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quick Kate warmup from this morning
how do i learn how to storyboard comics
1. set the panels
the first version is the easier but also boring for the eye, the sequence rectangular-square-square and repetitive, try to use diagonal cut, open space and vertical cut to help the movement of the story and action.2. use movement to tell the story
3. Pose, Perspective and Line density
4. Framing and Silhouettebeing the file too big it’s a link format
In my opinion, those are the main rules to make a good storyboard. If you need more help ask awayMOD.gif
Webcomic tips
In the conclusion for now, some things I’d really recommend doing if you’re seriously considering making a webcomic (or really a comic in general). Some of these don’t really apply to strips or gag-a-day type of comics, but I’m not talking about those here.
1. Write down ideas\sketch stuff, LEGIBLY. “I’m gonna remember it later” NEVER works. And if you scribble it somewhere on a piece of paper, you’d better scan it or retype in one doc later, because tiny notes always get lost among other doodles in my skethbooks.
(i know it’s hard to keep everything clean and organized, but this mess is just not productive)
If your project is a collaboration, save your conversations. If you’re working alone, make a blog for your ramblings. You have no clue what tears of relief I cry when I open that blog and rememeber I don’t have to painstakingly look through my heaps of sketchbooks and folders for a tiny idea I’m not even sure I wrote down a few months ago.
2. Inspiration folders, or even better, inspo blog with tags also help with collecting and remembering ideas. Color schemes, landscapes, style inspirations, atmospheric stuff, maybe some photo references, all those neat things.
3. Basic tier: character design sheets. Top tier: common poses, expressions. God tier: outfits they wear throughout the comic. Holy cow tier: turnaround sheets for all those outfits.
(I’d die trying to find good pages for references without these)
4. If you haven’t finished detailing the plot, don’t even think about moving on to drawing the comic. You’re gonna regret it when you come up with a really cool plot element that can’t be incorporated anymore because you’ve already drawn all the parts you could’ve tweaked.
5. Don’t just define the plot, make a script. Writing down the lines and the brief description of the actions serves me fine:
(notice that I approximately divided the pages & the text that’d go to each panel on a page)
6. Hard mode: make thumbnails for all the pages, if possible. At least whenever a new chapter starts.Â
7. If your story involves some convoluted chronology shenanigans, you’d better write down the events of your timeline in the chronological order.
8. Backgrounds. You can’t avoid them, bro. Like half of the comics are backgrounds, especially if your story involves a lot of adventuring and looking around. I know it hurts, but you’ll have to become friends with them. Read some tutorials, practice on photos, go out and sketch some streets, use 3d programs (like Google Sketch) to understand the perspective, use sites like houseplans to visualize your buildings better, I don’t know. Just be prepared for their imminent evil. Â
9. If you’re drawing digitally, pick a brush size for the lines and stick with it. You don’t want your lines and detail levels to look all wonky and inconsistent in different panels. And I don’t mean the cool stylistic varying lines, I mean this:
Also, things on the background should have thinner and/or lighter lines to avoid distraction. Usually less details too, unless you’re making a busy background with a simple foreground to help it pop out. Or wanna draw the attention to an object on the bg.
10. Readable fonts. Even if you chose to ignore people with poor sight or dyslexia, the majority of your readers aren’t gonna be excited about struggling to decypher this:
Also, as much as I love my black speech bubbles, colorful text on black still kinda hurts the eyes. I wouldn’t recommend doing that for all the characters. Black speech bubbles are usually used for creepy, inhuman voices. And yes, having a colorful outline in this case helps.
11. Probably newsflash, but did you know that panels have their place, order and functions? They do! My favourite thing ever is how I used panels when I was like 12:
(comics ain’t rocket science, but this one is)
The composition of the panels and word balloons always serve for a better reading experience. They guide your eyes over the page, so that you never feel lost or confused. The images in the comic equal frames in a movie, so it’s pretty damn important in what order you look at things and how quickly you can understand what’s going on!
(Eric Shanower & Scottie Young’s Wizard of Oz)
12. One update a week is fine for testing waters. Don’t overestimate yourself, especially if you have a pretty busy life outside it. A stable comic that updates slowly, but regularly is better than an unpredictable erratic one. You can always pick up the pace later, if you feel confident enough.
13. Try to always have a buffer - a couple of pages in reserve. If you’re making the pages much faster than you’re updating, this shouldn’t be a problem. But if those paces are equally the same, it’s goddamn HARD. But on the other hand, if something happens and you skip an update, those come in handy.
If you’re looking at this list and thinking “wow that’s a LOT of work”, you’re totally right. And it’s okay to be intimidated at first! But that’s why it’s important to start with something small. Once you get the formula down, these things will be natural to you.
I'm going to have to talk about Webtoons(company) at one point, and its... impact on the webcomic sphere too. Trying to find the most eloquent way to say that these companies aren't your friends, and that I am seeing more and more creators getting chewed up and spit out when these places are done with them. I'm legit worried for how The Content Creator model is going to hurt so many more people, who have been led to believe that this is the only way to get their work out there.
a lil comic I did on timeout for a past assignment :3
Why is Jakub giving VOGUE in the third panel? Like damn you do NOT need to look so gold while he's on he phone.
Chapter 17 part B is up now!
And oh my who could he be talking to~?
Yay! A new page of TGS!
The Glass Scientists update!
Click here to read the latest page!
If you’d like to support me and my work, please consider buying the print edition of The Glass Scientists! It’s the best way to support debut authors like myself and features exclusive bonus content! If not, reblogs are always appreciated! :)
CLICK HERE to buy The Glass Scientists Volume I!
Click here to read the webcomic from the beginning!
You can also follow the Glass Scientists tumblr or ask me TGS questions!
This is like my favorite webcomic right now! All the characters are so sarcastic and the art is gorgeous!
The Glass Scientists update!
Click here to read the latest page!
If you’d like to support me and my work, please consider pre-ordering the print edition of The Glass Scientists! It’s the best way to support debut authors like myself and features exclusive bonus content! If not, reblogs are always appreciated! :)
CLICK HERE to buy The Glass Scientists Volume I!
Click here to read the webcomic from the beginning!
You can also follow the Glass Scientists tumblr or ask me TGS questions!
Chapter 1 Journey pg 5
New GODSLAVE ⚡️ New page⚡️ Today: Trespass in Hathor's temple, deal with her bloodthirsty sister
GODSLAVE is a comic about a girl tricked into working for an Egyptian God, and kicks off a pantheon-wide family feud.
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New GODSLAVE⚡️New page⚡️⚡️ Today: Set is forced to spill the beans
GODSLAVE is an Egyptian mythology, urban-fantasy comic about a young girl tricked into working for a god.Â
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GODSLAVE is LIVE on ⚡️⚡️ WEBTOON and TAPAS today!⚡️⚡️ Let me know how you like reading the comic as a vertical scroll! It was a super interesting challenge breaking up the panels this way, I hope the pages still read well!
I drew a little something for the Hiveworks micro comic summer~
✨️Lich & Mushroom for everrr🍄