Art tips: Digitally duplicate panels
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The fewer panels on the page, the less work will be necessary. So if you want to include a lot of panels on a page of two people talking, consider digitally duplicating panels. This is…
The Importance of Diversity
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Diversity within your group of creators is important, for many reasons. First, truthfully, as a white, cis-gendered, straight man, born in the US, I’m pretty certain (owing to 75 years of cultural dominance in the…
Why did we set the initial story at night?
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We began the initial Graphic Novel Weeknd story at night/evening for a reason. In addition to setting a tone for the story, darkness gives a lot more possibilities than light to cut corners. As a…
Lettering tips: General
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I recommend that lettering (and all final production work) will be done digitally, to allow for easy translation and editing. Because this sort of project is not working from a full script (due to the…
Art tips: software
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In the comic industry at the moment there are two softwares that dominate: Clip Studio Paint, and Procreate. There are other options, of course, and if you’re comfortable with one, you should probably stick to…
Lettering tips: Affinity Publisher
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Most people putting together print works these days will use Adobe Indesign, and the rest of the Adobe creative suite – which costs 60-90€ per month. I recently started working with Affinity Publisher, and while…