The Making of "Looking for Group" - Part Three

[Eneicia2011]

*sigh* I like seeing Krunch again :(

[Cervallon]

I want to say love your style like this SO much. The bold strokes are fantastic, the soft shading is wonderful.

I hope you go back to it soon.

Thank you for posting this.

I appreciate your work even more.

[manpoya1]

hey, some questions from a fellow artist :)

1.how much time did it take for this whole page?

2. which program did u use?

[lardesouza]

@manpoya1 I believe this page took me about 12 hours. At the time I was using Photoshop for the whole thing. I now use MangaStudio Ex for my pencils/inks and Ed Ryzowski finishes it with colours in Photoshop.

[baconia84]

Whatever they are paying you Lar, its not nearly enough.

[madcat789]

This makes me now respect those who take forever on making art. Thanks Ferret.

[jonnavdpas]

I love how Krunch, in almost every picture, has his I'm-not-fucking-amused-face on! XD

[RobertAniFreak]

" Mountain that eats people.... I want one"

[Gipshaw]

It would be awesome to see how some of the later chapters are made. The art has gotten a lot better.

[VVscarletVV]

Amazing

[blkwhtrbbtX]

next time you do those pretty light effects, would you mind doing a period of slower fast forward during that time so we amateurs might have a bit of a tutorial?

[RTSfreak110]

I understand why the comic is only updated twice a week. You spend a lot of time in it. And I never tought that the colouring has many layers.

[xxXXRAPXXxx]

ill just say i love this comic and especially richard he made my day :D the rest of characters are good too but i was just mesmerized by richards way of killing. Super job mr Lar deSouza and thank you for a buch of laughts :).

[F678ryuit78]

Do people just go around disliking things...? Cuz, wat is there really to dislike about this?

[firefly8083]

I am a novice artist, trying to find my knack at stuff, finally got out of the burn and dodge phase >.> but still struggle so much with coloring... you make it look so easy!!! ARG...lol... anyhow, point, yes I have one, you are an inspiration to me ^^ Gorgeous work and the comic itself is a blast to read! very funny stuff, but its the art that has me hooked! keep up your amazing work! Thank you so much for sharing this ^^

[dumba54]

Ah, so great. I wrote a paper on you guys for my Vector Graphics class...though I suppose I lied to them, since I decided to tell the teacher you guys used Adobe Illustrator instead of Photoshop. (Yes I did my research and found out you guys used Photoshop before making that adjustment in my paper).

btw, I also love the music selection.

[Extfighter]

Oh my.

[DarkDrasis]

Oh, man, I never thought about how much work has been put to make LFGComic look as awesome as it is... These three Making of -vids made me look at the comic in even greater light. As in page 70... "Hail!"

[tomichasquad]

Could you tell me which version of Photoshop and what tablet model do you use, please? I'd also appreciate if you gave me some advice on tablet purchasing, I want to start a webcomic and I have like 300€ to spend on a tablet, but I'm totally green in these things... Thanks in advance, keep up the good job! :)

P.S. Page 366 is win.

[sarahewright9]

I enjoy making art myself very much, but I admit to knowing nothing of using computers in the artist's field. I have greatly respected the level of skill in the Looking For Group artwork since I started reading the comic, and it's really great being able to watch it being put together.

Plus, the comic itself is funny as hell :D

Cheers, Mr. deSouza. FOR PONY!!!

[Zefurion1988]

Great job lol , love the comic :D

Especially the part where Richard tricks Cael to stick his head into a tiny hole in the mountain :D

[Alexandra8472]

Oh gosh, I wanna learn how do be this good. I know some. but not a lot.

[BjornBS]

ever thought about giving tutorials to ppl who want to learn from you? Because I would love to learn from you! And so does some friends of mine want!

Also when did came out the 3th LFG comicbook? Wasn't that somewere in November?

[reka10]

wow the legend at work... O.O

The lord, god, and mighty ruler of all webcomics artist in the internet.

[5dmc1]

what program is this?

[Bexilulz]

Behold! Lar, The master of shading and great characters! Bask in his GREAATNESS!!!!

[idbvcd]

Looking for Group Part Three is coming out in October

[Studmuffindk]

WoW... You spend ALOT of time on this, dontcha?

[deathofbarney]

my mind can make arrows XD

[hemir9]

Richard is so funny :)

He killed a smurf and made it into a wallet :)

He wants a Mountain that eats people

He wants to kill Sick old people with Pets and no parents to give them love. "sick"

He Catapult's Women and Children

ahh hes so funny yet so Evil :)

[Rave7557]

I ate a baby as well. But I had no garlic.

[warlock923]

what software is this?

[NexVotumTV]

Oh my god...i Love LFG SO MUCH! the story is halarious and Enthralling! And the artwork is Beauitful! I Have the richard blanket, plushie and VOL 1+2 :D

[Nixxez]

hmmm. ok im fine with the comic its AWSOME! but... Do the females REALY need to have giant tits on EVERY SINGLE PAGE! I mean i have no probs but its kinda rediculous ahhaha

[BlackwingDrake]

I wanted to lose some baby weight.

From the baby I ate...

[Mantaswww]

good* :D

[Mantaswww]

man ur goof

[TheRealVordox]

Bloody fucking amazing...

That's all I can say.

[Nikolas1553]

I never realized how many layers and textures went into lfg to make it look so good. Wow.

[Thorgin84]

I discovered LFG thanks to a swedish WoW magazine and it is an incredible comic. As he says once in the comic "Richard for the win!".

And what is the name of that jazzy little tune during the video?

[georgoliveiramuller]

this is amazing, an incredible hard work to do for only single page. i loved the way you made it through the three videos, its impressive how much work you have to do to get a page done, i'm sure i'll remember it every time i read LFG =D

[inu358]

guys lets collect money and send richard a human eating mountain like he wished lol

[zyfuria]

Is Gid a troll?

[Hamsterloki]

she's an orc, and she is only called Gid by her adoptive father (short for "Green Kid"). Her real name is Benn Joon.

[doalisaluver]

She looks like a Troll to me, mainly because she's got 3 Fingers on each Hand

[Hamsterloki]

I think they've called her orc a few times in the comic

[heltfuckd]

obviously shes a torc.....

[Shadowstrom]

her race is not known by most characters although Rojave calls her a half-breed

[deneki123]

A mountain that eats people. I want one in xmas.

[warlordkoffe1andonly]

well sadly its not a man eating mountain its a taruen :/ sadly

[deneki123]

no... no... I WONT BELIEVE YOU!!!

[warlordkoffe1andonly]

no im so sorry i know your ego tells you its a man eating mountain but its true it is a Taruen :C i wish it was a man eating mountain .... cuse i want one :3

[tomichasquad]

Oh my god. I never knew making comics can be THAT fun! :o I know this will sound kinda stupid, but do you think I could draw like you if I practice? ^^ I'd love to make comics, I also have a friend I was trying to make one with. It was great, but we didn't have the needed equipment and were a bit young.

Btw. I wish there were 3 strips / day, lol. This comic is marvelous.

Greetings from Poland ^^

[ArachD206]

Go for it Tomichasquad! :D You can do it!

Greetings form Norway. ^^

[40kguy]

what program is this?

[Zaladormu]

my mind can make arrows XD

[Bleedingrogue]

A mountian that eats people? I want one.

[Hellsing1138]

So do I!

[theravenzone]

Just... Wow.... I read many Webcomics but yours is true Artwork on any page. I'm interested in how the shadows and highlights are done though. I read that you use hard light and soft light but the more interesting thing is do you use some single kind of shadow and highlight colour or a different one for each base colour? I experimented with using black and white on another layer with low opacity but the results are... mediocre at least....

[Bombthief]

For Pony!

[Danielbower4]

What Program are they using to make this if anyone could throw me a msg with an answer itd be greatly appreciated :D

[Andulvar]

best bet photoshop 7 since lar hasnt updated his photoshop yet :D

[mongrle]

A mountain that eats people?

I want one.

[algae1278]

I wanted to lose some baby weight.

Caused by the baby I ate

[Twigy21]

How do you make that color palette on the right side of the screen?

(Richard FTW!)

[Wolfycakes]

You open up a new window in photoshop and put the colors there. ouo

[algae1278]

Its that easy?

[Wolfycakes]

Lul, Yep. :>

[Kazgrinega]

Lar = Fucking amazing. gotta love him a sohmer

[loriziell]

i could never do that D:

i dont have the skills

[KiyokaMakibi]

How do you know where to shade? I'm useless at it =<

[TheHairyGeek]

you shade where shadows are

[KiyokaMakibi]

Duh I know that. It's hard for people who can't guess where shadows are.

[TheHairyGeek]

that's the point, you don't guess

you start off knowing where the light source is, everything in the image has to have the same light source or it won't look right as a whole, then the opposite sides of things will have a lowlight, and the side facing the light will have a highlight, the rest in a mid-tone

It's all about being able to get your head around the shape of objects in a scene in 2 dimensions, even in a 2d image

[iLink8]

i know it's kinda easy but it's like a color in couldn't you just use the paint bucket or w/e it's called for teh more mundane colorins?

[Seymour13]

For Pony!

[smoshfan2damax]

this must take soooooooooo long

[Spartan032]

Y'all don't get the quality you deserve. This is real top-notch artistry and it's beautifully done.

Plus Richard is awesome.

[Prancerella]

I was always yelled at by other artists for using burn & dodge tools in my pieces; someone as talented as yourself, Lar, shows that those tools are extremely useful in many ways - getting that bright light or just the right dark shadow.

[lardesouza]

I'm *not* using burn and dodge. I find those tools too 'heavy'. You need a very delicate hand to make those work for you. I use masks, curves, adjustment layers mostly, and good ol' fashioned colour picking and painting.

I don't despise Burn and Dodge, but they weren't made for a painter. They were made for photographers and they are often misused by novice artists.

[ZenniaJorra]

@lardesouza Do use a dark neutral color to shade and then set it to multiply? If you do, you're my hero, because that's how I shade, hahahah.

[d3s3rtray]

in truth I found richard to stand out as amazing amonst the rest of the cast of LFG who I find to be average.

the fork of truth.

[LeonSylon]

A mountain that eats people.

I want one

xD

[Kelon123]

ur pro at shadowing =)

[HunterCreed]

if you could please tell me the program you used to do this id really appreciate it.

[DisneyClassicmusic]

love the comic but i noticed some mistakes on it

[rhodalle]

oh. my. goodness.

[DisneyClassicmusic]

Dont need to be shocked for things like small mistakes. Not everything is perfect.

[Soadwow]

man i was always wondering but never got an answer whats up with the 2 check marks above Richard's left eye???

[Rash2223]

lol

[TehTrader]

this is INCREDIBLE, im amazed at what you have done here. i have been reading the comic and fallen in love with richard and the other characters. i never realized just how much work went into each episode. this is almost enchanting to watch, you put incredible amounts of effort into this. amazing work. thank you

[MrSuperSlaughter]

What software do they use to make the animated web cartoons with?

[xxxShadoW92]

you guys are geniuses xDD my all time fav comic)) Awesome drawing, you're a pro ^^

[Silverknight16]

Interesting. As someone that uses Photoshop almost exclusively now when I draw, I'm curious as to a few of the things you use.

First, do you have vectoring enabled in your Photoshop settings? If so, how did you manage it? Second, how did you get the bubbles to surround the text so easily? I've always had to do them manually. Third...well, I'm running out of space.

Either way, as someone that loves tinkering with PS to draw, I'd love to be let in on a couple of your secrets. XD

[lardesouza]

I've never heard of vectoring in Photoshop. That's just a steady hand and a regular round paint brush for my inking. I do use the shape tool for my word bubbles.

Hope those are useful 'secrets' for you.

[Silverknight16]

Wow. In that case, I freaking hate your talent and/or practice. :p

Which is probably a reason why I could never do it for a living. Sucks being slow. :(

[OverTheTopFilms]

EFFORT!

[27081993th]

No matter what program I use, I'm still crap at shadowing -_-

Awesome vid btw

[lardesouza]

Practice makes perfect! :) Thanks for commenting.

[DisneyClassicmusic]

nice i wanna read the comic but dunno where :P

[xBobbyRx]

Theres a link in the description bro.

[reepinghavocstudios]

type in looking for group on google

[FOXMCkluid]

il never complain when ther is no new page ever again...god this takes alote of work

ya realy get more respect for the artest afthere seaing this

[Hotshotter3000]

What program is that? Also what are they using to make the movie? Flash, Toon Boom? I'm very curious.

BTW, just seeing this only brings out just how much work and effort it takes to produce the quality work that they show on their comics. You just gotta respect it after seeing it come to life bit by bit.

[lardesouza]

The comics are done entirely in Photoshop. We use ToonBoom for our animation. I used Camtasia to screen capture this.

[Darkmarine40]

! And I thought that this was Hand Colored! Boy was I made wrong!

[lardesouza]

It is hand coloured. The fact that I use computer tools doesn't change that fact ;)

[WhimsyWereTheBoros]

Thank you. The other night, I had a discussion with someone about this. This was where we had a point of disagreement. I think I have a better idea how to broaden horizons now.

[Pera00100]

@lardesouza bro, what kind of tablet are you using? (and art program) i wanna try this. i already have experiance drawing free hand, but i wanna make sure i start off right electronically.

[xDinomanx]

Love the comic and I respect the amount of time and effort the artist puts into it and still is able to release a comic twice a week.

I'm curious as to what music you used. What songs are they called?

[Japut3h]

It takes more than practice to be able to do this with such ease.

5/5. Great work, best comic ever.

[smoogirl]

you can tell later into the comic that the kind elf starts to become twisted i wonder how he will turn even deeper in =)

[xandju]

i hear-by swear to never again complain that the web comic hasn't updated 'yet' and to patiently await the next great work of art you work so diligently to bring to us easily amused monkeys.

i love you. lol. awesome job and keep up the great work <3

[oldmanbassoon]

I love the choice of music. Is it Raymond Scott?

[kanochain]

its amazing the amount of effort that is put in... you never really think about it while reading the comics... Awesome

[ninjastefano]

what program is used to make this...?

[QueenOfPuzzles]

^^ You are one of the artists I hope I can be like in due time.

I'm hoping that the comic stores around me will pick up the series and it's merchandise~

[kaminarinhero]

how did you do that sample colour thing and how did you get were you wanted the colour so EASILY??? lol

[QueenOfPuzzles]

I'm pretty sure he said he just has a collection of the colors he uses for these saved as another file so he can just open it and grab the colors he wants from it.

[MagexofxAnime]

... the music in the background was awsome! i love how the combined that clarinet with that trumpet! it was awsome!

[jubbles23]

I wanted to lose some baby weight.

[neonononick]

Caused from the baby I ate

xD... must be awful to HAVE to do this every time, it must cost you a lot of time

[millgiass]

I like how you use 2 kinds of shading and then highlight after you get the base color.

[p4kf4m]

Wow Lar, I am just in love with your style. I don't know how many times I've watched these videos over and over again. Keep up the good work! FOR FELBUNNY!

[volvaga55]

FOR PONY!

[AFLIsAwesome]

OMG thats insane! funny and incredibly cool ... my kind of style!

[holynapstercool]

To lardesouza:

How do you lpace the shades?!?!?!?!?!

[BakaPyros]

Howd'ja get the glow around her hands?? That part got passed over...

[lardesouza]

No secret. Just a bit of careful airbrushing. No fancy layers or effects, just painting.

[Bman135]

ALL HAIL RICHARD LORD OR THE DANCE!

[Ziorac]

Your skills are beyond awesome. Love your comic. Love Richard the most.^-^

[blade17tim]

who dosn't love richerd?

[MIndetto]

you must be god..... or really AWESOME/FANTABULOUSLY AMAZING

[zopan9191]

The last episode owned! "Ah, i see it clearly now. It is the plane of SUCK!"

[mivrina]

Lol, I finished it so far, "FOR PONY!" then Cale says something....(I forget :P) And Richard says "Well mine is for ponies....FOR PONY!" :P

[Barrsie]

Found a link to the comic in a website...

I love it! =D

Very cool to see the amount of work that goes into each page.

Keep up the good work

[Rukadu]

lol

Richard: I. Like. To. Kill. Things. Isn't that clear by now?

[Paesasa]

Woah im impressed!

[Flood0923]

WOw i didnt realize there was so much work involved...and doig this twice a week, thats what you call love for the art

[DaScatman]

It goes fast once you practice for a while.

[BloodElfFreak]

whats the (painting) program?

[frost3511]

"A mountain that eats people" "I want one"

[n987]

How did you come up with Richard?

[Resins]

RICHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD

[RebornRonin]

richard's new best line IMO

richard to giant: I mean you harm!

cale yells to richard: NO! I mean you NO harm!

richard: hmmm that doesn't sound like me...

[L0lly12]

i like how he did the shading

[GleeFreak]

half the reason why I read the comic is for richard

[Astrenar]

2 of richards best lines "a mountain that eats people...i want one" and "i deceided to lose some babyweight caused by the baby i ate." soo funny keep up the good work!

[tcregan83]

This comic was recommended to me by a friend. I'm glad it was. I read all of it and I'm going to continue reading. You're extremely talented! Very nice job. Thank you for posting these 'makings of' vids. I could never put this much work into something. Not to mention the fact that I can't draw. ^^

Nicely done.

[lardesouza]

My mixing palette isn't anything special. It's just a second file window I keep open for using as a palette, it's not a Photoshop thing.

Thanks for the kind words! Later :)

[raufss]

haha u are magic man u got magic hands nice comic haha

[HeartfeltKiller]

I was wondering how you made this, too. :D This is such a cool comic, and it looks like you enjoy making it as much as we love reading it! Keep up the good work!

[Niko988]

Wow thats amazing. I cant even use photoshop :D

[zeozen]

Wow, watching this inspires me to make my own comic :O But do you really use photoshop for this? I have to say: I worship your artistic skills dude. Great work!

[24FramesLove]

Very Nice Job sir.

[Covo375]

Not only do you do this twice a week but you also do LICD six times a week. I've been reading both regularly for the past couple months and both have been pretty regular. Simply amazing. And that doesn't even include any other personal projects that you might be working on. My pen cap is off to you sir.

[lardesouza]

I really need to post an FAQ somewhere :)

It's all Photoshop.

[Covo375]

Sorry just my poor attempt at a pun.

[lardesouza]

No no. It was a good pun. That comment was for another poster, that seems to have evaporated. Weird that it went onto your post. Whatever ;)

Thanks for the kind words.

[tastyfishdesign]

I just watched all 3 and I'm truly amazed and inspired by watching you do that! What's the size of the page you draw on?

[Kinikki]

And you do that twice a week? Gosh. o_o; Hats off to you. Do you do many at once or try space it out more?

[FlashLightLad18]

mr.Desouza i would like to say you are the best artist in the world you also have a tricked out computer like bob

[POIproductions]

buddy he is using photo shop

-btw hi mr.desouza membr me i was the guy in class who asked u how u got noticed:)

one of mrs.desouza's students

[malconyXD]

what program are u using?

[POIproductions]

your awsome!

and ur wife is my teacher!

[stryer]

stalker...lol

[kaimisawesome]

sometimes it makes it hard to believe that you keep this up twice a week.. as well as work on LICD.

you guys are gods

[Grasslander]

My God, so much work! It looks excellent. I love the comic.

[howtorideabike]

Very impressive. I'm a big fan of LICD and LFG, especially the artwork. And I love how you use burn/dodge for all the shading. I still remember the person who was teaching me how to use photoshop for art and stuff telling me never to use them, they're the devil :3

Keep up the awesome work!

[lardesouza]

It's actually NOT burn/dodge. I find they don't give enough control over value and instead change saturation levels dramatically. I use a lot of masking layers and things like Overlay/soft light/hard light, as well as good ol' fashioned painting.

Thanks for commenting :) Later!

[huiyin12356]

The BEST comic I've ever seen ^_^

[Xellos111]

best wow comic ever:D

[thelittlebiggerman09]

must be annoying adding all those shadows

[vreaubere]

"FOR PONY" i am a huge fan of your comic ...but u dont deliver and i cant find it in my country so the only thing i have left is your website ...thx a lot mate u make some rainy dayes feel sunny

later :)

[YahwehBenYahweh]

I belive that the Archmage from Issue 2# is the living version of Richard. They both like robes they both got long fingers and same head shape same height and also that Richard says ''You look familiar''

[ShadowXII]

Agreed.

[Vogool]

Yep.

Agreed too

[ThunderMetalHead]

cool

[Zudationas]

Damn- well drawn , well written and there have been loads.

I feel rubbish (i fall into none of the categories)...

It must take ages to do all that- i'm still doing hand drawing, painting with gouache and then scanning in.

[lardesouza]

Gouache is not an easy medium!! Good on you for working in it. Digital paint is way more forgiving :)