Comments on: I FEEL THE NEED FOR SPEED…lines http://www.briandenham.com/i-feel-the-need-for-speedlines/ Comic artist Brian Denham's art site Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:19:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: www.briandenham.com http://www.briandenham.com/i-feel-the-need-for-speedlines/comment-page-1/#comment-514 www.briandenham.com Tue, 22 May 2007 07:12:00 +0000 http://www.briandenham.com/?p=34#comment-514 Phil--You have to hold down the CTRL key to stretch it into perspective.<br/><br/>Just select the object and hit ctrl.<br/><br/>You can also hold the alt or alt and shift for extra angles.<br/><br/>Hope that helped Phil–You have to hold down the CTRL key to stretch it into perspective.

Just select the object and hit ctrl.

You can also hold the alt or alt and shift for extra angles.

Hope that helped

]]> By: Phil http://www.briandenham.com/i-feel-the-need-for-speedlines/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Phil Wed, 16 May 2007 04:27:00 +0000 http://www.briandenham.com/?p=34#comment-513 Alright - first off, awesome work; I love AI and your work is a breath of fresh air in vector work. However, I can't figure out how to get the free transform to add perspective to my objects. When I try using the free transform tool all I can do is rotate and resize the objects, not change any of the perspective angles. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, but you might be able to shed some light on the subject. Keep up the good work! Alright – first off, awesome work; I love AI and your work is a breath of fresh air in vector work. However, I can’t figure out how to get the free transform to add perspective to my objects. When I try using the free transform tool all I can do is rotate and resize the objects, not change any of the perspective angles. Perhaps I’m doing something wrong, but you might be able to shed some light on the subject. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: DivaLea http://www.briandenham.com/i-feel-the-need-for-speedlines/comment-page-1/#comment-512 DivaLea Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:41:00 +0000 http://www.briandenham.com/?p=34#comment-512 Denham!<br/>I just wanted to say that: "Denham!"<br/><br/>Lea Hernandez here. While I am, thanks for contributing to the benefit for my family. Now you can go "shucks."<br/><br/>I had no idea you were doing this. I am sleepless tonight (hell YEAH Claritin D makes you alert--makes me about ten lerts) and Googled "illustrator CS tutorials manga," and here I am.<br/><br/>NICE stuff, dude, and thanks for sharing it.<br/><br/>Any way to make a brush that's a bit rougher and a little dirty so it looks more like pencil? I have CS but I am on l'il wobbly baby legs with it. Denham!
I just wanted to say that: “Denham!”

Lea Hernandez here. While I am, thanks for contributing to the benefit for my family. Now you can go “shucks.”

I had no idea you were doing this. I am sleepless tonight (hell YEAH Claritin D makes you alert–makes me about ten lerts) and Googled “illustrator CS tutorials manga,” and here I am.

NICE stuff, dude, and thanks for sharing it.

Any way to make a brush that’s a bit rougher and a little dirty so it looks more like pencil? I have CS but I am on l’il wobbly baby legs with it.

]]> By: AlbertCheng1981 http://www.briandenham.com/i-feel-the-need-for-speedlines/comment-page-1/#comment-511 AlbertCheng1981 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:10:00 +0000 http://www.briandenham.com/?p=34#comment-511 Dear Mr Denham,<br/><br/>Hi! How are you doing? I absolutely love the wicked artwork you are producing. Please keep up the wonderful job you are doing on Iron Man: Hypervelocity. I just wanted to let you know that I sent an e-mail message to your e-mail address: danerotten@yahoo.com. Please get back to me after you have read it. Thanks.<br/><br/>Take care.<br/><br/>Best wishes,<br/><br/>Albert Dear Mr Denham,

Hi! How are you doing? I absolutely love the wicked artwork you are producing. Please keep up the wonderful job you are doing on Iron Man: Hypervelocity. I just wanted to let you know that I sent an e-mail message to your e-mail address: danerotten@yahoo.com. Please get back to me after you have read it. Thanks.

Take care.

Best wishes,

Albert

]]> By: Silvio Spotti http://www.briandenham.com/i-feel-the-need-for-speedlines/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Silvio Spotti Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:43:00 +0000 http://www.briandenham.com/?p=34#comment-510 That is so wicked.<br/>I love the art. That is so wicked.
I love the art.

]]> By: Ben http://www.briandenham.com/i-feel-the-need-for-speedlines/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Ben Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.briandenham.com/?p=34#comment-509 Hi Brian,<br/>I just wanted to chime in and say that I tried out your inking technique and am really digging it. It's actually very similar to a technique I used in Photoshop, using the lasso tool to trace over a sketch and fill in with black. But using Illustrator to do it is so much better IMO, what with it being in vector and all :)<br/><br/>Anyway, I really like what you've managed to do and I definitely have to make a point of dropping by the local comic shop and pick up Hypervelocity when I get the chance.<br/><br/>btw if you wanna check out some of my art I have some old stuff at my website here:<br/><br/>http://wildcard.geofront.com/<br/><br/>and I have a sketch blog with some more current stuff here:<br/><br/>http://bsharp.livejournal.com/<br/><br/>Thanks for the tutorials, it's some good stuff!<br/><br/>=-- Ben Nunez Hi Brian,
I just wanted to chime in and say that I tried out your inking technique and am really digging it. It’s actually very similar to a technique I used in Photoshop, using the lasso tool to trace over a sketch and fill in with black. But using Illustrator to do it is so much better IMO, what with it being in vector and all :)

Anyway, I really like what you’ve managed to do and I definitely have to make a point of dropping by the local comic shop and pick up Hypervelocity when I get the chance.

btw if you wanna check out some of my art I have some old stuff at my website here:

http://wildcard.geofront.com/

and I have a sketch blog with some more current stuff here:

http://bsharp.livejournal.com/

Thanks for the tutorials, it’s some good stuff!

=– Ben Nunez

]]> By: www.briandenham.com http://www.briandenham.com/i-feel-the-need-for-speedlines/comment-page-1/#comment-508 www.briandenham.com Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.briandenham.com/?p=34#comment-508 Fola,<br/><br/>Nice to meet you here. Thanks for the kind comments. <br/><br/>I don't color the artwork on Iron Man. I just illustrate it in black and white. My buddies down at guru-eFx color Iron Man as well as a ton of other books for Marvel. Check out their website at www.guru-efx.com and if you are interested in coloring in Adobe photoshop they wrote a how-to book on digital coloring called, How To COlor For Comics. I drew the cover!<br/><br/>Did you go to Myspace and add me on your friend list yet? Keep in touch!<br/><br/>Gary,<br/>Thanks for the comment, man. I'm glad this lesson helps. There are a few more lessons for the speedlines so check back soon. <br/><br/>Though I'll drop hints here for you...<br/><br/>You can make the speedlines the same way here but with strokes and no fills. You just draw a straight line across and copy and paste a bunch in a staggered stack. Stretch it the same way as in this lesson, but go in and change the thickness of a bunch of the strokes to .25,.50,.75,.1 and a couple of .2's for a really cool look. This works great when you don't need to see the thin side of a speedline. For example when the speelines stretch from both sides of your panels.<br/><br/>Another lesson I'll be touching on involves linking to this page for a plug-in that will save your life...<br/><br/>http://www.graphicxtras.com/products/ai_plugins.htm<br/><br/>but mainly...this link...<br/><br/>http://www.graphicxtras.com/products/aiplugin23.htm<br/><br/>You may worship me at any time...<br/><br/>:P Fola,

Nice to meet you here. Thanks for the kind comments.

I don’t color the artwork on Iron Man. I just illustrate it in black and white. My buddies down at guru-eFx color Iron Man as well as a ton of other books for Marvel. Check out their website at http://www.guru-efx.com and if you are interested in coloring in Adobe photoshop they wrote a how-to book on digital coloring called, How To COlor For Comics. I drew the cover!

Did you go to Myspace and add me on your friend list yet? Keep in touch!

Gary,
Thanks for the comment, man. I’m glad this lesson helps. There are a few more lessons for the speedlines so check back soon.

Though I’ll drop hints here for you…

You can make the speedlines the same way here but with strokes and no fills. You just draw a straight line across and copy and paste a bunch in a staggered stack. Stretch it the same way as in this lesson, but go in and change the thickness of a bunch of the strokes to .25,.50,.75,.1 and a couple of .2′s for a really cool look. This works great when you don’t need to see the thin side of a speedline. For example when the speelines stretch from both sides of your panels.

Another lesson I’ll be touching on involves linking to this page for a plug-in that will save your life…

http://www.graphicxtras.com/products/ai_plugins.htm

but mainly…this link…

http://www.graphicxtras.com/products/aiplugin23.htm

You may worship me at any time…

:P

]]> By: Gary Mitchell http://www.briandenham.com/i-feel-the-need-for-speedlines/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Gary Mitchell Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:50:00 +0000 http://www.briandenham.com/?p=34#comment-507 You have no idea how much this helps. Your savin' my ass here, man. Thanks.<br/><br/>dub You have no idea how much this helps. Your savin’ my ass here, man. Thanks.

dub

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.briandenham.com/i-feel-the-need-for-speedlines/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Anonymous Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:15:00 +0000 http://www.briandenham.com/?p=34#comment-506 This is awesome thanks for the free tutorials. Do you do the colouring also in illustrator? I mean how do you achieve all the effects in those Iron Man clips? <br/>Keep up the good work<br/>Peace<br/>Fola<br/><br/>PS. Nice to know we share a passion for hiphop and indian movie soundtrack music :) This is awesome thanks for the free tutorials. Do you do the colouring also in illustrator? I mean how do you achieve all the effects in those Iron Man clips?
Keep up the good work
Peace
Fola

PS. Nice to know we share a passion for hiphop and indian movie soundtrack music :)

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