Okay, this is regarding Mirror/Mirror, the remake of Humans. I'm trying to decide for sure which way to finish it. As cool as the lines themselves look, I wanna do something more to it- tones, color, shading, or something. But these things take more and more time to do, so I'd like to hear your opinions.
Here's a sample of the linework... Page 12.
www.kiwichanstudios.com/Post/M…I'm doing the lines in Manga Studio, same program I did Atlantis U in, because of the lovely line smoothing and the convenient comic-oriented interface.
Here's page 12 done in screentones, like I did with Atlantis U.
www.kiwichanstudios.com/Post/M…Just slightly better than pure black and white. Making screentones for this page took 26 minutes.
Here it is in basic color...
www.kiwichanstudios.com/Post/M…Basic color took 36 minutes.
Here it is with cell shading.
www.kiwichanstudios.com/Post/M…Cell shading + basic color took 1 hour 8 minutes.
Now, I could've gone a step further and did full soft shading and ambient lighting like I used to do for Humans, but I don't even wanna think about how much time that would take.
So! How much quality do you think I should sacrifice in the name of speedy production?