My second attempt at using Corel Painter, this time trying to make something closer to how things look in Dark Science. I really like how the paints mix; it much more natural in photoshop and I think it gives me richer and more interesting colors. Right now, however, I’m less confident with detail work compared to PS, though this could be because I haven’t found the right brush or am simply not used to program enough to easily tighten up details.
The one big issue I have with Painter is how sluggish the program is compared to Photoshop. I have all the performance settings tweaked, but it’s still significantly choppy when switching file windows and even brushes, to the point where it can get frustrating to perform simple tasks.
I’m not sure if I’ll be making the switch for my main comic rendering just yet, but it’s been an interesting experience!
Dark Science #36 goes up Tuesday! Here’s a little teaser.
Concept sketch for Dark Science: Kim (unsuccessfully) attempting to fit into one of Vonnie’s dresses.
segment: "Time Knot: Reflection / 時の結び目 Reflection"
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Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Animation Director: Masako Gotō
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Key Animators: Hiroki Takagi, Kazunari Kume, Kazuya Takeda, Michitaka Kikuchi, Takayuki Goto
Studio: Ajia-do Animation Works
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