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[charge_beta]

Hello everyone!

In order to preserve the art of comic making,

I am making comics entitled "Spontanious Combustions"

YES it's spelled wrong, I did that purposely.

I've been making these for a while now, uploading them to brickshelf.

Then I came here a day ago, and now I'm going to present ma' comics.

I don't expect these to be VERY popular but there good.

(At least season 2 is )

So, without further to do...

 

 

 

SEASON I

 

comic 1: Intro

http://www.brickshel...season1/sc1.bmp

 

comic 2: Evil Pancakes

http://www.brickshel...season1/sc2.bmp

 

comic 3: An Enemy Rises

http://www.brickshel...season1/sc3.bmp

 

comic 4: The Duel

http://www.brickshel...season1/sc4.bmp

 

comic 5: My Hau

http://www.brickshel...season1/sc5.bmp

 

comic 6: Tahu Borg P1

http://www.brickshel...season1/sc6.bmp

 

comic 7: Tahu borg P2 and My Kit (It's not that great) 

http://www.brickshel...season1/sc7.bmp

 

comic 8: End Season 1

http://www.brickshel...season1/sc8.bmp

 

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SEASON II

 

comic 1: A Pick-nick

http://www.brickshel...ason2/s2sc4.bmp

 

comic 2: Vahki

http://www.brickshel...ason2/s2sc5.bmp

 

comic 3: A New Arm for Zink

http://www.brickshel...ason2/s2sc6.bmp

 

comic 4: The Coffee Thief

http://www.brickshel...ason2/s2sc7.bmp

 

comic 5: The Dimensioner

http://www.brickshel...edimesioner.bmp

 

comic 6: RAZORED

http://www.brickshel...2/scrazored.bmp

 

comic 7: Suggestions

http://www.brickshel...csuggestion.bmp

 

comic 8: The Commercial

http://charge-infini...e-infinity&qo=0

I'm using DeviantART until Brickshelf is back online

 

More Coming Soon!

 

HOLIDAYS

 

Easter 2013: The Easter Egg Hunt

http://www.brickshel...terspcial13.bmp

 

 

April 1st 2013: The Death Prank

http://www.brickshel...aprlfoolz13.bmp

CREDIT TO: My sister who came up with some of it.

 

My Birthday 2013: BEST WORST B-DAY EVER

http://www.brickshel...2/mcb-day13.png

 

More Coming Soon...

 

GUEST STARS:

Girls & Fools GS: Ultimate Sybre

http://www.brickshel...on2/sybregs.bmp

 

PM me for GS

 

More Coming Soon...

Edited by charge_beta, May 04 2013 - 06:31 AM.

[Sheogorath]

deeplink the links. simple: click on the picture until the only thing other than the white background is the picture, then press the little picture above the text, the one that is a tree. then paste the URL and enjoy

[Lime Paradox]

[color=#4b0082;][font="'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"]Okay time for some CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM[/color][/font]

 

[color=#4b0082;][font="'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"]Please please please don't save your comics as BMPs because they kind of take forever to load[/color][/font]

 

[color=#4b0082;][font="'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"]PNGs are pretty much your best option here - JPGs are fine too if you're using a program like Photoshop that allows you to set the quality when saving them, but not if you're only using Paint[/color][/font]

 

[color=#4b0082;][font="'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"]Actually that's all the CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM for now because there's no way I'm attempting to load all these BMPs to actually read the comics[/color][/font]

Edited by Lime Paradox, Mar 31 2013 - 12:47 AM.

[charge_beta]

[color=#4b0082;][font="'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"]Okay time for some CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM[/color][/font]

 

[color=#4b0082;][font="'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"]Please please please don't save your comics as BMPs because they kind of take forever to load[/color][/font]

 

[color=#4b0082;][font="'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"]PNGs are pretty much your best option here - JPGs are fine too if you're using a program like Photoshop that allows you to set the quality when saving them, but not if you're only using Paint[/color][/font]

 

[color=#4b0082;][font="'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif;"]Actually that's all the CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM for now because there's no way I'm attempting to load all these BMPs to actually read the comics[/color][/font]

Okay, but for my comp. (which runs Linux) Loads it just fine,

are you using Mac or something?

[charge_beta]

Comic six is on, and 2013 Easter Special!

ENJOY!

[Ehks]

BMP always takes a long time to load on most OSes. Maybe not Linux, but on Windows and Macs it does.

Anyways, now for some constructive criticism. If I hurt your feelings or seem too hars, I apologize.

First off, the humor seems a little too random and the characters are very steryotypical. There's the evil villan who tries taking over the comics, the dumb assistant to that evil villan, the in-general dumb person... Kinda steryotypical and not much depth to your characters (I can't talk much on that subject, though). I would also suggest making speech bubbles or glowy text in GIMP or a program like that, but it isn't nessecary. Just make sure text is always readable (I only saw that problem once, though, so you're doing a good job on that). Otherwise the comics are fine, just work on the characters a bit and make the humor less random. Don't rely on random humor too much, since it dosn't always work.

[charge_beta]

BMP always takes a long time to load on most OSes. Maybe not Linux, but on Windows and Macs it does.

Anyways, now for some constructive criticism. If I hurt your feelings or seem too hars, I apologize.

First off, the humor seems a little too random and the characters are very steryotypical. There's the evil villan who tries taking over the comics, the dumb assistant to that evil villan, the in-general dumb person... Kinda steryotypical and not much depth to your characters (I can't talk much on that subject, though). I would also suggest making speech bubbles or glowy text in GIMP or a program like that, but it isn't nessecary. Just make sure text is always readable (I only saw that problem once, though, so you're doing a good job on that). Otherwise the comics are fine, just work on the characters a bit and make the humor less random. Don't rely on random humor too much, since it dosn't always work.

Yeah, out of the blue humor isn't working, but I haven't many ideas.

Thanks for the help though.

GS's, anybody? PLEASE?

If not, it's okay. I didn't really expect these to be popular

But if yes, THANK YOU!

PM me with sprites, and personality (you know the drill)

[InnerRayg]

The OS has almost nothing to do with the loading time. .bmps are uncompressed files, they're just naturally larger. It's a matter of courtesy to save your comics using a file format that will not put a strain on internet connections of others.

 

As for the comics...they suffer from the usual defects these types of comics do, in that you're using very tiny sprites with a lot of blank space. There's little to no context to give a sense of location to these events - it's just white blank space after white blank space. I didn't read the whole series, but of the few I randomly sampled it didn't seem like you were trying for a comic that tells a story as much as you were going for random gags - which is fine, but the funniest comics tend to be more about how characters with established personalities react to events, not just things spontaneously happening. I'd say working with bigger sprites would help - or just zooming in the ones you have so the characters are actually distinguishable from one another.

[charge_beta]

Comic 7 and April fools special! Check 'em out! 

 

Also: GS's anybody? Please? I'm getting desperate! 

[Sybre the Mental]

[color=#006400;]These comics have incredible potential, with the backgrounds and stuff. However, the constant kit change was annoying earlier. Not even I did that, but if you focus on the good stuff, you'll be greater in no time![/color]

 

[color=#006400;]Allow me to save you and send a GS request. I love helping rookie comic makers! It warms my icy heart. [/color]

[Sheogorath]

I'd like to GS too. I can make my own sprite, but what Kit do you use? and if it isn't on BZPower, can you link an image, preferably on Brickshelf?

[charge_beta]

I'd like to GS too. I can make my own sprite, but what Kit do you use? and if it isn't on BZPower, can you link an image, preferably on Brickshelf?

I use from here on out, Chimoru Omega.

[charge_beta]

comic 8 is out!It's my b-day, but the comic won't be out for 1,2, or 3 days

sometime during the weekend

Edited by charge_beta, Apr 12 2013 - 03:06 PM.

[charge_beta]

B-day comic up!

[Shadow Flaredrick]

I liked it better with the randomness. It's more funny and relates to the name.

[Tenebrae Invictus]

The ending comic of season one seemed more like a preview of season two than a conclusion for the first. At the moment though, I hope season two is more .png based too.

[charge_beta]

The ending comic of season one seemed more like a preview of season two than a conclusion for the first. At the moment though, I hope season two is more .png based too.

It is.

[charge_beta]

Sorry about the lack of comics, but I'm closing SPONTANIOUS COMBUSTIONS until I have time,

thank you.

[Shadow Flaredrick]

So your closing the topic?

[Sumiki]

Double posting is not allowed in Comics unless you're posting a new comic. Next time, simply report the topic with a closing request and someone will come by to close it promptly.