Spacedock 7 http://www.spacedock7.com Sci-Fi Webcomic Portal Tue, 15 May 2012 22:37:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 SD7 Among the Nominees! http://www.spacedock7.com/2011/01/sd7-among-the-nominees/ http://www.spacedock7.com/2011/01/sd7-among-the-nominees/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:44:14 +0000 Mike Maihack http://www.spacedock7.com/?p=194 Both Red’s Planet and Cleopatra in Space have been nominated for 2010 Webcomic List Awards. Red’s Planet for Best Comic and Best New Comic. And Cleopatra in Space for Best Character (Cleo).

The full list of nominees can be read HERE.

The winners will be announced in an online illustrated ceremony on  January 31st.

]]> http://www.spacedock7.com/2011/01/sd7-among-the-nominees/feed/ 1 Red and Mary http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/10/red-and-mary/ http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/10/red-and-mary/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:53:33 +0000 DaniDraws http://www.spacedock7.com/?p=189

I was just doodling away when I made this little sketch of Mary (from my webcomic My Sister, the Freak) hanging out with Red (from Eddie Pittman’s Red’s Planet). I have a feeling these two would be great friends.

]]> http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/10/red-and-mary/feed/ 0 Cleo Process http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/09/cleo-process/ http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/09/cleo-process/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:19:40 +0000 Mike Maihack http://www.spacedock7.com/?p=169

Hi all. I thought I’d share some of the process that went into this week’s Cleopatra in Space. I don’t have the time for a detailed tutorial, but hopefully this visual step-by step is still kinda interesting. You can go HERE for a more in-depth process (well, before I starting coloring this thing). Also, you might enjoy this process vid I made of this page (flash required).

Super scribbly thumbnails: Just enough info to let me know where to lay things out. I don’t even know exactly what’s going on in that 4th panel.

Pencils: I draw in blueline so I can blow the pencils out in Photoshop when I scan my pages.

Inks: Not much to explain here. I inked the previous page.

Scan and Cleanup: I’ve blown out the pencils, cleaned up and re-sized my linework a bit, colored in some solid blacks and created my borders. The biggest change here is that forth panel, where I rotated the drawing about -45 degrees.

Flats: Tedious process. I color my word balloons a different color to differentiate them from the BG, which is the base color I use when selecting my colors.

Background: Backgrounds start getting painted in.

Character Shading: I like keeping the shading on the characters a bit more flat to keep them from blending in to the BG and hopefully make the story easier to follow. Main thing to stay aware of is where my light sources are. Although even that I might cheat a bit on.

Line Color and Extras: Here I’ve colored some of the linework  (like the sound effects and laser blasts) and added some speed lines to emphasize the action.

Letters and Finishing Touches: And last, I letter the page (the font is my own handwriting I created years ago) and add some fishing touches (like that laser blast in P3).

]]> http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/09/cleo-process/feed/ 3 SD7 Fan Art by Mark Harmon http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/08/sd7-fan-art-by-mark-harmon/ http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/08/sd7-fan-art-by-mark-harmon/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:31:53 +0000 Spacedock 7 http://www.spacedock7.com/?p=159 Thanks to Mark Harmon for showing such great Spacedock 7 devotion with these awesome pieces of fan art. Be sure to check out the rest of Mark’s work over on his website.

]]> http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/08/sd7-fan-art-by-mark-harmon/feed/ 0 SD7 draws Cleopatra in Spaaace! http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/08/sd7-draws-cleopatra-in-spaaace/ http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/08/sd7-draws-cleopatra-in-spaaace/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:33:33 +0000 Mike Maihack http://www.spacedock7.com/?p=147 The first print collection of Cleopatra in Space came out last week and as a special bonus to readers, my fellow Spacedock 7 crewmates each [graciously] drew a pinup for the book. I thought it’d be fun to share them all here for you, presented together for the first time (besides in the book of course).

Grant Gould:

Katie Cook:


Joel Carroll:


Dani Jones:


Eddie Pittman:

Unfortunately Otis Frampton was unable to draw a pin-up since he was driving cross-country at the time. But don’t worry, I’ll get him next time!

You can purchase  a copy of Cleopatra in Spaaace! in the Cow Shell Graphics Store.

]]> http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/08/sd7-draws-cleopatra-in-spaaace/feed/ 1 MStF Coloring Sneak Peek http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/08/mstf-coloring-sneak-peek/ http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/08/mstf-coloring-sneak-peek/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:54:32 +0000 DaniDraws http://www.spacedock7.com/?p=143 Hey, SD7 fans! Here’s a treat I cooked up just for you -

This is a time-lapse of me coloring one of the pages of My Sister, the Freak. The page featured in the video can be seen here.


Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO-7vQT2IoQ

For more behind-the-scenes stuff, you can catch me on my Ustream show every Tues-Fri @ 10 AM ET, where I am often working on comic stuff.

Hope to see you there!
- Dani

]]> http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/08/mstf-coloring-sneak-peek/feed/ 0 SD7 at SDCC http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/07/sd7-at-sdcc/ http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/07/sd7-at-sdcc/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:37:04 +0000 Mike Maihack http://www.spacedock7.com/?p=133 Both Katie Cook and Mike Maihack will be at San Diego Comic-Con this week, and you’ll be able to find them on opposite ends of the imperial cruiser sized convention hall floor.

Katie will be in  in ARTISTS’ ALLEY, table GG-02. DETAILS HERE.

Mike will be in SMALL PRESS, table N-05. DETAILS HERE.

Here are some maps!



Cleopatra in Space’s first printed collection will debut at the show, featuring pin-ups from five of the  SD7 crew. Katie will have a brand new mini-comic featuring her cat and some naughty language.

]]> http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/07/sd7-at-sdcc/feed/ 0 Cleo and Gronk are loved. http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/06/cleo-and-gronk-are-loved/ http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/06/cleo-and-gronk-are-loved/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:13:42 +0000 Mike Maihack http://www.spacedock7.com/?p=129 Comics Should Be Good columnist, Kelly Thompson, recently listed 10 webcomics she loves and that list included Spacedock’s own Gronk and Cleopatra in Space! The remaining eight are a pretty amazing and renowned bunch so it’s quite flattering to be mentioned along side them. You can read the full article HERE.

Congrats Katie! (and me too I guess, but that feels weird since I’m the one writing this post)

]]> http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/06/cleo-and-gronk-are-loved/feed/ 0 SD7 will be at HeroesCon http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/06/sd7-will-be-at-heroescon/ http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/06/sd7-will-be-at-heroescon/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:32:16 +0000 Mike Maihack http://www.spacedock7.com/?p=121 Well, four of us will be at least. Joel Carroll, Grant Gould, Otis Frampton and Mike Maihack will all have individual tables spread out around the con. To make it easier to find us, here’s a spiffy map:

Mike and Otis have also donated art to Heroes’ annual art auction, which helps fund the show and maintain its awesomeness.

Otis’ Indiana Jones auction piece:

Mike’s Cleopatra in Space auction piece:

Limited ed prints of the above Cleo art will also be available at Mike’s table.

We are super excited about this weekend and hope to see a lot of you there! HeroesCon is June 4-6, Charlotte Convention Center.

]]> http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/06/sd7-will-be-at-heroescon/feed/ 1 Introducing Spacedock 7! http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/05/introducing-spacedock-7/ http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/05/introducing-spacedock-7/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:04 +0000 Spacedock 7 http://www.spacedock7.com/wordpress/?p=104 We are proud to announce the launch of Spacedock 7, a science fiction webcomic portal!

SD7 brings together seven unique science fiction stories from seven renowned comic creators. Each comic will update on a different day of the week.

Be sure to visit the Comics and Crew pages to learn more about the stories and their creators!

Subscribe to this blog for news, updates, and extras from the SD7 team.

And you can follow us on Twitter @Spacedock_7 for official SD7 tweets.

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.spacedock7.com/2010/05/introducing-spacedock-7/feed/ 4