I’ve seen other people tell a story this way, I have no idea who the first person to do it was. There are even some websites that create low quality mock TikTok and Instagram pages for you.
Creating these three pages myself literally took days. And not just to render. Posing, and shaping some new characters, creating the Instagram lookalike interface in Photoshop, the icons, post-production work, etc.
The sad thing is, my monitor is QHD. I have no 4k or 8k devices. So, after putting in all of that work. I can’t see these 8k renders in their full glory. But, those lucky enough to own an 8K TV will. I’m just happy that I can zoom in to see all the details.
I don’t think I’ll go down the 8K route again. It’s probably going to be another decade before it's mainstream. It takes way too long to render. And with summer heat around the corner, my computer will most likely melt.
I’ve scaled down the images to HD size for this blog. To see them
in their native 8K resolution visit my DeviantArt profile, which can be found on the links page above.
I’ve also scaled them down to 33% of their original size to fit into a PDF document for download, losing a lot of quality, but that can’t be helped.
I know the story on these 3 pages is a little uneventful. I really struggle in that area. But hopefully, that’ll get better in time.
Working on this has also delayed my next comic. But I’m going to try and do one-off pieces now and then in the meantime.
As always, let me know what you think in the comments. Without critique, I’ll never improve. What do y’all think of this storytelling format?