4 Time-Saving Tips (from a guy who spent 13 YEARS drawing a comic) larsmartinson 2016-11-01 | My name is Lars Martinson and I'm a cartoonist. I devoted 13 YEARS to drawing a graphic novel. In this video I discuss what went wrong, and lay out four things I intend to keep in mind to finish future projects more quickly.Buy my comics! http://larsmartinson.com/buy"Fail Faster" video: youtu.be/rDjrOaoHz9sMN Original video about me: youtu.be/cZSH4axuDI8
Release Trailer: Doctor Darley and the Prisoners at Santas Workshop larsmartinson 2018-01-04 | Download it here for FREE! pliantpress.itch.io/darley02Every Christmas Eve for more than a century, a mysterious recluse has been breaking into children's homes and leaving inducements behind. But somehow, no one ever thought to ask is... WHY?World-renowned physician Dr. Antony Darley and his faithful sidekick Mr. Alex Homain discover the shocking answer to this question when they are taken captive on a polar expedition. But will they be able to escape with their lives? "Dr. Darley and the Prisoners at Santa's Workshop" is an irreverent visual novel that's like a cross between "Danganronpa" and "Professor Layton". It's completely linear, so it contains none of that pesky gameplay that hampers so many other video games! With a length of 49,000 words, it can be read in a few sittings.Available for for PC, Mac, and Linux. Download it here for FREE! pliantpress.itch.io/darley02
The Grandfather Paradox — A Visual Short Story by Lars Martinson [Beta Ver. 0.9] larsmartinson 2016-12-17 | John receives an urgent text from a friend in the middle of the night begging him to meet at a designated hotel room. When John arrives he's met not by his friend, but a heavily disfigured stranger. So begins "The Grandfather Paradox", a visual short story evocative of "The Twilight Zone" and "Black Mirror".Your feedback is welcome! Please let me know what you think of this, either in the comment section or on twitter: twitter.com/larsmartinsonAnd if you know anyone who might be interested in this, please share it with them. Thanks!******Other videos by me:What Visual Novels & Indie Comics Can Learn From Each Other: youtu.be/37HjhnnaGns4 Time-Saving Tips (from a guy who spent 13 YEARS drawing a comic): youtu.be/6BzCDVR-tr8******--Technical Details--"The Grandfather Paradox" was created using game development software (Unity ver. 5.1.2 and Fungus plugin ver. 2.2). As the introduction says, I intended to release it as a download, which would have allowed the reader to click through the text at their preferred pace.But the downloadable version had three major problems that made me decide it wasn't worth releasing in its present state:1) There's no way to save or bookmark progress, meaning if you close the program, you have to start reading from the beginning.2) There's no way to go back if you click through a line of dialogue too fast.3) The file size was huge (like 400mb). Efforts to lower the file size resulted in really blurry graphics.I'm not a programmer, so there's nothing I can do to fix these issues, so I decided to release this exclusively as a video (at least for now).But if you're familiar with Unity and think you could help me sort out these issues, please get in touch!Related: I'm going to do at least one more of these "Indie comic/visual novel hybrid" things, and doing this one has convinced me a need to collaborate with a programmer.I was thinking of doing the next one in Ren'Py, a Python-based visual novel engine. Or maybe I'll take another swing at Unity again. Anyway, if you have experience with either of those engines and would be interested in collaborating, please get in touch. Thanks!
What Visual Novels & Indie Comics Can Learn From Each Other larsmartinson 2016-12-17 | In this video I discuss why Japanese visual novels and American indie comics could benefit from a bit of international cross-pollination.Other videos by me:The Grandfather Paradox--A Visual Short Story: youtu.be/FX2DsZngAvo4 Time-Saving Tips (from a guy who spent 13 YEARS drawing a comic): youtu.be/6BzCDVR-tr8Please let me know what you think, either in the comment section or on Twitter: twitter.com/larsmartinson
Grinding larsmartinson 2016-04-16 | This is a test project for a webcomic/visual novel hybrid. It's a bit rough around the edges with the lack of sound and whatnot, but you gotta start somewhere!
Introducing Tonoharu larsmartinson 2011-07-10 | An introduction to my graphic novel series "Tonoharu".
Self-Introduction larsmartinson 2011-07-10 | Hello, I'm Lars Martinson, and I'm a cartoonist. Related Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kRb06w_XPo
