Tales from the Lion's Pride Inn: The warehouse
by Chris Jahosky 
Dec 19th 2007 at 1:00PM
Welcome back! I have the next page in the tale ready for you to enjoy! I really like the art in this one -- I played around with a different style of lighting that I think lends itself well to this scene, and I think you'll like it.
The story continues this week as we follow our new rain-soaked friend into her makeshift home on the docks of Menethil Harbor. Unfortunately, her abandoned warehouse may hide more than it appears... click the gallery below to view the new page and find out!
The story continues this week as we follow our new rain-soaked friend into her makeshift home on the docks of Menethil Harbor. Unfortunately, her abandoned warehouse may hide more than it appears... click the gallery below to view the new page and find out!
Filed under: Comics, Tales from the Lion's Pride Inn
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CursedLight Dec 19th 2007 1:41PM
Wow, never thought I'd find myself enjoying it as much as I have so far. Very nice work and detail. Keep up the wonderful work, looking forward to the next pages.
Coherent Dec 19th 2007 2:05PM
VERY impressive work. If only interaction in the real game were half as engaging as in your story.
For that matter, I think the world design team at Blizzard could take a few tips from your improvements on basic locations and weather choices.
Great sense of volume on the interiors. The last page was a little _too_ dark though - objects that the light falls on would have the side facing the lamp lit up, right? And thus be slightly better defined.
But that's just nitpicking. I had never bothered to look at this feature before, but having taken a look, I'll be sure to always watch for tales from the Lion's Pride inn.
Chris Jahosky Dec 19th 2007 2:50PM
Thank you, I appreciate the compliment. :)
The darkness of the page was something I worried about -- I did design everything on an LCD monitor, which tends to be brighter, but I looked at it on a few different computers and tried to compromise. Unfortunately, I think it's just going to be on the dark side for some people depending on their monitor.
As for the lighting, I can only say that I will get better at it as it goes. All of the lighting effects are done by hand in Photoshop, based on a roughly lit 3d model I create of each scene for reference. That said, I don't think it's too bad, but there's room for improvement so I'll continue to work on it.
Thanks for reading! Tell your friends. ;)
prudychick Dec 19th 2007 2:24PM
YAY
Sanders Dec 19th 2007 2:44PM
i like that cats name:)
my guys name is Ishkarn and every one calls me Ish so when i saw that i was like YAY!
keep up the good work
Chris Jahosky Dec 19th 2007 2:52PM
Heh -- I don't actually have any plans to reveal it in the course of the story, but as an interesting aside I named that cat Ishnu.
Fans of the Darnassian language might get a laugh at seeing a black cat named "Ishnu." ;)
Richard Curry Dec 19th 2007 2:46PM
love this, but 1 page a week is killing me ;) good work!
Dachande Dec 19th 2007 6:24PM
I agree! I think there should be Paypal donations to get another person on payroll to help you out and churn out these pages quicker! :)
Keep up the great work, and I hope to see this as a continuing feature for a long time. There are many tales to be told, I'm sure!
P.S. As a former Gnome Rogue, myself, from way back in November '04... I'd love to see a short (pardon the pun) tale on the "fall" of Gnomeregan.
drunkmime Dec 19th 2007 4:33PM
Gah! Cliffhanger!
Sihmm Dec 19th 2007 8:26PM
Wow, where has this been hiding? Amazing strip, love the visual style.
Chris Jahosky Dec 20th 2007 12:06AM
This is the 3rd week it's been up! :-)
Tell your friends! :-P
Sedair Dec 20th 2007 4:22PM
I saw that you mentioned that you do the lighting effects with photoshop (assumed that's what you were using due to the look) and you use a 3d model for the characters. Without giving away any "trade secrets" what 3d model program are you using? Just WoW Model Viewer? And what are you using for the screen caps of the backgrounds? Everything looks very rich and crisp.
I love the way you've done subtle changes to items that you don't see in game that makes this much more engaging than the average graphic novel based on WoW.
Chris Jahosky Dec 21st 2007 1:07AM
At the moment, I'm just using WoW Model Viewer and/or the Map Viewer for both the characters and the backgrounds. And really, that's all I have plans for. While it is possible to export out the model to a real 3d program, the amount of time required to rig it for animation (and then actually animate it) isn't worth it.
The bulk of the work goes on in Photoshop, compositing the characters into the backgrounds, fixing the color, adding little changes here and there.
I'm glad you're enjoying it so far! I'm certainly having fun writing and creating it. :-)
Greyskies Dec 28th 2007 6:19PM
Excellent work. Keep it up. It reminds of the old SWG comic one of the sites ran. Except this one is already quite a bit better. I look forward to reading the next chapter.