layers

here's a quick look at the photoshop process i worked out to make king uther a ghost.

i drew it exactly the same way i would have if he weren't a ghost:


then i carefully cut him out of the merlin layer:


and moved him to his own, semi-transparent layer:

(multiply layer, 50% opacity)

on another new layer, i copied over just the outline, reusing this hex value of merlin's robe (0054a6) for a little added continuity:

(normal layer, 50% opacity)

on yet another separate half transparent layer, i filled in all of uther's area with solid white:

(normal layer, 50% opacity)

i did the same thing with a very bright blue (66ffff), but turned the transparency down more:

(normal layer, 25% opacity)

with both layers visible, uther looks translucent and mostly white with a blue tint:


then, turning the color layer back on combines pure ghost with the natural color of a living king:


it's by no means professional, but i think he reads as a ghost so it works for me. it's also super easy to accomplish and has the added bonus of being totally fun to screw with the layers independently.

knight studies

horsey sauce

some plans and jokes for my theoretical comic strip:


post-it note:

hays surfs

view the original

quickie

simple, classic.

post-it:

epic collaboration

part one by hays:


part two by matt!


part three by matt!


view the dead hays archive

retro

last week, i scanned and uploaded 122 dead hays comics. this week, i start coloring them:


original:

hays goes intergalactic

yellowpad:

dead hays lives again

first new dead hays comic in about 3 years.

yellowpad:

happy holidays

yellowpad:

hurt

all due respect and thanks to troy hurtubise. you can also watch the documentary, project grizzly, online.


yellowpad comics #(big number):

presumptive plot comics #1

i don't really know how HALO games work, cause i've never played through much of one, but the suits and vehicles look too awesome to let that get in my way:

"I think kyle is a pretty cool guy. eh loses limbs and doesn’t afraid of anything."

yellowpad (compare panel 10):

south park

combat evolved

on your left, a simplification of my take on halo costumes:

on your right, this obvious joke.

halo there

streetfight

ryu vs. akuma

post-it:

amorphous

ok, so, you might have to stare at this for a couple of minutes:

shang tsung (performing johnny cage morph) vs. jax

it makes more sense when you separate the layers:

if i'd thought ahead, i would have photoshopped both uppercuts from a single template. in tracing one by hand to make the other, the outlines didn't match up nearly exact enough. ehh, experience.

post-it:

no holds barred

i'm not picking on kano, but he's the only one this idea works on:

kano vs. raiden

post-it:

the hand of fate

fatality:

kano vs. classic sub-zero

post-it:

the thing about ninjas

classic sub-zero, scorpion, reptile, smoke, noob saibot, ermac, & rain.

scorpionpad: