Line of duty
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Line of duty
Once I improve my drawing, I'm going to try and do a comic, called line of duty, it's about a squad of valorosian soldiers trapped in the territory taken during the seven hour war, trapped behind enemy lines and with no contact to the empire, they blast there way through NATO soldiers and trattorians in an attempt to free the suppressed systems, and go on to lead a resistance movement, causing suppressed valorosains on thousands of worlds to take up arms in a bid to return to the empire of valoros.
So how does this sound folks? Also any tips for drawing minifigs or drawing in general?
If you really need to know everything, I'm also posting a spoiler thread for season one, in case you really want to know
So how does this sound folks? Also any tips for drawing minifigs or drawing in general?
If you really need to know everything, I'm also posting a spoiler thread for season one, in case you really want to know
Re: Line of duty
I thought you went down to only sevenhundred worlds. Also, you don't have to draw minifigs. Every artist has his/her own style.
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Re: Line of duty
As a story concept, its cliche, but that's not exactly a crippling flaw. If you can make the story interesting enough, you can make your audience look past the cliches and just enjoy it.
How rough are your current art skills, out of curiosity? If they're poor enough that you think it will take a long time to get them up to a reasonable level, I'd suggest you either shelve or backburner the comic idea, and try and tell the story another way (You can probably pull off an Irregular Webcomic style project with pretty meager resources, for example). Or you could try to go on deviantart or a similar site and see if you can find an artist willing to help you out. Or you could try just writting the story, like what ShadowScythe's been doing with the Scythian Shorts.
How rough are your current art skills, out of curiosity? If they're poor enough that you think it will take a long time to get them up to a reasonable level, I'd suggest you either shelve or backburner the comic idea, and try and tell the story another way (You can probably pull off an Irregular Webcomic style project with pretty meager resources, for example). Or you could try to go on deviantart or a similar site and see if you can find an artist willing to help you out. Or you could try just writting the story, like what ShadowScythe's been doing with the Scythian Shorts.
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Re: Line of duty
Sounds really good.
I had a similar thought today while running errands. Something triggered a memory of The Warriors and I was tickled by the idea of your guys placed in that role, trying to make it past all the gangs of the BrikVerse.
Metaphor for the whole Brikguy versus the Forums thing that has been happening lately, really.
I had a similar thought today while running errands. Something triggered a memory of The Warriors and I was tickled by the idea of your guys placed in that role, trying to make it past all the gangs of the BrikVerse.
Metaphor for the whole Brikguy versus the Forums thing that has been happening lately, really.
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Re: Line of duty
I actually had the idea to use actual lego and take pics, then put it in comic form, like Kaplan did with encounter on bios, also does cliche meanBattlegrinder wrote:As a story concept, its cliche, but that's not exactly a crippling flaw. If you can make the story interesting enough, you can make your audience look past the cliches and just enjoy it.
How rough are your current art skills, out of curiosity? If they're poor enough that you think it will take a long time to get them up to a reasonable level, I'd suggest you either shelve or backburner the comic idea, and try and tell the story another way (You can probably pull off an Irregular Webcomic style project with pretty meager resources, for example). Or you could try to go on deviantart or a similar site and see if you can find an artist willing to help you out. Or you could try just writting the story, like what ShadowScythe's been doing with the Scythian Shorts.
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Re: Line of duty
These are the characters
Kyle: the squad leader, although young, he has proven himself A worthy leader
Sectos: the squad sniper, he rarely talks and communicates through hand signals only Kyle can seem to understand
Tyrone: the heavy weapons trooper, and dispute his large muscular appearance, he's a caring guy
Rick: Kyle's brother, and the squad melee troopers, his specialties included arguing with Kyle and defying orders, or as he calls it "finding an alternate route" also very hot-headed
The smithson twins: two fresh recruits that tend to do whatever Rick tells them to, so when he "finds an alternate route" they usually follow
Samantha: the demolitions expert and the only girl in the squad
Kyle: the squad leader, although young, he has proven himself A worthy leader
Sectos: the squad sniper, he rarely talks and communicates through hand signals only Kyle can seem to understand
Tyrone: the heavy weapons trooper, and dispute his large muscular appearance, he's a caring guy
Rick: Kyle's brother, and the squad melee troopers, his specialties included arguing with Kyle and defying orders, or as he calls it "finding an alternate route" also very hot-headed
The smithson twins: two fresh recruits that tend to do whatever Rick tells them to, so when he "finds an alternate route" they usually follow
Samantha: the demolitions expert and the only girl in the squad
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Re: Line of duty
I almost forgot you were 12 for a minute there.Brikguy0410 wrote: also does cliche mean
Regarding the characters, I think you should really swap some traits around and try to come up with some more original elements, as your current ones are a little predictable. They also still have a very short bio. You want to have around a paragraph or two for each one. Characters have a history, multifaceted personalities, unique quirks, personal growth, and their own identity. Spear Carriers have a name, job description, and a single trait so you can tell them apart.
Spend some time on this site, after a little while you should have a better grasp of what kind of story you want to write and how to start building it. I am so sorry. Here's a good place to start.
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Re: Line of duty
A few thoughts on this idea:
You might be better off trying a brikfic. Internet comics are near guaranteed to stop prematurely, at least in my experience, and I guarantee that your comic skills right now are shit, and would only get worse attempting minifigs. I'm not trying to specifically single you out or anything, but as I've learned from personal experience, drawing is really hard. Rayhawk makes drawing minifigs effortless, but keep in mind that for a while his sustenance depended on it.
Lego webcomic could be more feasible, but lego piece shortages become really apparent when trying these. Not to mention, you would need to obtain a decent camera as well.
EDIT: Whoops, Battlegrinder ninja'd me.
You might be better off trying a brikfic. Internet comics are near guaranteed to stop prematurely, at least in my experience, and I guarantee that your comic skills right now are shit, and would only get worse attempting minifigs. I'm not trying to specifically single you out or anything, but as I've learned from personal experience, drawing is really hard. Rayhawk makes drawing minifigs effortless, but keep in mind that for a while his sustenance depended on it.
Lego webcomic could be more feasible, but lego piece shortages become really apparent when trying these. Not to mention, you would need to obtain a decent camera as well.
EDIT: Whoops, Battlegrinder ninja'd me.
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Re: Line of duty
Wait, so is a brikfic like the Scythian shorts, no, pictures?Colette wrote:A few thoughts on this idea:
You might be better off trying a brikfic. Internet comics are near guaranteed to stop prematurely, at least in my experience, and I guarantee that your comic skills right now are shit, and would only get worse attempting minifigs. I'm not trying to specifically single you out or anything, but as I've learned from personal experience, drawing is really hard. Rayhawk makes drawing minifigs effortless, but keep in mind that for a while his sustenance depended on it.
Lego webcomic could be more feasible, but lego piece shortages become really apparent when trying these. Not to mention, you would need to obtain a decent camera as well.
EDIT: Whoops, Battlegrinder ninja'd me.
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Re: Line of duty
yes
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Re: Line of duty
Go for broke and do both. You only get better by doing.
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Its like smoking while drinking soda.Quantumsurfer wrote:Go for broke and do both. You only get better by doing.
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Re: Line of duty
Tzan, Tzan,Tzan wrote:Its like smoking while drinking soda.Quantumsurfer wrote:Go for broke and do both. You only get better by doing.
Short life expectancy man!
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Re: Line of duty
I only do one of those.
I was suggesting that Brickguy do both.
I was suggesting that Brickguy do both.
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Re: Line of duty
So, you want me to kill myself, way to rip off samTzan wrote:I only do one of those.
I was suggesting that Brickguy do both.