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nickmarksdotcom · member Member # Joined: 17 Feb 2001 Posts: 244

a page i am working on for my project.

JUST UPDATED THE PICTURE. BELOW IS MY NEWEST FOLLOWED BY MY EARLIER POST!.

The page is a transition page showing my main character slipping into a dream which quickly becomes a nightmare.

[ June 20, 2001: Message edited by: nickmarksdotcom ]

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Eshara · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2001 7:15 am

I think this is really cool picture, I love the way you put it all together. Great job.

roundeye · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2001 8:04 am

yea i really love this page. its got a really cool mood. whens you book gonna be out and what kinda distribution do you have in place (can i get it here is what i mean)perspective issues, 2nd row down.

Optical · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2001 8:40 am

man, i love your art so much.. right before you joined this forum i was thinking about what a comic would look like that was part photomanip, part art.. part everything... so cool... you put everything together wonderfully.

Strawberrysauce · member Member # Joined: 04 Feb 2001 Posts: 356

this is v.cool, the void under the house of cards gives it a wonderful sureal feeling.

all in all your work is mignifico!

feebsaint · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2001 11:16 pm

Hellloooooo, Nick...

I immediately saw the professionalism in this piece, and wondered at the commenters here going on about your 'other art.' I went to your home page.

Ah. I see.

You are a very sick and twisted person... very cool.

Looking at this piece, I searched for something to critique... some suggestion to make it better. Sorry. Either I'm too stupid, or you've done too fine of a job. Take yer pick.

One thing I really love about this, is the touch of that creepy magic the design of the cards invokes. Like a haunted carnival (aided also by the spiraling background), or, perhaps, the beginning of a nightmare one might have, who has been exposed to, or possessed by, an evil magician.

See? This definitely tells a tale, and that's impressive, considering it's a bunch of cards in a wind tunnel of some sort. You do an incredible job. Kudos, my bruddah.

DiXter · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2001 11:57 pm

You are amazing!!

Where does it all come from..?
I would be happy if I had half the insperation you have..

nickmarksdotcom · member Member # Joined: 17 Feb 2001 Posts: 244

Thanks all for the great replies. It makes me happy to know you enjoy my artwork. I hope you like the latest incarnation of this piece too.

Optical: I have thought about doing this comic for about 6 years. First it was going to be all photo's then I learned how to do 3D and it was going to be all 3D. Then once I actually tried doing an all 3D comic it turned in a compromise...2D/3D.

It is good to know you think I am on the right track. I just hope the comic community buys it.

feebsaint: Is your site THE PAINTCHAT? that everyone talks about? I really like your site too. Some very imaginative pencil work. I love the logo.

I think they are talking about the other pages to my comicbook. My website is reallllly old. Try
http://www.nickmarks.com/teaser.htm

Dixter: It comes from years of hard work. I am 24 and feed myself nothing but a diet of sick and twisted and utterly amazing images. Plus I work very hard to keep at my drawing and master all the programs I work with. They give me insperation alot. Insperation comes when you realize there is just nothing else to do that you enjoy better.