Help my Half-tones!!
Kew minus
ok....in mangas....how do they get those half-tones (shades of grey)? Do they
buy special art supplies?
please if anyone out there knows about these things...tell me
-Kew mi...@aol.com
MUDA Dann
Kew minus wrote:
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> ok....in mangas....how do they get those half-tones (shades of grey)? Do they
> buy special art supplies?
Of course, it's called 'Screen-tone' and the better are only sale in
japan. Try IC-screen for example, they are good and a lot of choice.
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Peter Choi
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997 20:49:55 +0100, MUDA Dann <ma...@club-internet.fr>
wrote:
No, similar things are sold in US but they are much more expensive
thanin Japan.... Well, you can buy some in Korea with very low price.
Lea Hernandez
MUDA Dann wrote:
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> one solution is to photocopy screen-tone on rohdoid or cellulo. Then you
> can photocope your work with cell on the top and then cut pieces you
> need.And glue on final paper. (<- my english isn't fluent but I'm sure
> artits could found how to use this system)
Okay, since MUDA acknowledged his English isn't fluent, but I STILL got
what he meant, I'll translate:
Get clear adhesive-backed film. You can find this at any larger,
well-stocked art supply.
Photocopy the screen tone you have onto this stuff. Do a test copy FIRST
on plain paper. When you're satisfied, copy that mother.
Be aware that this is PROBABLY a copyright violation of some sort, and
choose accordingly.
(Nope, not interested in debating it. DOn't bore me. Don't bore the
newsgroup. Resist. You can do it.)
Since the stuff is clear, you can see through it much as you can see
through zip. Be aware that the adhesive in this stuff is -usually-
"high-tack", which means it's super-sticky, and that it will be a bitch
to move once it's down. I'd advice using a lightbox to help cut shapes,
or seeing if there's "low-tack" or repositionable film available.
Finally, lay a piece of paper over any zip on the art that you're sure
you don't want to move, and burnish the snot out of it, especially if
it's small or has points. Small pieces drift, and pointy parts can get
caught on other pages, fingers, etc.
Lea
Not zipped yet--Cathedral Child,
coming from Image Comics in March 1998
http://www.cris.com/~akiyama/cath.html
Lea Hernandez
Peter Choi wrote:
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> On Sat, 25 Oct 1997 03:53:38 -0700, Lea Hernandez
> <aki...@concentric.net> wrote:
<SNIP-o-rama>
> Excuse me....are you that Hernandez....? Right?
Which that Hernandez? Former Gainax executive and bunny girl? Manga
touch-up artist? Former Wizard manga/anime columnist?
If that, yes. If it's about raving that Plastic Nipple is a badly
written sack of blow, or the barnyard animals--no, that wasn't me.
Lea (who is now quite intrigued)
http://www.cris.com/~akiyama
Peter Choi
I mean... Rocket and Love thing. Your last name reminds me of
Hernandez Brothers...
Oh, I like Milo Marana and Moebius, too. Someday I'll try Enki
Biral...
Peter Choi
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997 09:54:53 -0800, Lea Hernandez
<aki...@concentric.net> wrote:
>Peter Choi wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 26 Oct 1997 02:57:36 -0800, Lea Hernandez
>> <aki...@concentric.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Peter Choi wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, 25 Oct 1997 03:53:38 -0700, Lea Hernandez
>> >> <aki...@concentric.net> wrote:
>> >
>> ><SNIP-o-rama>
>> >
>> >> Excuse me....are you that Hernandez....? Right?
>> >
>> >Which that Hernandez?
>
>> I mean... Rocket and Love thing. Your last name reminds me of
>> Hernandez Brothers...
>
>Oh, THOSE guys. They're distant cousins of my husband. (I married in.)
>
>Lea
>http://www.cris.com/~akiyama
Oh, my.... :) Cool. :)
Lea Hernandez
Kew minus wrote:
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> wow....Lea Hernandez responsed to my lowly newsgroups message
<looks around> Shucks.
> hey guys....thanks for the info... though i still don't know what to do.......
> dilluted black ink looks like a happy option.....
>
> is that a comic book no no?
AT the risk of confusinf\g you further, it's not a no-no, BUT you'll
have to have your artwork shot as what's called a "half-tone", which is
a way to turn your watered-down ink into something that can be printed
as a series of dots.
(It's that dot thing again.)
The Iconoclast
Lea Hernandez <aki...@concentric.net> wrote in article
<345322...@concentric.net>...
> Peter Choi wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 25 Oct 1997 03:53:38 -0700, Lea Hernandez
> > <aki...@concentric.net> wrote:
>
> <SNIP-o-rama>
>
> > Excuse me....are you that Hernandez....? Right?
>
> Which that Hernandez? Former Gainax executive and bunny girl? Manga
> touch-up artist? Former Wizard manga/anime columnist?
Ok, I've seen the Wizard articles, but bunny girl?
> Lea (who is now quite intrigued)
--
The Iconoclast icono...@pcola.gulf.net
(who is even more intrigued)
Lea Hernandez
In 1989, I was a newly-minted employee of GAINAX, in Japan, and it was
WonderFest time. WonderFest was a two-day, um, orgy of garage kits, with
30,000 attendees spread across three floors.
About three months before, it was decided I'd dress up in an evening
gown to help call fanboys over to the Gainax tables. Three -weeks-
before WonderFest, the plan was changed, and an employee was given the
task of hiring a bunny costume.
The costume wasn't the DaiCon girl's Playboy-inspired red bodysuit and
ears, it was and abbreviated tux with coarse fishnet stockings, a
sleeveless shirt that gapped impressively at the armholes, and satin
bunny ears on a tight headband.
Putting it on in the Gainax office, then having to exit Okada-san's
office and show the staff how it looked was one of the most excrutiating
experiences of my life. I wasn't more acutely embarrassed until I had a
baby.
Taking a deep breath like the girl in the itsy-bitsy teeny weeny etc.,
bikini, I stepped out of Okada's office after giving some serious
thought to taking the whole thing off and saying it didn't fit, even a
fleeting moment of considering walking out naked to prove it.
Who knew some many people could be crammed into one teensy floor of one
teensy building? The office ladies laughed. Takeda-san, my direct
superior, stared. Okada might have laughed. Animators and directors
poured out of the "conference room" (which was two large filing units
pushed at right angles to a corner to make walls) like clowns from a
car, their grinning heads stacked along the edge of one of the files
like a totem pole.
I don't remember how long I stood there, but eventually I got to change
back into street clothes.
At WonderFest, I wore the costume on Saturday, sweltering in the 1000%
humidity of August, and walked around with an escort and had my picture
taken with fanboys, club presidents and motorcycles. I kissed the
winners of the model contest on their cheeks, which mortified them more
than it thrilled them.
Is it any wonder, that late Saturday when I was asked to pose with a
life-size replica of Stormbringer, I looked ready to use it?
I wouldn't trade the whole thing for a million bucks, either. Cos-play
was just part of being Gainax, and being dressed like a bar hotess made
me one of them, at least for one afternoon.