A Born Fighter
This character is probably among one of the toughest characters in the comic. She is a good guy (girl) and the beloved sister of Hack. (hence the style of clothing) Her name is Jack, which is short for Jacqueline, and her style of clothing and name were meant to mimic Hack’s because they are twin sisters. Jack, however, is a lot more up front than Hack is. Although Jack is a genius much like her sister, she prefers to handle things hand to hand in a Karate fighting style. I drew this picture sometime early last year and wanted to go for a rough look which is why in the original I used the type of shading I did. As far as Matt’s coloring job, we used the color scheme we did because the green on her is kind of a military green and it hopefully added to the “roughness” factor of the art piece.
I am sorry for the slow progress of work, it’s just I started working and my time to draw has been cut short. Make no mistake though, the comic is progressing well with the third page basically complete and ready for coloring, and the fourth page in the works. On an unrelated note, I have spawned an idea that Matt and I have agreed shows some serious possibilities.
Matts 2 cents: I have no idea what Johns talking about 
However, as far as this drawing goes we are happy how it progressed. As John said we wanted this character to look rough, so we thought the military style colors worked well.
Note: I am very interested in knowing what everyone thinks about the shadows behind Jack (her shadow). I usually don’t trace shadows this way, but thought I would experiment. Please leave a comment with feedback if you have a chance. Thanks!
Is the light for the shadow supposed to be coming from above or level? because if its from above shouldn’t the shadow be more angled downward than level with her head? and you guys forgot to capitalize Hack here “however, is a lot more up front than hack is”
Danny Dao - May 28, 2010 at 8:49 am |
Well when I had the idea to put a shadow on her I decided to make it level with her. So that the shadow would go straight back.
Does the effect the shadow has look good?
panthagraphics - May 28, 2010 at 9:41 am |
The shadow gives me the feeling like there is a big window to my left and we’re in a large room in the morning, I walked in on her workout and now she’s mad.
I like the effect, should the shadows on her be different then?
KT Did Clay - June 5, 2010 at 8:58 am |
Yes you’re right, the shading on her would be different. The only reason I didn’t do the shading in the first place is because I drew this picture close to 2 years ago before I started working with Matt and didn’t have the intention of color being a factor, so lighting didn’t necessarily need to be considered in this particular case considering the style of the picture. I never really finished the picture either because I intended to add a background in the original picture, but just never got to it. Thank you for your sharp eye though, I will fix that at some point in time, but I’m not going to make any promises.
Oh also as an aside, I like your description you gave her, the tough look is what I was going for, Thanks 
panthagraphics - June 8, 2010 at 9:22 am |