Comments for A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran http://adistantsoil.com The Official Website of A Distant Soil, the legendary graphic novel series from Image Comics. Thu, 24 May 2012 04:55:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on 05/23/2012 by amikael http://adistantsoil.com/2012/05/23/05232012/#comment-11022 amikael Thu, 24 May 2012 04:55:04 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/2012/05/23/05232012/#comment-11022 Me happy. :) Me happy. :)

]]> Comment on 05/23/2012 by Colleen Doran http://adistantsoil.com/2012/05/23/05232012/#comment-11021 Colleen Doran Wed, 23 May 2012 18:18:38 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/2012/05/23/05232012/#comment-11021 Material crammed into just a couple of pages has been greatly expanded. If we get around to reprinting Volume IV, this would mean removing the entire pinups and prose short story to fit it in. The scene, as originally drawn, simply doesn't work. Even I had trouble following it. Throughout the series, there are a few scenes that ping my annoyance. This one is just badly done. Material crammed into just a couple of pages has been greatly expanded. If we get around to reprinting Volume IV, this would mean removing the entire pinups and prose short story to fit it in. The scene, as originally drawn, simply doesn’t work. Even I had trouble following it.

Throughout the series, there are a few scenes that ping my annoyance. This one is just badly done.

]]> Comment on 05/23/2012 by scribblerworks http://adistantsoil.com/2012/05/23/05232012/#comment-11020 scribblerworks Wed, 23 May 2012 17:49:07 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/2012/05/23/05232012/#comment-11020 Ooo! Ooo! Thrills, chills and excitement! Looking forward to the new "version"? "rendering"? Whatever. Most excellent! Ooo! Ooo! Thrills, chills and excitement!

Looking forward to the new “version”? “rendering”? Whatever. Most excellent!

]]> Comment on 05/23/2012 by Arlnee http://adistantsoil.com/2012/05/23/05232012/#comment-11019 Arlnee Wed, 23 May 2012 04:33:28 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/2012/05/23/05232012/#comment-11019 ooo, one of my favorite images of D'mer, AND new art for the the next section? neat! ooo, one of my favorite images of D’mer, AND new art for the the next section? neat!

]]> Comment on “War Artist” Arabella Dorman sure likes the work of war journalist Michael Yon. Too much. by Colleen Doran http://adistantsoil.com/2012/05/22/war-artist-arabella-dorman-sure-likes-the-work-of-war-journalist-michael-yon-too-much/#comment-11018 Colleen Doran Tue, 22 May 2012 18:05:51 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=11747#comment-11018 Exactly. The swipe doesn't get me half as much as the fact that she is selling these pieces based on a false narrative. That is eat up with wrong. As a commercial artist, swiping is part of the business. But swiping responsibly, using reference in a transformative way, is what pros do. I can't possibly come up with everything I have to draw out of my own mind, particularly with regard to things I've never seen. If I can, I track down the original source and purchase a license or ask permission. If I can't, I try to be as transformative as possible so the derivative work is not infringing use. In over 20 years as a pro illustrator with hundreds of credits and millions of peepers on my work, I've never had a problem. And for crying out loud, even the most mediocre cartoonist can draw in situ better than this. Seriously. I wrote this article about the ethical use of swipe, in case anyone reading this thread missed it: http://adistantsoil.com/2012/03/22/how-to-swipe-like-a-pro-reference-jed-brophy-gone-to-amerikay/ Exactly. The swipe doesn’t get me half as much as the fact that she is selling these pieces based on a false narrative. That is eat up with wrong.

As a commercial artist, swiping is part of the business. But swiping responsibly, using reference in a transformative way, is what pros do. I can’t possibly come up with everything I have to draw out of my own mind, particularly with regard to things I’ve never seen. If I can, I track down the original source and purchase a license or ask permission. If I can’t, I try to be as transformative as possible so the derivative work is not infringing use. In over 20 years as a pro illustrator with hundreds of credits and millions of peepers on my work, I’ve never had a problem.

And for crying out loud, even the most mediocre cartoonist can draw in situ better than this. Seriously.

I wrote this article about the ethical use of swipe, in case anyone reading this thread missed it:

http://adistantsoil.com/2012/03/22/how-to-swipe-like-a-pro-reference-jed-brophy-gone-to-amerikay/

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