Two page spreads
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Always work in two page increments – they can be two page spreads or two individual pages that go together. You can work with another team so that each team creates one page in this…
Author: Dave S
Give credit where credit is due
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From a creative project perspective (be it a film, a book, a work of art, etc.) the most important thing is having proper credit. This is what makes it easier for creators to get additional…
General Guidance Writing
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Writer’s Room and the Marvel Method Stan Lee ended up as the editor of Marvel Comics at the age of 19, via a series of weird events. At a certain point, it fell to him…
Writer’s tips: General
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Read the Artist’s tips, especially if you are not an artist, yourself. You job will be to manage them and help them get the pages out that tell your story, so it’s important to understand…
Writing tips: Improv
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I took improv classes for quite a while around Amsterdam, and did a bit of improv performing (that one time). It was important to me to have writers with an improv background in the first…
Writer’s tips: Plot
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NOTE: It’s a good idea to read the starting points post before this one. People spend decades writing books and screenplays sometimes. This project is just a couple of days. So there’s a real need…
Starting points
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As I mentioned, coming up with a beginning point for the story was a bit contentious for us in the first graphic novel, and so it is worth discussing. There are many ways to come…
General Guidance Art
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Any advice given here is just that, advice. You will need to find your way to navigate this process. Be yourself You are yourself. You have an artistic method and outlook that is yours. You…
Art tips: General
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Leave space for the word balloons. Speech is always at the top of the panel – they are balloons, and like balloons, they generally float upwards. It’s important to leave space for people to talk…
Art tips: Thumbnails and layouts
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I recommend that you draw quick small sketch versions of your pages in advance. They are called thumbnail drawings (because they are roughly the size of a thumbnail. They do not need to be drawn…