Sunday, November 27, 2011

Crogan's March animated!

So I have a friend,  Chris Schweizer. He is a kindred spirit indeed and an amazing cartoonist! Check out his two incredible books from Oni Press Crogan's Vengeance, and Crogan's March (I wish I could have  illustrated a chapter in both). Anyway, I had been wanting to draw his characters for a long time, the subject matter is so far up my alley that it seems like it could have been plucked from subconscious, and I finally sat down to do something "finished".  So I thought "What would Crogan's March look like animated? Let's find out." Below you will see my attempt at creating an animation background and a cel. I've always loved the way these things looked in person and although it's a ton of work, you get something really cool as a finished product. All stages below. Thanks for writing such cool books Chris.



2 comments:

  1. That's fantastic. What kind of paint is used on the cels?

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  2. Hey Paulina
    This is just acrylic paint. They sell "cel paint", but you can use any acrylic (slightly thinned with water). Just don't use paints that are re-activated with water (like gouache). And the key is to kind of pool the paint, not brush it on. You just don't want any strokes showing.
    dove

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