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MyNameIsMad — HOW TO SAKANA
Published: 2010-08-16 17:16:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 29006; Favourites: 947; Downloads: 310
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Please note that this is ENTIRELY MY OWN PROCESS, and not the be-all-end-all on how to draw comic strips. I should also mention that I do it all traditionally, by hand, and make touch ups in photoshop when the need arises. I also letter by hand, and recommend it for people who want a more "home-grown" look for their comics.MY MOST PRESSING/PERSONALLY SUCCESSFUL PIECE OF ADVICE HERE: hashing out the dialogue beforehand is the most helpful thing in the world and makes the process of drawing the actual strip a million times easier/faster.
I'm sorry my process isn't that interesting ;U
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hmm doesn't help for those who are trying to make new stories or new worlds...but does help get element of getting it done. Hey could I just point to yours say this how it done right to my folks...I am middle of writing dialogue and direction for comic aka manga where it goes. so far I'm trying to prevent kill of all my characters so far developing the image of characters versus the monsters seem to epic struggle. I see them in dreams it must be nice to add it to paper...
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Thanks for putting this up. Whenever I sit down to ink a page, it's a zen-ish process for me to be able to take a deep breath and say "Words. Balloons. Panels. Everything else." It takes a lot of the anxiety out of staring at that penciled, but largely blank, page. It may not be the only right way, but it's so helpful that I just have something consistent to do each time. Especially since it's really effective.
You're awesome! Thanks for everything! (Art, tutorials, being the coolest)
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Definitely a great crash course on how to Sakana! I love this-its not too convoluted and shoot from the hip kinda tutorial. I see you include the actual word bubble in the final drawing instead of adding them after the fact in some digital editing program. What made you decide to go that route? Are there problems with this kinda comic if you wanted/needed to translate it into another language?
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Thank you SO much for this! I haven't had the courage to try and put stories into comic form (because I can't figure out when you need to use different shape/size boxes in different situations) but your tutorial gave me a little motivation to try :3
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I just learned more about setting up a successful comic strip in five minutes than I have in a month into private art school for comics.
GOOD WORK
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this has actually helped me a lot in making my own comics. thanks for posting this up here!
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IT IS interesting. :3
Thank you very much for sharing all this tips! >v<
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I should let you know that this helped me quite a bit. I'm trying to write a fancomic and looking at this helped me make the process easier and smoother. Thanks for doing this!
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This is really awesome and i'll be very useful!Thanks a bunch!
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thanks for doing this! it will be so helpful later on<3
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I feel increasingly compelled to make a comic. Yer fault. Hope yer happy.
Love your style by the way it's so cool
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I've been trying to figure this out for what feels like forever but how do you scan such a large piece of work so perfectly, what size scanner do you have? Is their any public places that allow scanning cheap?
These might be extremely stupid questions but I really want to know; I prefer drawing larger too, but trying to scan is just a hideous process that infuriates me to no end and if there is a bigger public scanner out there, I'd rather just go there instead of buying a new scanner and if there isn't I want to know what would be the best to scanner to get.
Sorry this is so hella long, but I just have to find out and you seem like the best person to ask.
P.S. Your inking is flipping excellent.
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AWESOME!
Thanks for making this so detailed about your process! I always have the worse time with thumbnails and boarders, so hopefully this will help me better.
Thanks again
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i find this quite helpful. im a little proud to say i figured a few of these steps/tipis out on my own before i even started researching in the slightest.
i will definitely refer back to this for when i restart my comic :3
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million years late comment but
i love your comics + how they look and it is always so cool to see how people do stuff! AND THIS IS AWESOME STUFF
i love your handletting
a really helpful/interesting read!! : D
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That was very helpful!
I was wondering though. Is there a reason you use regular pencil lead instead of those non-photo coloured leads?
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It's not a big deal to me to erase the mechanical pencil after I ink it, so I don't have much of a reason to use the blue pencils :I
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Very helpful indeed, but what do you use to ink with? or do you use photoshop for that?
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Aww man, loved seeing this, I've always wondered how you drew these! This is full of helpful tips, thanks a bunch!
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I'M GLAD IT HELPS ;O;b
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fantastic |D Now that I'm going into Illustration for sequential this will be most helpful~! <3
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oh question. You said you work on 24 x 18. How do you scan it all? o3o;;;
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i cut the paper in half and work on two strips at a time, and then i have to scan the 12"x18" pages in two pieces and fit them back together in photoshop
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ohh~ Clever! ovo I'll have to remember that~
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...you sir, are made of awesome ;v;
It's a good thing I found this, too. I needed some tips on making comics... since we're forced to make one as a project for school. ;;
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Good luck with your school project! MAKE IT ROCK!!
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I'll definitely try my hardest! *fist pump* xD ;;
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I dunno if people ask you this, but did you consider color or did you always want to do them in black in white?
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I wanted to challenge myself to make each page work without tones or color! (But I'm also not very fast/good at coloring, so there's another reason :U)
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Gotcha! Yea, I defiantly hear ya on the color thing. I always get really stumped in the beginning of my pieces when I'm coloring them. Either way, I dig your comics!
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This is great 
and your example comic there is hilarious xD
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You should try it! IT'S FUN!!
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what do you mean by "interact with the picture"?
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As in, overlap some of the artwork
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THIS IS AWESOME. THANK YOU. I REALLY LIKE SEEING THE PROCESSES OF OTHERS.
MY PROBLEM CURRENTLY IS THAT I DO NOT MAKE THUMBNAILS HIDEOUS ENOUGH. )8 YOUR SHORTHAND SYMBOLS FOR THE CHARACTERS ARE ADORABLE, THOUGH.
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