[thoughts] making comics in 3d

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I was just curious on what people thought about comic crafting with the use of 3d assets and rendering?

I was playing with the idea in my head and been reading on other sites about other thought about it, but most said that since most people don’t put forth the effort of making a shader/post after effect to give the world that “comic” look, it feels off

then someone pointed out to someone, you’d need to hire an animator, and at that point, might as well animate your whole project

Just wanted to know what people thought about the idea in general

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It would probably be better to do it in a 3D program, UE4 wouldn’t give any benefit to that unless it was part of the game and it needed to be interactive.

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I just meant in general on what people thought. I knew using a game engine wouldn’t be a good idea (thought if I end up getting the whole comic city modeled, might as well use it for something else)

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then I guess I’ll move this to the off-topic section

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yeah, I’ve got that, but i wasn’t too sure if using Unreal would be ideal to use for the project, or if it would better to use something like Maya

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I’ll consult will an animator/poser about it. I’m pretty much just the writer, so I’d hire the right people for the jobs

Had me thinking about the costs. Wonder if doing the posing of 3d figures is cheaper than 2d drawings

But what I like about using 3d assets is that, the human figures will look go no matter what angle you put them at, unlike draws, where they can look off sometimes

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how did you go about modeling your comic world? Did you concept it all out and model the whole thing, or just model just pieces/places that you knew you’d use the most

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I think my approach I’m thinking of is different. I was going to hire someone that could model the whole city my comic takes place in after I have a concept artist give a feel of the city

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yeah, I read that was a common approach when working with 3d assets for a comic

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Be sure to check out 's Post Fx: https://www.unrealengine.com/content/a7386fac224a4e629040f993a9c84333

I bought it, quite impressive.

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Does it have a general comic outline look?

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's tutorial will give you a good idea of the possibilities:

You can also check out my video here to get a sense of “comic” looks you could get… Not everything uses 's Post FX but it might give you a feel of things:

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thanks for the videos

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I like 's Post FX for super-stylised looks, however I’m warming up to: Advanced Cel Shader Pack - Marketplace - Epic Developer Community Forums …I’m liking the cell-shaded look, a good mix of something “conceptual yet tangible”.

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I dunno if anyone is still interested in this but I’ve been working on this subject in my own project. Attached is an environment I made in Unreal

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It’s a trend; many webcomic authors are doing this since the advent of “Poser” software
​​​​​I particularly enjoy only the ones using 3D to replace sketching, they paint over and the art feels organic not lazy

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Are you talking about a 2D comic or webcomic? I can’t see why you would need an animator for that. I am making some comics by using still images taken of scenes made in the engine. You can animate the characters using the skeleton tree and morph targets and make a static mesh. I am not sure how many others are making comics this way, but I find it works pure genius. As far as I know licensing is fine for comics and no royalty is owed to Unreal-but if anyone has anything further to add on that subject I’d like to hear it.