Kaz*CheesyDoritoBomb* wrote:
Not having the characters drawn made it look a little surreal to me.
Yeah I've been getting alot of that. I'd never seen a photo comic before I started my own, and I find that people tend to have a negative predisposition to the idea. However, while first impressions have been a bit negative, people generally end up liking it, which is I suppose all I can hope for.
Honestly I've never been much of a comic guy. I read comics as a kid naturally, but after junior high I turned into a giant movie buff. In a perfect world I'd be telling this story cinematically, and as it is the comic reads a lot like a story board, with composition arranged horizontally rather than panel to panel.
I had a story I wanted to tell, and a working knowledge of computer graphics, though very poor ability when it came to CG character design, so photographing actors in costume was the natural choice. Still, I frequently get asked why I don't just draw it. I suppose the best answer is that it wouldn't look as good if I did, and I have alot more fun doing it this way.
It's has it's disadvantages. I've been working on it now for three years, compiling photos and CG elements, creating everythign I'll need in advance, and I'm only about 1/3 of the way done, though I have enough to get started. The nice thing is that once I have say- a spaceship, fully modeled and textured, I can use it as many times as I want, show it from any angle, duplicate it a hundred times and fill the sky with them. Same thing for my soldiers. I'm coming up now on the first big battle, and having shot one actor in costume and created a digital double- now I have an army of hundreds.
's alot of fun :)