/coc/ - Projects

Don't know how often I'll be here... but let's establish everything that we can about him... I know years ago I had a persona (not the vidya game) sheet telling pretty much all that goes through a character's mind, it was pretty extensive too... used it for one of my D&D characters... I could do some searching to find something like that... what do you say?

>>419064
Sure, dig that out. It'd be helpful as a reference.

Right now all we really have is
>He's in college.
>He has a football scholarship?
>His power is to change the density of things he is touching making them lighter (and less durable) or heavier (and more durable).
>The effect of his power only lasts a few seconds after contact is broken with the objects before they revert to their normal density.
>His best friend is named Kurt who is also on the football team.
>He would never use his powers to cheat at football.

That's about all the mental notes I have on him based off of the conversations I've been a part of.

This week’s thread has ended early while I was taking a nap so… are we done for now?

>>419196
It's Thanksgiving week, so there's lots to do.
We'll pick things up again once the holiday is over.

>>419244
>>419245
>>419246
>>419247
>>419248
>>419250
Pretty nice of you to have collected the pics

>>419249
I can get behind that

>>419273
I didn't imagine her wearing a suit, but it works.

>>419275
I'll try to look up more clothes style for her. I want it to look like she's upper class and stuff. Was thinking of looking up preppy style but as I searched it I still wanted to make her look formal and stuff.

>>419276
She looks cool in the first take.

And here's the current Blue Moon plot outline. Catbox isn't optimal since I can't make edits without a re-upload and it looks like the different apostrophes the other anon used in the dialogue are broken in it, but pastebin rejects it for some reason.

https://files.catbox.moe/sz7ko7.txt

Still waiting on feedback since this week's /coc/ thread didn't even last one day and died while I was asleep.

>>419277
so far I'm updated with the Blue Moon outlines and I have nothing more to add. I think I prefer Blue Moon to be finished first than corn maze monster since it's halloween themed. but then again corn maze has a finished script and seems like a special unlike BM that's more part of the overall story of jh

>>419278
Corn Maze Monster is like the pilot episode. It more or less establishes Jack's personality and dynamic with Kurt while also establishing that JH is new to the hero scene and giving a rundown of how his powers work. I worked in all of the points I felt were need to know ASAP into that plot. Or at least everything that felt necessary to know with that had been discussed when I wrote it.
That's why I didn't waste any time in Blue Moon talking about how his powers work since it was more about Blue Moon and her setup. If Blue Moon were issue #1 then I think people would think she was the main character. After Blue Moon part 2 I think there would be a different bad guy of the issue before getting back to her.

is there a way to more efficiently make comics? I used to just draw all pages in one psd file. but as i reached more pages PS started lagging. so now i separated them in parts. even before that i had 1 psd file per page

i should've asked seltzr or the ladybug team how do they do their comics. but i was always shy talking to them

>>419280
1 PSD per page sounds right to me.

>>419281
i guess i'll do that for the meantime until i can streamline my workflow. additionally, i think im going to change the last 3 panels on the recent page. it doesnt seem to capture the horror essence

>>419282
Oh cool, you're back at it.

>>419284
In the last frame, the Jack'o Lantern looks better in the left version.

>>419284
I would say that having the jack-o-lantern be right up behind the goon's face would be more terrifying.

SLA is back, that’s great! How’s the rest of Jackhammer projects coming along?

>>419276
You could look up other mandatory school clothing for inspiration? Nobody could make a difference if she’s the only one wearing one

>>419287
Trying to encourage a different anon to get some writing experience by developing the I2Eye story since it was mostly their idea.

>>419289
Then out of Mr Thick's vest unfold Ms Thin showing off her deadly fingers she used to slash the heroes. She then sits on one of Mr Thick's arms, while he holds the bank's vault. She gives him a gentle kiss on the cheek.

Later the two of them are contacted by Don Darkness (I read it on the /coc/ thread. Nice character), and are tasked with eliminating JH.

At first the fight between JH and the two would go bad for him, until Kurt who's using a bluetooth device tells JH to use the bond between the two to win. JH would say that he doubts he can break a married couple that fast, but Kurt says to exploit the weakness the other way around.

Mr Thick is about to finish off JH, but before the blow is stuck, JH insults Ms Thin saying she can't kill him. Irritated, Mr Thick holds JH up in the air by the arms while Ms Thin is about to pierce his heart with her fingernails.

At the last second, JH makes himself float (starting by the feet to do a sick flip) and Ms Thin strikes Mr Thick. Though it wounds him, it is far from fatal. Ms Thin on the other hand, got her own hand busted and she can't use it. Jack then projects his weightlessness to Mr Thick while he regains his own weight, totally turning the tables in his favor. Ms Thin tries to slashes at JH, but everytime JH uses Mr Thick as a shield. Each cut barely does anything to him, and Ms Thin says sorry everytime while Mr Thick says it's no problem. Then Jack uses Mr Thick to wack Ms Thin repeatedly, since she can makes herself like a sheet of paper to almost nullify every blow.

While not the most hero like way of vanquishing a villain, I do think it has its potential. You can tell me what you think.

2/2

>>419291
That's much more detailed than the first version.
I miss the little *clap* sound effect though. It's also a bit odd to start two lines with "well" like that, but that's just a pet peeve of mine.

As for showing something being made heavier, thicker lines are an option like you said. There's also the option to add shaded lines to them to indicate how much more downward force is now being applied to them with their additional mass.

>>419293
i forgot to add the *clap* sfx when reworking i already updated the page but havent uploaded it yet over at imgur. as for the well, I removed the first one, i usually just copy paste the lines from the script. I dont really take time to re-read through the whole thing after finishing a page

>>419295
I had to double check the script to make sure I didn't start two lines back-to-back with "well". I didn't.
Not really relevant, it just would've made me feel deeply ashamed if I had done that given the circumstances of my upbringing.

>>419296
forgot that i added the 2nd "well" for the last panel, my bad. i thought changing up the last line would make it clearer that KF is questioning why his men are still idle instead of just "Go find him"

>>419297
Dunno about all the other minor heroes, but I think Duet could fit in. There’s always Kolonel Komodo, but I believe he mainly operates in Los Angeles

>>419297
That works fine since the beat panel isn't there. It firmly establishes that his men aren't getting a move on fast enough.

Reposting some characters discussed from on old thread over here

Here's a short summary/recap of those villains/characters, if anyone is interested to do anything with them

>Perfect Storm (and Snowball)
Kind of crazy villain who always creates disastrous situations, then worsen them, and worsen them some more. Would cause something like oil spills in the oceans, then when a maximum amount of sea life is endangered he would lit it on fire, then do something else right after. Sometimes he would even butt in other villains’ plans just to make it worse. Could have a sidekick/henchman/associate named Snowball who would help escalate every perils the heroes face. My take is Snowball would be a Harley Quinn type of character, and perhaps Perfect Storm would be the old (emphasis on old) classical moustache-twirling villain.

>No Pain No Game
A character that can turn pain and misfortune upon himself into good karma. Regularly uses schemes like breaking a leg for insurance fraud, then uses his broken leg to have enough luck to win the lottery. Space up his scams to give himself time to heal. Can also accumulate minor inconveniences like spilling coffee to get a powerful reward/good luck.

>Mr Thick and Ms Thin
Happily married couple. Mr Thick is an incredibly large and tough man. He can dish a lot of pain, and can endure even more. He can also cook one mean spicy lasagna. Ms Thin can be so “thin” she’d appeared almost as if she was 2D, and can fold herself any way any shape as fast as the eye can see. They are entirely devoted to each other, and trust their other half like no one else could.

>Speedrun!
Teenager that has the power to generate/control pixels. He has a limited number of things he can create from video games at the same time, and while testing his abilities he managed to glitch a speed power-up to always be active, thus reducing the amount of things he can summon. Like he sprints to a bank at Mach 2, busts the vault door with a diamond pickaxe and uses Half-Life gravity gun to transport the gold.

>Silver Line
Silver Line! The hero telling you everything will turn out for the better, sometimes actively doing a hero's duty, and probably isn't much help at all! He's pretty much a joke hero reminding of Captain Hindsight.

>Kolonel Kommodo
32 years old, short and fat, small time veterinarian named Maximillian Wellers, living in Los Angeless and reaching a mid-life crisis. He wants to leave a good mark on the world and decided to don the costume of a super hero (a reptile onesie) and uses a tranquilizer gun to put a stop to criminals! If the tranq darts aren't enough, he uses his normal man wits to find a solution, or wait for somebody better qualified to intervene. Along his pistol, he uses his gloves and soles that can kind-of stick to walls, as well as a detachable tail that can hold a secret weapon, as well as his encyclopedic knowledge of the animal kingdom. Also he got doxxed by KillFeed.

Don Darkness:
>Head of the italian mafia
>Pushing late 50s
>The concept behind him is a mixbag of Father from KND, Mr Negative, Ebon from Static
>His power is to basically rule over all aspect of Darkness and use it in dozens upon dozens of different ways
>Can corrupt an individual by emerging the darkness that hides inside the heart and taking control of it
>Turned Belthazar into a temporary villain named Whip Scream
>Hates goth culture and its variants, consider them weak of will and a disgrace to be associated with
>Famous quote "Nobody truly appreciates to bask in the light before they meet me." Usually used before punishing someone and sending said person into a pit of infinite abyss
>One of his goals is to have every powered human working for him one way or another

Belthazar (name up to change):
>Has a weak tactile telekinesis power
>Mostly uses his power to enhanced an array of belts he has on his costume to make efficient whips, or improve his physical feat o a moderate degree via his clothing
>One of his special move is to enhance the whip crack sound to stun an opponent
>Another is to make the belts stick together, which would increase his range. The closest an arrangement is to him can be compared to a steel cable in sturdiness
>Do not use actual whips since his agent told him it sets a bad example for children (most find him lame nowadays because of that)
>Wants to inspire people despite being weak on the hero scale himself, will none the less try his hardest
>He's a wash-up, a has-been, and he's getting less and less popular throughout the years
>Barely makes a living with being hired for his services. He's not in to make money of course, but he still has to pay rent, and being a hero is all he knew and all he ever wanted
>Fighting style inspired by Grandad The Boondocks S4 - Freedom Ride or Die: Town Riot
>Main source of income nowadays is to sometimes being assigned to watch over powered students/sidekicks, occasionally mentoring them... if they want to listen to him that is

here's my timeline of what i HOPE to do

>finish a wip art of kurt (finishing line art and adding colors)

>make a valentine's themed short comic with JH and Ladybug. hopefully i can finish before 14 well, at least most of /co/'s 14 since someone realsied im 12 hours ahead of most people

>finish the remaing pages of corn maze monster

>do at least 1 line art or finished page of the corn maze monster comic

>make a final art of KF, focusing on his mask and the static effect

>some sketches of aoko/BM and also her female version of BM

>a "promo" art for JH

>possibly more character sketches focusing on i2eye, mr. thick & ms. thin, Kolonel Kommodo, don darkness, and pay2win


additionally in between these i'll be trying to make art of Shark Lass, Melting Point, and The Racqueteer. Probably a /co/die picture too since i realised most active artists already did a take on her and i kinda plan on using her as a BG character in some pages

>>419305
Ambitious, but I highly approve and admire your endeavour

You are far enough in the future to have found the wiki page.

https://the-conservatory.fandom.com/wiki/JackHammer

>>419315
If you feel something needs more pages then give it more pages. No one will fault you for that.

When I wrote the script I was trying to keep things as tight as I could. That's from years of being in /coc/ and trying to keep any project idea from being overwhelming, especially when someone is actually drawing it.
The way I see it, every page a script/project/idea gets is a miracle.

>>419317
Over The Garden Wall - Come Wayward Souls - Composer's Cut

saw this while backreading previous /coc/ threads

Got another idea with Don Darkness’ first interaction with Jackhammer.

Jackhammer has been snooping around and disrupting the Don’s plans. Out of patience the boss set up a trap for the hero.

Jack infiltrates the Don’s mansion, and when he thinks he got the drop on the bad guy, the lights come on, armed goons surrounding him, and other gang boss attending.

This is a demonstration of strength, and the Don intends to show the others why he used to be feared.

Before JH do anything, darkness engulfs him and he’s been swallowed into a dark pit. He tries to escape, but nothing works. Don Darkness gloats that nothing can escape his shadows, not even those with teleportation powers got mercilessly beaten to death by him. Just to demonstrate what he did before, the Don only leaves the hero’s torso and head out of the pit… and starts hitting him cruelly with a cane.

Aoko is in shock, and under the guise of Blue Moon, makes an illusion showing JH escaping. Don is astonished, nobody, NOBODY, ever escaped his darkness before! It’s absolutely impossible! Quickly he retracts his attack to protect himself, and Aoko uses the distraction to pull JH away to safety.

>>419320
sounds good, sounds good. Perhaps after one or two issue of JH disrupting the Don's plans?

finished the pages for CMM

here's the link: https://imgur.com/a/vuahJfw

now i do really have to make a character sheet, might try to redo the hairstyles of jack and kurt and focus on simplifying things

>>419332
Congratulations!
That's a pretty big accomplishment around here.

>>419365
I think the angle at the bottom of the nose is what's trowing it off. It needs to be a sharper angle maybe.

>>419381
YES

>>419387
I think you're getting pretty close.

If realistic hair is too much, then tone it down to being even more cartoon-y.

>>419454
It's cool to see Tatyana again.

>>419454
nice to hear mroe from you man!

>>419466
It’d be nice if CMM could be ready for Halloween and we could show it to all of co! They can’t say the board doesn’t do anything anymore

>>419561
Hi SLA. I'm that anon, also the anon who wrote the Corn Maze Monster script and others.

Both of my parents are dead now.
I'll have to move and find a new job in the coming year. I don't know if I'll be around enough to continue making the threads on a weekly basis anymore come some point next year.

>>419564
I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope you're doing fine and best of luck with your endeavors. Sorry if I'm not really good with words. Just, take care and hoping for the best for you.