The Datapool

I live!

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:08:13 GMT

Why yes. It's a friday. And I actually updated with a new page. IE.. this comic has not been forgotten. Expect a new layout up on the main site soon as well.

Update

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:28:10 GMT

Page 13 added. Yes, Eva's hair color has changed, you're not delusional. Have a great New Year's everyone!

Page 12 up.

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 07:52:54 GMT

Sorry for the lack up updates last week. If you read my personal Livejournal, you'll know that I recently quit my job unexpectedly in favor of self-employment. Major life changes = slower updates.

Be on the lookout for Datapool shirts soon.

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 20:15:05 GMT

Page 11 up.

Also, the comic has been listed over at Online Comics.net. If you like the comic, I'd really appreciate your support by adding it to your favorites. Thanks so much and enjoy!

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:35:47 GMT

Page 10 Chapter 1 updated. Cue intital plot points which set off the whole thing.

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:13:32 GMT

Page 9, chapter 1 is up now.

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:15:21 GMT

Page 8 is now up. Important Plot Point (tm) to be coming next week. Update days are likely going to be switched to Saturday starting next week.

Sorry for the Delays

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:55:37 GMT

Page 7 is now up. (finally.) I must have jinxed myself with what I said last time. Hopefully we'll be back on schedule next week, this is definitely a project I want to see suceed.

Chapter 1, Page Six

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:12:48 GMT

Chapter 1, Page 6: Eva needs to grow a few inches.

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 04:52:21 GMT

Page Five added. Character information is now up, plus some concept art in the gallery. Links have also been added as well as link banners.

I'm likely going to submit this to Onlinecomics.net as soon as I get ten pages. But if anyone wants to like.. start plugging it or whatever, feel free to, as everything is more or less good to go. Now just to get more pages done. Whooo!

Site Up

Sun, 28 Aug 2005 12:16:44 GMT

The Main Site is up, along with the first four pages. I'll be adding character profiles, story info, and other such good stuff soon. Oh my god, I'm tired.

Contribute to Datapool

Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:31:29 GMT

Datapool is an experimental "ransom note" comic. Instead of taking the traditional route of drawing comics, I've decided to base it on more of a collage method to assemble pages. Photos, scans, drawings (only my own), textures, patterns and whatever useable visuals I can find. I take them into photoshop, butcher the fuck out of them, redraw portions, crop, rotate.. you get the idea. I manipulate found images and combine it with my drawing skills to create a cohesive sequential story.

As such, I will constantly be on the lookout for visual tidbits that can possibly be used in pages. Due to the nature of the method I'm choosing to use, I'm trying to stick to my own photography, images that I have or can get permission to use and resources distrubuted under a free-use liscence. I will also be making every effort to give credit to the resources I use. But in order to create the best comic I can in this mehtod, it's good to have as large a resource as possible to aid me. This is where you come in.

If you'd like to contribute your photos/scans/textures to be used in Datapool, it would be greatly appreciated!

Contribution Guidelines:
1. It must be a photograph/scan that YOU have taken and hold ownership over.
2. Large, raw, unaltered, high-res photographs/scans are preffered. As I plan to print Datapool one day, I work large and need good quality material to work with.
3. Please keep the image size no higher than 2megs
4. Accepted file types are .jpg, .gif, .png, .tif

Credit *will* be given and documented here to submitted photos and scans should it be used.

Acceptable Subject Matter:
Just about anything!(But no pron. Please don't send me pron. Or anything that would be classified as illegal.) Mostly, I'm looking for backgrounds and interesting textures, particularly city scapes and industrial sorts of scenery but just about subject matter will do! Send me whatever random thing you happen to have lying around, even blurred photos, photos that didn't develop properly, that got scratched-up, torn whatever. Photos of people/with people in them are fine, but all faces will be edited/blurred to avoid stepping out of bounds on invading anyone's privary or desires about being seen in such a project.

Notes/Examples: Do not send me completed drawings/paintings/artwork, even if it is yours. Do not send graphics/banners/etc created in MS Paint or scans of things like cd cover art. However, if you want to send me a photo of your crumpled socks, that's fine. A scan of your homework that the dog chewed up or that got jelly splattered all over it, also fine! All the doodles and scribblings you did during class to keep yourself entertained, fine! ^^

Submit Your Images:
Simply attach the images and send them to the.datapool[AT]gmail.com (Replace [AT] with @). Please include your name/alias with the image for crediting purposes and any additonal note about the image that are relevant.

By submiting images to the above email, you grant me the permission to use, manipulate and alter it in any way I see fit. You will reatain ownership and be credited for providing the source material. Submitting an image does not garuntee it will be used in the comic. I Do not garuntee they'll be reconizable after I'm done with them.

Thank you!

Datapool // Credit List, Chapter One

Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:09:33 GMT

While I mostly try to stick with my own photography, I will credit all sources here, plus mention additional information for those who are curious.

Datapool Chapter 1, Page 1:
*Panel 1,2,4: Photograph by Leigh + textures from magazine ad scan.
*Panel 3: Scan from newspaper sales ad.

Datapool Chapter 1, Page 2:
*Panel 1,3: Photograph by Leigh
*Panel 2: Scan from Catepillar boots ad.

Datapool Chapter 1, Page 3:
*Panel 1,2: Polaroids of my brother's house
*Panel 3,4: Photos of the hallways of Schinder Hall at Univerity of Louisville.

Datapool's construction consists of taking photos, scans, textures and running them through a rigorous butchering in photoshop which are then drawn over and combined with completely hand-drawn characters and effects to form a cohesive visual story.