Comments on: You Want it When? http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/ Everything You Need to Color Comic Book Art Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:08:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hunzeker http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Hunzeker Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:46:53 +0000 http://masterdigitalcolor.com/?p=815#comment-146 Ah the glamorous life of a pixel slinger! Brings out the masochist in all of us. Ah the glamorous life of a pixel slinger! Brings out the masochist in all of us.

]]> By: Thao Pham http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Thao Pham Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:34:33 +0000 http://masterdigitalcolor.com/?p=815#comment-128 I feel bad for you , Kristy . If I were you I wouldn't stand that in the first place. I feel bad for you , Kristy . If I were you I wouldn’t stand that in the first place.

]]> By: AltoidMan http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/comment-page-1/#comment-116 AltoidMan Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:23:34 +0000 http://masterdigitalcolor.com/?p=815#comment-116 Just blame the writer. Everybody else does! Just blame the writer. Everybody else does!

]]> By: Alena Mitchell http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Alena Mitchell Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:03:46 +0000 http://masterdigitalcolor.com/?p=815#comment-106 Kristy, Thank you for venting for those who cannot! Who do these people think you are? But, I mean, your company does have great work though... and Jason, I really can't believe an editor asked that question!! Ugh! If they only knew the sacrifice and talent, oh,and TIME it takes to get these things done! Yes, yes, you use a computer to do the work, but it's not like the computer turns itself on and just colors the work for you. And then "Poof" magically its done...no, no, no. That's not right at all! Keep up the good work you guys!!! Kristy,
Thank you for venting for those who cannot! Who do these people think you are? But, I mean, your company does have great work though…
and Jason,
I really can’t believe an editor asked that question!! Ugh! If they only knew the sacrifice and talent, oh,and TIME it takes to get these things done! Yes, yes, you use a computer to do the work, but it’s not like the computer turns itself on and just colors the work for you. And then “Poof” magically its done…no, no, no. That’s not right at all! Keep up the good work you guys!!!

]]> By: Kristy http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Kristy Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:35:04 +0000 http://masterdigitalcolor.com/?p=815#comment-102 Steve: Last week, the week before, and you haven't even seen the schedule for the next two weeks yet!!!! ;-) Steve: Last week, the week before, and you haven’t even seen the schedule for the next two weeks yet!!!! ;-)

]]> By: swazworth http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/comment-page-1/#comment-101 swazworth Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:44:42 +0000 http://masterdigitalcolor.com/?p=815#comment-101 Kristy: yes, for very good reasons... i couldn't have said it better than Rob did "The brutal honesty is always nice to hear." i'm in the process of taking Brian's class right now. so i'm not a professional colorist, but as some one who would like to be one day. (fingers crossed) it is nice to get straight talk on what to expect. the good with the bad, that is why i really look forward to reading your articles. thanks Kristy: yes, for very good reasons… i couldn’t have said it better than Rob did “The brutal honesty is always nice to hear.” i’m in the process of taking Brian’s class right now. so i’m not a professional colorist, but as some one who would like to be one day. (fingers crossed) it is nice to get straight talk on what to expect. the good with the bad, that is why i really look forward to reading your articles.

thanks

]]> By: Steve http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Steve Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:06:03 +0000 http://masterdigitalcolor.com/?p=815#comment-100 Kristy, this article wouldn't happen to be inspired by last weekend's big push, would it? ;-) Jason, how on earth did you get thirteen pages done overnight?? Kristy,
this article wouldn’t happen to be inspired by last weekend’s big push, would it? ;-)

Jason,
how on earth did you get thirteen pages done overnight??

]]> By: Jason Embury http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Jason Embury Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:40:46 +0000 http://masterdigitalcolor.com/?p=815#comment-99 "You use a computer to color, doesn't the computer really do most of the work? I mean, it's a lot FASTER to work that way." an honest to GOD, real question I was asked by an editor. I think things have been getting progressively worse for about 2 years now. The most I EVER did for a publisher, was 13 pages overnight and ONLY because they agreed to pay me triple my page rate. The requests for that kind of turnaround only increased after that point and the page rates went down. I know of other colorists that have turned down work because of just stupidly insane deadlines, then watched the book not come out on time anyways because the "replacement" that was used, shockingly couldn't color the pages in the requested turnaround time. While I think we would all certainly welcome the money if it CAME on time from a publisher for doing work on crazy deadlines, I'm not so sure that we're doing ourselves any favors by killing our bodies to meet such deadlines. I know that in the last 6 months, since I took a part time day job as an ad designer, my health has greatly improved by turning away crazy turnaround requests for coloring work and just taking things I want to take on. I know that the longer I go without cranking something out in a 42 hour marathon, the less and less I want to go BACK to cranking things out like that. Of course...then we get into questions like "at what age does a creator start to realize how hard comic deadlines are mentally, and physically, and how long after they have that realization, do they still have a burning desire to create anymore?" “You use a computer to color, doesn’t the computer really do most of the work? I mean, it’s a lot FASTER to work that way.”

an honest to GOD, real question I was asked by an editor. I think things have been getting progressively worse for about 2 years now. The most I EVER did for a publisher, was 13 pages overnight and ONLY because they agreed to pay me triple my page rate. The requests for that kind of turnaround only increased after that point and the page rates went down. I know of other colorists that have turned down work because of just stupidly insane deadlines, then watched the book not come out on time anyways because the “replacement” that was used, shockingly couldn’t color the pages in the requested turnaround time.

While I think we would all certainly welcome the money if it CAME on time from a publisher for doing work on crazy deadlines, I’m not so sure that we’re doing ourselves any favors by killing our bodies to meet such deadlines. I know that in the last 6 months, since I took a part time day job as an ad designer, my health has greatly improved by turning away crazy turnaround requests for coloring work
and just taking things I want to take on.

I know that the longer I go without cranking something out in a 42 hour marathon, the less and less I want to go BACK to cranking things out like that. Of course…then we get into questions like “at what age does a creator start to realize how hard comic deadlines are mentally, and physically, and how long after they have that realization, do they still have a burning desire to create anymore?”

]]> By: Tim Tilley http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Tim Tilley Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:09:50 +0000 http://masterdigitalcolor.com/?p=815#comment-98 This is a very well written article Kristy. As a freelance colorist I have been in that situation a few times just this year. One person expected twenty-two pages over night. Sadly I was forced to turn the job down, afterall I flat my own work and it would never get done in one night. Why do you think people expect so much from us colorists? A penciler, inker, writers are given so much more freedom and time. I just don't understand it. if it were the other way around would comics even exist? Keep up the amazing work Kristy and I hope that tooth of yours starts to feel better soon. - Tim This is a very well written article Kristy. As a freelance colorist I have been in that situation a few times just this year. One person expected twenty-two pages over night. Sadly I was forced to turn the job down, afterall I flat my own work and it would never get done in one night.

Why do you think people expect so much from us colorists?
A penciler, inker, writers are given so much more freedom and time.
I just don’t understand it. if it were the other way around would comics even exist?

Keep up the amazing work Kristy and I hope that tooth of yours starts to feel better soon.

- Tim

]]> By: Rob http://masterdigitalcolor.com/2009/09/you-want-it-when/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Rob Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:27:37 +0000 http://masterdigitalcolor.com/?p=815#comment-97 The brutal honesty is always nice to hear. The brutal honesty is always nice to hear.

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