I'm completely new to this forum, tho i have had a look around, some really talented people here and I am quite sure i dont measure up, but if you dont mind i'd like to ask some advice with a problem i am having.
I am developing a webcomic called TenSimon's World, a look thru my eyes as i live teaching English in junior high school in japan.
It is going to run in flash, as swf files, becuase i want the viewer to be able to roll over bits of japanese for an instant translation (i might also add little bits of animation, but only occasionally - animation takes too long, and this is a comic after all). that bit I have working fairly well, but what I am struggling with is how to make my scanned ink line artwork (partially colored in photoshop) look good - i can't get it to look like clean ink lines. Somehow it looks a bit unclear and pixelated.
Here's how I produced these images:
1. draw and ink on B4 card
2. scan at 300dpi, reassemble, color in photoshop
3. change the image size down to 980x980 pixels, save for web as a .png (at which point the resampling means it has already become less clean)
4. import the image into flash, and export as a movie (but i dont think it is flash that is the problem, since it already turned unclean in step 3.)
The problem is that I have to display my comic at BIGGER than it was originally drawn at on paper to get it looking clean - that can't be right.
Anyone any suggestions? Kazu, how come copper's lines look so clean? mine end up all blurry. Or do i just need to learn to draw with a thicker pen (which i dont like - i like those delicate lines!)
this one is just a gif - seems clean but is still displayed bigger than it was drawn:
these are all .swfs, two of the same comic, and one of the comic above i was just experimenting with the size, but they have all come out blurry.
or am i barking up the wrong tree trying to get my ink line art to display in flash? should I stick to gifs (but that would kill my translation feature) or would i be better inking directly in flash (but i'm not that much of a fan of drawing in flash).
thanks for anyone who can offer some advice here
tensimon
www.tensimon.com