EJ Su Interview

Post by **Best First** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:06 pm

http://www.transfans.net/interviews_su.php

bosh! Thanks to Mr Su and Mr Frommars for sorting it out.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:15 pm

Seems nice enough. Although I'm sure we were all going for "Wreck and Rule!" for the "Springer" word association.

Manchester Devil · Post by **Manchester Devil** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:13 pm

Seems to be a rather nice chap.

FEAR THE MIGHT OF PANDATRON AND THE PANDACONS!

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:24 pm

Interesting. So he comes from an industrial artist background? Well, that will atleast mean that when he draws the combat-damage it'll look pretty cool.

Lotsa messed up acctual mechanics.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:49 am

Awesome. You guys always do nice, simple and informative interviews.

Interesting background. A few books in there that I would have said are normally associated with different artistic styles.
Looking forward to this.

Cheers again.

Dead Head · Post by **Dead Head** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:23 pm

Good to read that.

One question I would have asked is how good he thinks his art, in terms of clear panel storytelling, is.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:27 pm

Thanks to Denyer as well for the swift design job.

Dead Head wrote: One question I would have asked is how good he thinks his art, in terms of clear panel storytelling, is.

"One of my major focuses on this new series was to tell the story the best I can."

I'd gather he thinks it's quite good going by that. I'm sure IDW are well aware of Dreamwave's lack of clarity in that department.

E.J.Su · Post by **E.J.Su** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:11 pm

Dead Head wrote:One question I would have asked is how good he thinks his art, in terms of clear panel storytelling, is.

Did you think I would say "I am pretty bad."?

If storytelling is your concern, you could check out some sequential samples on my website, eventhough most of them are over 3 years old.
Sequential Samples
Sorry for the shameless plug.

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:25 pm

E.J.Su wrote:
Dead Head wrote:One question I would have asked is how good he thinks his art, in terms of clear panel storytelling, is.
Did you think I would say "I am pretty bad."?

I dunno, I thought maybe a "man, I wish I could blob out Marshmellow TFs like the greats". Recent numbnuts would adore you for your honesty.

E.J.Su wrote:If storytelling is your concern, you could check out some sequential samples on my website, eventhough most of them are over 3 years old.
Sequential Samples
Sorry for the shameless plug.

Nice. The humans have the more updated look which isn't top-notch in my preference but can look good and absolutely does in your work. I guess I'm just more for the look of people like in that Megatron cover shot recently presented. But I can totally live with this. And there's nothing wrong in shamelessly plugging yourself. Just wash the cork afterward ffs. Oh, that one shot over the city is fab.

Since it's now fairly apparent the public names for IDW do take note of what's said on TransFans, all I'd like to add is thanks for the notice.

Dead Head · Post by **Dead Head** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:21 pm

E.J.Su wrote:If storytelling is your concern, you could check out some sequential samples on my website, eventhough most of them are over 3 years old.
Sequential Samples:

Having looked at all those pages E.J. , I'm reassured that you've got what it takes, clear-storytelling-wise. Cool stuff. It's good that you've surfaced here to directly address our ponderings like this too. Again, props.
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On a separate point, I can't say that I like 'cute manga moon-eyed girly-posed pixie-nosed babes', like in the following image. It turns my stomach, frankly. But that's a general style I hate, nothing specific to you, Su:
http://www.protodepot.com/gallery/displ ... um=6&pos=7

As a contrast to the above point, I've seen your gallery also contains less manga-fanboy-ish images of women too, which is great. This one caught my eye. The woman looks relatively normal, face-wise, the high-wide shot of the first panel is a very nice contrast to the other three panels, and the investigator climbing under the police-line is well posed:
http://www.protodepot.com/gallery/displ ... um=6&pos=8

Simply good action panels here. Very promising for "The Transformers". I love the ax-kick in the 3rd panel:
http://www.protodepot.com/gallery/displ ... m=6&pos=14

Post by **Denyer** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:37 pm

Dead Head wrote:I can't say that I like 'cute manga moon-eyed girly-posed pixie-nosed babes', like in the following image.

If you've never read it, trust me, it suits Battle Pope...

http://www.protodepot.com/gallery/displ ... m=6&pos=21

^ I don't think we've anything to worry about on the subject of framing.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:11 pm

Great interview guys, hello E.J.

I've just been re-reading DD GI Joe/TF #4 and I can really see the industrial influence now, especially when Shockwave is being repaired by the Decepticon medic. All the Transformers look great in this issue, though I think the best thing by far is the large number of generic Decepticons about the place. More of this please!

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:36 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:More of this please!

Yes, there never was enough of that.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:42 pm

I'd like to see a few more pieces of art with vehicles and machines in to get a better idea of whether anything dynamic can be done with vehicle mode TFs. And I don't particularly like the manga human look either - it was one of the things that royally got on my nips about the DW stuff.
Still, at least the guy can draw, eh?

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:12 pm

Autobloke wrote:And I don't particularly like the manga human look either - it was one of the things that royally got on my nips about the DW stuff.

Yeah, as incredible as the sequential action is in Su's black & white Spider-Man stuff, the style of the humanoid form makes Spidey look like a caricature or a child. Still, it's more a thing I dislike rather than hate, there is art of similar style that takes it to extremes, and the fact is with some proper colouring it could still be decent. If Furman's story is great, Su can properly capture the look with some of those gorgeous TFs, and the action as well with his apparent knack for sequentials, I'll be a happy camper with the style of human used.

Still like that fleeing crowd on the Megatron cover though...

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:33 pm

Señior's Covenant wrote:Still like that fleeing crowd on the Megatron cover though...

Yep. If there have to be humans in the comic, I'll be happy if they look like that. Perhaps a little less cluttered on the detail though - let the colouring take some of that load.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:33 pm

Señior's Covenant wrote:
Metal Vendetta wrote:More of this please!
Yes, there never was enough of that.

I was so impressed on closer reading of this issue. Almost every page has another "generic" Decepticon on it, yet each is individually designed as if it were a proper character. It makes the TF universe so much more complete and whole, instead of the DW-esque showcasing of the major players and then using Japanese TFs to fill in any non-speaking parts...

Post by **Denyer** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:09 pm

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... es-685.php

Hot damn!

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:33 pm

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... es-681.php

Credited to E.J. Su and MV Creations.

Somebody forgot to mention something...

Post by **Denyer** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:59 pm

Eh? MVC pitched for the TF license, but DW got it. Which is a shame, as Val would undoubtedly have done a better job than Chris on the first volume...

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:48 am

Ozz wrote:http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... es-681.php

Credited to E.J. Su and MV Creations.

Somebody forgot to mention something...