Turtle Turncoat

*Redeemer* · 01-12-2012, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony Day

Quick update: No Turncoat for at least 2-3 weeks as Alan (the script writer) is moving house.

More soon

Tony

Hey Tony big fan of ur work. I got a stupid question though that needs a simple answer if Alan is the writer r u the artist I assume???? I was jst wondering if u had any tips. I was wondering if u used photoshop for the coloring or if u did it by hand.

Tony Day · 01-13-2012, 11:29 AM

Sorry about this long winded answer... here goes...

Hi Redeemer.

Yes I am the artist but I also created the story for Turtle Turncoat. I got Alan to take over from Part 2 onwards (and a bit at the end of part 1) as he’s a much better writer than me. If you glance through part one you’ll see it’s littered with silly swear words and brilliant scripting such as "Hey guys! Come on" etc.
I and Alan decide where the stories going and he figures out all the details and writes all the dialogue. Once he's scripted it he sends it over by email:

What I do: Once I get the script I sketch out on a single piece of A4 (29cm - 21cm) paper the layout. It’s very rough at this stage. I then put the dialogue into the right places. After that I get a sheet of A3 paper and sketch out the panels, changing them for the best composition (hopefully

).
I then draw the construction of the characters’ in tube, sphere and cube shapes. After that I flesh them out into their characters. I then tidy all of it up for inking.

I use Pilot DR drawing pens (No longer use brush and ink) to do basic inking. The lines have no character. This is to match the 80s cartoons style rather than thick and thin brush stroke inking that's found in comic books. I shade nothing. After that I rub out the pencil and scan it at 400dpi as black and white.

I then bring it into Photoshop and proceed to colour it. This bit takes frigging ages as there’s always gaps in my line work. So it’s a case of filling, closing a gap, filling, gap, etc etc. I use 4 shades of colour. The main colour, 2 (or 3) levels of dark and 1 level of highlights. After that is done I put in the speech bubbles.

Finally I resize the eps and save as a jpeg. bring it into dreamweaver and upload to my website. The whole process can take anywhere from 8 to 11 hours.

Hope that answers your questions mate.

Laterz
Tony

www.trydowave.com

Gadget · 04-08-2012, 01:20 PM

been out of the fandom for a year or so...it's awesome to come back and see this comic is still going!!
Thanks Tony for your fantastic work *off to read*

Tony Day · 04-18-2012, 09:21 AM

Hi Gadget... haven’t done any comic for ages. For a long time my Wacom Graphire 4 drawing tablet had died and I didn’t have the money to replace it.
That was until I found one on eBay. A graphire 1 with no pen, untested. It cost me 1p (woohoo). It’s really battered, but, once plugged in, it worked and I am using my graphire 4 pen with it as it’s compatible.
I tried painting with the mouse a few weeks back but it was near impossible.
Another reason for the delay was the lack of script. My mate Alan just went out and brought Mass Effect 3 and there was no way I was going to get anything out of him for months...

Anyway... enuf of the blathering. Page 48 is up

www.trydowave.com

x_raphael_xx · 04-18-2012, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony Day

Page 48 is up

www.trydowave.com

Where? Last page I can see is 47

Tony Day · 04-18-2012, 02:17 PM

Its definately there... ive tried on 2 different machines.
Dont think its the browser either as ive viewed on IE8 and chrome.
Have you refreshed the page...
this one..
http://www.trydowave.com/t3.web.htm

*oldmanwinters* · 04-18-2012, 04:15 PM

Good to hear from you, Tony!

If the classic cartoon version of Raphael was traveling with the good guys, he might follow-up Splinter's last sentence with something like, "I hope he takes plastic because I'm all out of cash at the moment!"

x_raphael_xx · 04-19-2012, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony Day

Its definately there... ive tried on 2 different machines.
Dont think its the browser either as ive viewed on IE8 and chrome.
Have you refreshed the page...
this one..
http://www.trydowave.com/t3.web.htm

How strange, I went thru the homepage. Didn't realise I'd have to refresh cos I never have before!! It's showing now thanks

awesome stuff as usual

Tony Day · 04-22-2012, 03:33 PM

hi all...
page 49 is up

www.trydowave.com

01-13-2012, 11:29 AM	#2
Tony Day Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 559	Answer :) Sorry about this long winded answer... here goes... Hi Redeemer. Yes I am the artist but I also created the story for Turtle Turncoat. I got Alan to take over from Part 2 onwards (and a bit at the end of part 1) as he’s a much better writer than me. If you glance through part one you’ll see it’s littered with silly swear words and brilliant scripting such as "Hey guys! Come on" etc. I and Alan decide where the stories going and he figures out all the details and writes all the dialogue. Once he's scripted it he sends it over by email: What I do: Once I get the script I sketch out on a single piece of A4 (29cm - 21cm) paper the layout. It’s very rough at this stage. I then put the dialogue into the right places. After that I get a sheet of A3 paper and sketch out the panels, changing them for the best composition (hopefully ). I then draw the construction of the characters’ in tube, sphere and cube shapes. After that I flesh them out into their characters. I then tidy all of it up for inking. I use Pilot DR drawing pens (No longer use brush and ink) to do basic inking. The lines have no character. This is to match the 80s cartoons style rather than thick and thin brush stroke inking that's found in comic books. I shade nothing. After that I rub out the pencil and scan it at 400dpi as black and white. I then bring it into Photoshop and proceed to colour it. This bit takes frigging ages as there’s always gaps in my line work. So it’s a case of filling, closing a gap, filling, gap, etc etc. I use 4 shades of colour. The main colour, 2 (or 3) levels of dark and 1 level of highlights. After that is done I put in the speech bubbles. Finally I resize the eps and save as a jpeg. bring it into dreamweaver and upload to my website. The whole process can take anywhere from 8 to 11 hours. Hope that answers your questions mate. Laterz Tony www.trydowave.com

04-18-2012, 09:21 AM	#4
Tony Day Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 559	Page 48 is up Hi Gadget... haven’t done any comic for ages. For a long time my Wacom Graphire 4 drawing tablet had died and I didn’t have the money to replace it. That was until I found one on eBay. A graphire 1 with no pen, untested. It cost me 1p (woohoo). It’s really battered, but, once plugged in, it worked and I am using my graphire 4 pen with it as it’s compatible. I tried painting with the mouse a few weeks back but it was near impossible. Another reason for the delay was the lack of script. My mate Alan just went out and brought Mass Effect 3 and there was no way I was going to get anything out of him for months... Anyway... enuf of the blathering. Page 48 is up www.trydowave.com

04-18-2012, 02:17 PM	#6
Tony Day Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 559	Its definately there... ive tried on 2 different machines. Dont think its the browser either as ive viewed on IE8 and chrome. Have you refreshed the page... this one.. http://www.trydowave.com/t3.web.htm Last edited by Tony Day; 04-18-2012 at 02:28 PM.

04-18-2012, 04:15 PM	#7
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,511	Page 48 Good to hear from you, Tony! If the classic cartoon version of Raphael was traveling with the good guys, he might follow-up Splinter's last sentence with something like, "I hope he takes plastic because I'm all out of cash at the moment!" __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

04-22-2012, 03:33 PM	#9
Tony Day Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 559	page 49 is up hi all... page 49 is up www.trydowave.com

04-08-2012, 01:20 PM	#3
Gadget Thug Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: UK Posts: 77	been out of the fandom for a year or so...it's awesome to come back and see this comic is still going!! Thanks Tony for your fantastic work off to read

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