Comments on: Creating Tonoharu #10–Final Edits http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/ Updated Every Friday. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:28:05 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lars Martinson http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/comment-page-1/#comment-13817 Lars Martinson Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:21:16 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/#comment-13817 Thanks! Yeah, Tonoharu brings out my OCD tendencies for sure. Once Tonoharu is done, I'm going to try my hand at a looser, quicker style; drawing in the Tonoharu style just takes too damn long. Checked out your website btw; good stuff! Lars Thanks! Yeah, Tonoharu brings out my OCD tendencies for sure. Once Tonoharu is done, I’m going to try my hand at a looser, quicker style; drawing in the Tonoharu style just takes too damn long.

Checked out your website btw; good stuff!
Lars

]]> By: Mike T http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/comment-page-1/#comment-13814 Mike T Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:19:10 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/#comment-13814 I found your website through the JetWit website and I really enjoyed your blog and the walthrough of your process in creating your comic. I think you might have some kind of OCD to work on something with the level of detail and care that you have :-) Good luck with everything. I found your website through the JetWit website and I really enjoyed your blog and the walthrough of your process in creating your comic. I think you might have some kind of OCD to work on something with the level of detail and care that you have :-) Good luck with everything.

]]> By: Patrick Reynolds http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/comment-page-1/#comment-4524 Patrick Reynolds Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:10:19 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/#comment-4524 Thanks for doing this. I've enjoyed learning. With stories, I keep thinking that the best tales guide the imagination and don't always need, or get, too much 'page viewing' time - they carry the reader, if it's working, and the imagery will stick in the mind for long, long after. And, on your first graphic novel - congratulations! Thanks for doing this. I’ve enjoyed learning. With stories, I keep thinking that the best tales guide the imagination and don’t always need, or get, too much ‘page viewing’ time – they carry the reader, if it’s working, and the imagery will stick in the mind for long, long after. And, on your first graphic novel – congratulations!

]]> By: Lars Martinson http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Lars Martinson Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:23:00 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/#comment-609 Heya Al, Thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed the series. I have mixed feelings about your friend's quick read-through. On one hand, I strived to improve readability as I made my edits, so I think it's great that it can be read through with such ease, without the super-detailed drawings becoming intrusive & distracting. On the other hand, it is sort of a bummer to think that four years of work can be zipped through so quickly. The first panel on page 43 (of a busy train station, for those that don't have the book) took me three days to draw, but is probably looked at by the average reader for literally less than a second. But that's the way it goes. Chris Ware once said that the ratio between time depicted in a comic and the time it takes to create it is 4000 to 1. If anything, I'm starting to think that's an understatement! On a side note, while I did try to make Tonoharu a book that could be read through quickly & easily, I also put in details that I hope would reward more careful readings. The prologue in particular offers many hints of what's to come. Lars Heya Al,

Thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed the series.

I have mixed feelings about your friend’s quick read-through. On one hand, I strived to improve readability as I made my edits, so I think it’s great that it can be read through with such ease, without the super-detailed drawings becoming intrusive & distracting.

On the other hand, it is sort of a bummer to think that four years of work can be zipped through so quickly. The first panel on page 43 (of a busy train station, for those that don’t have the book) took me three days to draw, but is probably looked at by the average reader for literally less than a second. But that’s the way it goes. Chris Ware once said that the ratio between time depicted in a comic and the time it takes to create it is 4000 to 1. If anything, I’m starting to think that’s an understatement!

On a side note, while I did try to make Tonoharu a book that could be read through quickly & easily, I also put in details that I hope would reward more careful readings. The prologue in particular offers many hints of what’s to come.

Lars

]]> By: Al http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Al Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:21:03 +0000 http://larsmartinson.com/creating-tonoharu-10%e2%80%93final-edits/#comment-603 Wow. That's a lot of work. As someone who occasionally spends hours cleaning up an image in photoshop, I can sort of relate. This series was really cool. It's never a bad thing to understand how much work goes into a project. This is probably going to crush your soul a little bit, but a friend of mine (one who isn't accustomed to reading graphic novels) read through Tonoharu Part 1 in about 15 minutes. I couldn't believe it. I think a series like this, where you explain the process of creation, helps foster an appreciation for the art form. After reading this series, I realize that I probably also read Tonaharu too fast. Wow. That’s a lot of work. As someone who occasionally spends hours cleaning up an image in photoshop, I can sort of relate.

This series was really cool. It’s never a bad thing to understand how much work goes into a project.

This is probably going to crush your soul a little bit, but a friend of mine (one who isn’t accustomed to reading graphic novels) read through Tonoharu Part 1 in about 15 minutes. I couldn’t believe it.

I think a series like this, where you explain the process of creation, helps foster an appreciation for the art form. After reading this series, I realize that I probably also read Tonaharu too fast.

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