Comic Artist - Volume 3 2016
4 Working with the feedback After I send in the sketches, my editor points out that we won’t have enough space for the many bloc ...
5 Drawing the cover Once the editor selects a sketch, I start with the drawing. Usually, as in this case, I work with pencils on ...
PRO SECRETS HELPING YOUR COMPUTER Some brushes are very heavy and can slow down your computer, affecting the flow of your brush ...
13 The lightning At this point I start painting on new layers over the pencil, in a more opaque way. When adding the lightning ( ...
HOW TO PAINT A GIRL AND HER TANK Cartoonist Brett Parson presents his take on the iconic Tank Girl, using the drawing tools of S ...
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4 LAYERING THE DRAWING As I’m drawing my finished line work, I break the drawing up using separate layers. This makes it much ea ...
10 BACKGROUND ELEMENTS Now I fill in the different colours of the background, making sure to pick colours that don’t blend with ...
Artist insight Workshops STORYTELLING TIPS FOR COMIC BOOKS Lewis LaRosa talks about how to interpret scripts and lay out pages t ...
Artist insight | Storytelling It’s amazing how much the shape, size and order of the panels affect the narrative... 4 PANEL SHAP ...
Workshops 6 THE POWER OF SYMMETRY On both these pages, I’ve used symmetry in the panel arrangement and in the composition of the ...
Artist insight | Storytelling For sketching and breakdowns I use a leadholder with an HB lead. Hold the pencil as far away from ...
Workshops 3 Worked-up illustration The thumbnail is enlarged and traced onto the illustration board with a lightbox. I decided t ...
Artist insight | Storytelling 11 BATTLE DAMAGE In an action/adventure comic book, there’s bound to be copious amounts of damage ...
Workshops 13 CONSISTENCY IN STAGING YOUR SCENE Much of the action in this issue takes place in a kitchen. It was important that ...
Artist insight | Storytelling Constantly review the layouts to make sure there’s not a sameness from page to page 15 SHAKE THING ...
PENCIL AND INK A GAME CHARACTER Dive into the intricate, brooding shadows as ANDY BRASE uses line and ink for a deadly version o ...
Illustration © Insight Editions. Ezio character © Ubisoft In depth | Pencil and ink ...
4 STARTING TO INK Next I move on to the ink stage. I do the most of my inking with Sakura Micron Pens, sizes 005, 01 and 05. I s ...
6 TEXTURES TO SHADE Now that my hand’s getting warmed up with the pen work, I move into more of the line work and ink textures. ...
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