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I admit- I did this just to get you to look at this:
www.youtube.com/view_play_list…

I never did get any responses here on dA (or really anywhere >_>) about the last "audio comic", so I figured, well, since more people look at my deviations than my journals, this would be a better way of getting attention.
The idea is that through the magic of modern technology, we bring old, forgotten comic books to life with full voice acting, music and sound effects! This Sparkster one was very difficult to pull off, but it was worth it.
A big thanks to for providing the voice of Princess Shelly.

Anyhoo, the idea behind this piece was to try and combine/reconcile/compromise the various looks Sparkster has had over the years. It's mainly based off of his "classic" look, but with elements of the new design thrown in to emphasize the series' unique combo of fantasy, outer space adventure and steampunk. I also wanted to make him look at least more like a real animal- making him look like an actual opossum would change him too much. It was quite interesting to do.

~Criswell

Criswell colored Sparkster's face here, but asked me to do the rest, seeing as the armor required a metallic texture to it. I used practically all the blues to pull that off.
The color "Outer Space" is terrific for the darkest in shadows in a blue enviroment, but I recommend "Shadow" and of course black for more earthy tones.
I used some purple here because I thought it'd be appropriate to the spacey colors I was going for, but mostly I just wanted to use purples because I hadn't used any yet. I'm not sure how often I will...
(Maybe when we start coloring weasels...)

One of the most important discoveries I made when it comes to coloring with crayons is that there's only one real way to remove a color in any way: scrape it off with an X-acto knife. It doesn't get rid of everything, but it's enough to make a correction.
Of course, after a certain point and in certain circumstances it becomes impossible to completely fix an error, and your best bet is to adjust it in Photoshop. That's why planning and practice is required to pull it off, although there's more room for spontaneity (which I like) than most other color mediums...

~Fatal hilarity

tymime.deviantart.com/journal/…

Description
I admit- I did this just to get you to look at this:
www.youtube.com/view_play_list…

I never did get any responses here on dA (or really anywhere >_>) about the last "audio comic", so I figured, well, since more people look at my deviations than my journals, this would be a better way of getting attention.
The idea is that through the magic of modern technology, we bring old, forgotten comic books to life with full voice acting, music and sound effects! This Sparkster one was very difficult to pull off, but it was worth it.
A big thanks to for providing the voice of Princess Shelly.

Anyhoo, the idea behind this piece was to try and combine/reconcile/compromise the various looks Sparkster has had over the years. It's mainly based off of his "classic" look, but with elements of the new design thrown in to emphasize the series' unique combo of fantasy, outer space adventure and steampunk. I also wanted to make him look at least more like a real animal- making him look like an actual opossum would change him too much. It was quite interesting to do.

~Criswell

Criswell colored Sparkster's face here, but asked me to do the rest, seeing as the armor required a metallic texture to it. I used practically all the blues to pull that off.
The color "Outer Space" is terrific for the darkest in shadows in a blue enviroment, but I recommend "Shadow" and of course black for more earthy tones.
I used some purple here because I thought it'd be appropriate to the spacey colors I was going for, but mostly I just wanted to use purples because I hadn't used any yet. I'm not sure how often I will...
(Maybe when we start coloring weasels...)

One of the most important discoveries I made when it comes to coloring with crayons is that there's only one real way to remove a color in any way: scrape it off with an X-acto knife. It doesn't get rid of everything, but it's enough to make a correction.
Of course, after a certain point and in certain circumstances it becomes impossible to completely fix an error, and your best bet is to adjust it in Photoshop. That's why planning and practice is required to pull it off, although there's more room for spontaneity (which I like) than most other color mediums...

~Fatal hilarity

tymime.deviantart.com/journal/…