Comic Life 1.1
July 18th, 2005
Winner of Apple’s Design Award, Plasq’s Comic Life 1.1 is sure to become a staple “must have” for all you MAC users (sorry PC groupies).
Comic Life 1.1 creates an interface for people to turn their every day photos into comic book-like scrap books, full of action packed visual sequences, photos reasterized to look comic-book pixellated, and don’t forget those super human powers (optional, of course). Just choose a template, adjust if necessary, click and drag your pictures in whatever sequence you choose, mess around with the filters, add some comment bubbles, and – voila! – you have just completed the first steps to creating a Marvel empire of the 21st century.
Be careful: it’s addicting.
For an overview, click ME.
For gallery pics, click ME.
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July 18th, 2005 at 2:57 pm
how neat! I love encouraging people to create art, and a program that lets people explore that is great.
My gripe, tho, is this: too often comics follow the rigidly defined structure of “superman comics are the ideal aspiration” or “this is the way to draw a perfect anime character.”
My favorite comics are those that explore the definition of graphic story-telling, such as this one. (*disclaimer: this has way too many penises but,other than that, it’s great.)
Rather than imitating someone else’s terrific style, explore your own and change the vocabulary of comics forever.