tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517183366357019253.post6437889469833127288..comments2023-04-23T18:12:34.609-05:00Comments on The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee: To Color Or Not To ColorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517183366357019253.post-3623203564298577302009-05-11T17:20:00.000-05:002009-05-11T17:20:00.000-05:00Well, for instance, in the above samples, I feel t...Well, for instance, in the above samples, I feel the giant corn one really works better in color - it draws your eye to how big the corn is - but the Senator strip is virtually the same either way. The bailout strip actually works better in B&W, I find the color distracting. <br /><br />Nate, it doesn't take much photoshop experience - I was a total newbie. You can accomplish an awful lot with only a few of the tools. My biggest complaint is that I use a mouse rather than a tablet - I'm hoping to try a tablet at some point to see if I like it - and I am probably only using about 15% of Photoshop's capabilities. I should probably take a class :-)Anne Hambrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850449473081001818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517183366357019253.post-89142719382280044862009-05-11T16:48:00.000-05:002009-05-11T16:48:00.000-05:00I've been thinking about this issue a lot as w...I've been thinking about this issue a lot as well. I feel so far behind - because I'm HORRIBLE at Photoshop. And even if I was good at using it, I like the black and white look. For my strip - it works. I do water colors on special projects and that's about it.<br /><br />I think coloring does ruin the feel for some comics. Especially when it's on printed newspaper. A lot of times in a book, or other medium, the quality is enhanced with good coloring.<br /><br />I don't know....<br /><br />I'm sticking with good ol' B&W for now.Nate Fakeshttp://www.natefakes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517183366357019253.post-59914261949252679612009-05-10T05:26:00.000-05:002009-05-10T05:26:00.000-05:00What happened was USA Today, which included color ...What happened was USA Today, which included color on every page. In the past, papers generally had color on a few selected pages -- usually front, back and center spread. Before the 1980s, most small papers didn't even have that, and got their dose of color once a week from the Sunday funnies and Parade Magazine. But as they invested in larger presses so they could handle the color, it did make sense to ask for color in the comics as well as from their photographers. <br /><br />Not, you'll note, that it has saved the medium, but the color decision came well before the Internet was a factor. <br /><br />In any case, the creative problem is less the color itself as the application of color by underlings who don't bother to read the comics and will ignore lines like "I love chocolate" and color an ice cream cone purple, or not realize that a character is African-American (notably the police officer boyfriend, a major character in "Stone Soup," who used to change race on a regular basis).<br /><br />It's extra work to color your own and I'm sure there's no extra money, but it's better than leaving it to the syndicate's highly trained squad of colorizing chimps!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.com