Relativity

In the near future, Irina Novak sets off on the first manned lightspeed flight, with unexpected consequences to herself and her marriage. Comic by Beck Kramer. Updates Wednesdays.

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Here’s the most recent scene from Relativity.

Read it on the site:

Start of Part 2: Orbit

Start of Part 1: Reentry

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Just realized I’ve fallen a bit behind! Here’s the next scene from Relativity. Another will be up in the next day or two, or you can catch up on the site!

Read it on the site:

Start of Part 2: Orbit

Start of Part 1: Reentry

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Here’s the latest scene from Relativity.

Read it on the site:

This scene

Start of Part 2: Orbit

Start of Part 1: Reentry

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Here’s the second half of this scene! 

I’ll be posting full scenes only on tumblr here on out, unless they’re long like this one and I’ll chop them in two. Thanks for reading, and for your feedback!

Read the full scene on the site.

Read from the beginning.

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Tumblr update schedule

Since week to week it gets a little daunting updating 3-4 places, updates here can fall off/lead to gaps. I’m debating just posting complete scenes here moving forward. How would you guys feel about that? Is that how you read the comic anyway? Would you like something completely different? 

Let me know, and thanks for reading my comic, it means a lot.

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Sorry for falling behind on updates, guys! Here’s the first three pages(!) of the next scene. Read on the website.

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Here's page 35 of part 2: http://relativitycomic.com/part-2-orbit/page.php?page=35&source=tumblr

Scene started here: http://relativitycomic.com/part-2-orbit/page.php?page=30&source=tumblr

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Here’s page 34 of Part 2! Or read from the start of this scene.

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Page 33. If you’re reading in chunks, the scene started here.

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Sorry that I forgot to update Tumblr last week (I’m trying to sort out how to automate that). Here’s pages 31 and 32 for you.

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New page up Thursday night!

Because nothing says “Christmas Eve” like “comic showing a mental acuity test at NASA.” Thanks for reading!

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New scene starts here!  Read this page or from the beginning on the website

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Part 2, Page 29.

Read:

From the start of this scene

From the beginning

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Just realizing I forgot to post the most recent two pages here- sorry about that!

Sorry for the radio silence- between switching jobs and the holiday time got away from me more than I would’ve liked. New page next week!

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Page 26.

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Some technical difficulties cropped up tonight, so I’m afraid the page is delayed. To make it up to you, here’s a quick little video of the different steps in my process, from one of the first pages I used it on: Page 8 of Part 2.

I’m going to break that down in detail at some point, but the gist:

Digital layout in Photoshop

Print out layout and transfer roughly on light table

Tighten those pencils (I forgot to take a pic :\)

Ink

Keep inking (I’m really happy with this expression)

Scan and make flat colors in Manga Studio

Use the flats as masks for digital watercolors

If I have time in the future, I’d probably recolor this since it ended up a little muddy. I’ve since added a value sketch step that’s helped in that department a lot (right after my first layout step, so I can keep it in mind while I ink), and I hope it’s made a noticeable difference in the last 8-10 pages or so.

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Here’s page 25 of Part 2. Read:

The start of this scene

The first page