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QUICK TIP When working on high-resolution images for print, you will be constantly zooming in and out of your canvas and will wa ...

DIGITAL PAINTING 084 25 tips for comic artists The experts reveal their top tips for comic artists, ranging from form and functi ...

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COMIC ART WEAVES TOGETHER WORDS AND PICTURES, IT SPANS GENRES AND TOPICS, AND IT APPEALS TO BOTH SEXES AND ALL AGE RANGES. BUT A ...

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001 Pace your panels Christian Ward (www.cjwardart.com) believes the most important thing a comic artist must be is a good story ...

Anthony Williams (www.comicstripper.co.uk), who has worked for both Marvel and DC, believes the question of how to balance text ...

Comic, concept and cover artist David Nakayama (www. davidnakayama.com) explains how important story structure and pacing is. “F ...

When you’re drawing a comic – and even more so if you’re writing it too – you’re building a world. Not only do you want to tell ...

© Mako Fufu CREATE COMPELLING CHARACTERS It doesn’t matter how good your art, your dialogue or even your story is if you haven’ ...

David Nakayama says, “When it comes to style, I’m sort of a weird case. I’m constantly playing with different styles – tradition ...

All artforms have rules, and it pays to know them, but that doesn’t mean you have to keep them. For instance, as Jamie Smart exp ...

“After the storyboard is completed and I am confident that the story and layout are working,” says Svetlana Chmakova, “I enlarge ...

PAUL SCOTT CANAVAN http://www.paulscottcanavan.com @abigbat OUR EXPERT Canavan is the art director at Scottish indie game studio ...

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03 SKETCH! Having spent some time absorbing your reference images and scribbling in a notebook, you should have a good idea of w ...

07 DON’T ZOOM IN! A good chunk of the hard work is done at this stage, but resist the urge to zoom in and start adding details! ...

10 ADDING DETAIL With most of the elements of the painting blocked in nicely, it’s time to focus on individual areas. Bring your ...

QUICK TIP Take breaks! It’s important to rest your mind every hour or so, both to maintain energy levels and to return to the im ...

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