Comment on Joe is Japanese - pg 159 by Inkthinker
Wow, this complexity looks like it could get tiring to keep up after the first page. Good results though, gives the characters a more 3d feel.
The linework here is no more complex than the rest of the book. These pages were mostly a pain 'cause I had to draw that linework beneath the shadows, rather than plotting it out ahead of time and just dropping mass-fills. The lines and the solid shadows were kept separate so that the painter could play with the opacity and masking more effectively.
It basically adds an extra step that I don't usually have to do, but it's only this scene that includes these heavy shadows. Most of the linework in the book is lit more neutrally, with a spattering of spotted blacks to separate planes but not a lot of indicators for source. We've got some really good painters at Fates, so it's better for me to let them do their thing unless there's a narrative purpose in directing the lighting like I did here.
It basically adds an extra step that I don't usually have to do, but it's only this scene that includes these heavy shadows. Most of the linework in the book is lit more neutrally, with a spattering of spotted blacks to separate planes but not a lot of indicators for source. We've got some really good painters at Fates, so it's better for me to let them do their thing unless there's a narrative purpose in directing the lighting like I did here.
I see, something learnt for next time 
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Still looks tricky though, it must test your knowledge of anatomy wrapping the shadows over the figure, but you've pulled it off nicely though.
All these pages are looking great, I'm actually getting quite interested in this. Good choice of your boss to let you upload a few, it's working as a promo. I wouldn't have known about this comic otherwise.
. Still looks tricky though, it must test your knowledge of anatomy wrapping the shadows over the figure, but you've pulled it off nicely though.
All these pages are looking great, I'm actually getting quite interested in this. Good choice of your boss to let you upload a few, it's working as a promo. I wouldn't have known about this comic otherwise.
It's not the way I'd recommend doing heavy shadows unless specifically requested, it's a real time-sink.
I'll keep trying to get some of the action pages uploaded, those were my favorites.
I'll keep trying to get some of the action pages uploaded, those were my favorites.
Oooh, action pages that sounds great! Good luck with that, will be looking out for them.
that sounds great! Good luck with that, will be looking out for them.