Maskerpiece Theatre: Year In Review: 2015

Year In Review: 2015

2015 is coming to a close. We at Maskerpiece Theatre want to thank all of you who have come along on this journey with us. As we have grown from a site that just posted podcast which at times were challenging to listen to……Thanks to the ghost of Harold! We transformed into a site that has brought you Cosplay photo’s from different Comicons, Movie Reviews, Comicbook Reviews and Television Reviews. We hope you continue to visit us for all these and much more in 2016

Here is a look back on 2015 and the Top Ten most visited Post. Click the links to re-visit each post.

#10 - Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2015 (Part Two)

#9 - Original Comic Book: Twisted Magic

• "If the moral compass created by your past didn't exist, who would you become? If you had no one to tell you who you were, who would you think you are?"

#8 - The Flash Review: Season 2 Episode 7 “Gorilla Warfare”

• “the writers for Flash always do a fantastic job of never drawing story’s out past what is necessary. This is definitely the case for this episode.”

#7 - Arrow Review: Season 4 Episode 9 “Dark Waters”

• “First lets just say great Mid Season Finale, the type which makes you wish this show was a Netflix property and that you didn’t have to wait a month and half to see where it was going to lead.”

#6 - The Flash Review: Season 2 Episode 9 “Running To The Start”

• “Wentworth Miller may be the best at playing Captian Cold but the original Trickster Mark Hamill is still perfect for the role of James Jesse.”

#5 - Arrow Review: Season 4 Episode 8 “Legends of Yesterday”

• “Every episode this season has been on point, much improved and more enjoyable. Surprisingly this may be the best season yet of Arrow”

#4 - The Flash Review: Season 2 Episode 8 “Legends of Today”

• “This was another great episode and I am loving the crossovers. This DC Television Universe is by far the best and in my opinion is more enjoyable than what we get with Marvel.”

#3 - Comic Book Review - Herald: Lovecraft & Tesla #3 - Action Lab Comics

• “I love a good capture and escape type of story.  This is exactly that and I especially love it when science and a bit of creative trickery is used.”

#2 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) A Masked Blogster Movie Review

• “It's a great movie and highly recommended.  The theater experience makes it even better as you hear the cheers, oohs and ahhs.”

#1 - Arrow Review: Season 4 Epsiode 5 “Haunted”

• “Matt Ryan once again nailed his performance and gave us the Constantine we all want.”

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Drawn Out: Logo

The logo for this blog is not just about the words, but also about the background art.  The art is a bunch of sketches of characters that I have drawn in the past and also whatever came to mind.  The first picture is the logo that I like.  Take a look at the other pictures as these are the steps I took in making the logo.

The first picture depicts the loose pencils to lay out everything.  I say "pencils" but all of the artwork was completed digitally.  I like using blue for pencils and then bringing down the opacity before inking.  For those not knowing what that is, opacity is how dark the lines are.  I lower the opacity before I go over in black so it isn't as distracting.  

Here is the black and white version before adding the lettering. I teased this on Instagram and my personal Facebook page.  The overall reaction was pretty positive.

I played with coloring the logo but ultimately decided to go black and white.  I thought colors that overlapped and went outside the designated lines might be a cool look but in the end felt it was distracting from the words "Drawn Out."

As stated earlier this logo was made digitally.  It was drawn using a Wacom Intuos Tablet using the program, Manga Studio 5.  The lettering for the logo was made using Comic Life 2.  

Do you have a favorite logo?  Maybe you want more information on some of the characters in the blog(Blasto the Clown has his own Twitter account).  Is there anything you'd like to on the "Drawn Out" blog?  Leave us a comment and let your voice be heard.

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