3D Comic Design (CyberRookies Series) [Paperback]

Shamms Mortier (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cyberrookies | Publication Date: June 18, 2001

Creating a comic is more than just coming up with a powerful villain or gruesome alien: it requires a lot of thought and planning about the story line, weapons and props, modes of transportation, and setting (city, outer space, underwater, etc). Pulling all of this together may sound challenging, but with 3D Comic Design everything from how to create the story, characters, and text balloons, to page layout /design, adding special effects, and integrating 3D environments is clearly explained.

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About the Author

Shamms Mortier is the author of numerous graphics books and articles including Creating 3D Comix, 3D Studio Max:Building Complex Models, The Advanced Bryce Handbook, and the Poser 4 Handbook. He is also a major contributor to the Graphics Resource Club. He resides in Vermont and can be reached at [e-mail]

Product Details

• Paperback: 297 pages
• Publisher: Charles River Media; 1 edition (June 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584500115
• ISBN-13: 978-1584500117
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,735,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Another failed attempt at the subject by Mortier, July 21, 2001

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Erik K (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3D Comic Design (CyberRookies Series) (Paperback)

Mortier already published one book on the subject. This time, he's given a bit more information on the creation of actual comics (rather than just creating figures) and how to add word balloons and such.

Sadly, he's still done very little that would help someone interested in using a computer to create comics. One peek at the cover should warn anyone off of the book: The art is amateurish in the extreme. The internal comics are of such poor quality that it's unbelievable that a publisher let them pass. And such a simple thing as leaving some white space between a word balloon outline and the letters within seems beyond Mortier (giving him away immediately as someone without any real experience or understanding of making good looking comics).

Again, I wonder why Mortier didn't team with a comics pro (or at least someone who had actually looked at comics with an artist's eye). Instead, he muddles through with his personal idea of what comics should be (thankfully, nothing published today matches this vision of comics... it would be laughed off the shelves).

I'm giving it one star since 1 and a half isn't possibly. It's definitely a step up from his earlier volume on comics, but a very small step. It's also cheaper, so you're not wasting as much money if you really want to give this book a look.

1.0 out of 5 stars How does this guy get published?, September 29, 2005

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Marco (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3D Comic Design (CyberRookies Series) (Paperback)

Here is another truly bad book by Shamms Mortier. He obviously has no idea how comics are created, and how they look. The examples are terrible, and the writing is amateurish at best.

If you want to learn how to create a comic, just read some graphic novels instead of this waste of paper.