CN:MI the Comic Book

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Steve Adamson   (Jul 05, 2006 at 04:08 GMT)

Kick ASS, I will be the first to say I like it ;) Keep it up.

Matt Vitelli   (Jul 05, 2006 at 04:09 GMT)

That is really neat. Are you going to Indie Games Con this year by chance? Last year everyone really enjoyed it.

Tom Eastman (Eastbeast314)   (Jul 05, 2006 at 05:01 GMT)

Awesome style! If the cutscenes are like that...and your game looks the way it's looked in posts...CN:MI is going to be tremendous.

Alan James   (Jul 05, 2006 at 08:52 GMT)

Thanks guys,
And just to avoid any confusion about me having decent artistic skills these are produced from screenshots that have been edited to give the comic book effect:

Original


Comic Book


My freehand artwork is *ALOT* slower and less impressive. This blackhawk took me a couple hours and it's pretty basic:



At that rate CN:MI probably wouldn't come out until after Duke Nukem Forever. If that soon.

@Matt, Yeah IGC 2005 was a lot of fun, we should be there this year again...

- Alan
Edited on Jul 05, 2006 10:06 GMT

Alan H   (Jul 05, 2006 at 12:09 GMT)

Cool Alan!

Now that's the way to make a comic book.

Your still my hero.

- Alan

N R Bharathae   (Jul 05, 2006 at 12:11 GMT)

What's the editing process you're using, Alan? Looks like a filter or two in Photoshop but could you tell us which ones?

Aaron E   (Jul 05, 2006 at 13:03 GMT)

Beautiful work Alan. Your project is an inspiration.

Sam M   (Jul 05, 2006 at 14:54 GMT)

Hmm, I was actually planning on using comic book style to do the cutscenes in my TGB platformer. Pretty neat.

Todd Pickens   (Jul 05, 2006 at 15:56 GMT)

Alan,

One word, FANTASTIC!

Alan James   (Jul 05, 2006 at 15:57 GMT)

@N R Bharathae

Actually using the GNU Image Manipulation Program better know as The Gimp. In its Filter section, under Artistic is one called Cartoon...of all things...there are two slider adjustments in that filter, you just kind of have to mess with them to get the flavor of outlining that you want. Then, in the case of the "Manga" BW one just Desaturate it under the Layer - Colors menu and finally in all of them under the Layer - Colors option bring the Brightness-Contrast Filter each up until it gives you nice solid blacks and a "Comic Book" look.

I've been checking out, Sgt. Rock, GI Combat, Weird War Tales, etc. Comic Books. There's still a lot to do to get anything near the incredible style these and other classic comics had -



but hopefully it will look cool when it's all put together in the end.

- Alan
Edited on Jul 05, 2006 16:00 GMT

N R Bharathae   (Jul 05, 2006 at 17:36 GMT)

Got it, Alan. Thanks.

Paul /*Wedge*/ DElia   (Jul 05, 2006 at 18:03 GMT)

Given it's just image filtered screenshots, and most shaders are just realtime image filters, it makes me think it'd be really cool to render a game in realtime with some "comic book" type shaders, to have a drawn rendering style that isn't just the typical flat cel-shading.

Blake Lowry   (Jul 05, 2006 at 18:49 GMT)

This looks great! Thats a really cool idea.. the filters to make it look like a comic. Nice job!

Ian Roach   (Jul 06, 2006 at 10:21 GMT)

Awesome stuff, gotta try this out :)

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