AlyBeean [2019-05-17 02:54:02 +0000 UTC]

I am a plethera of information when it comes to comics. If you want to personally talk about anything at all shoot me a note. We can discuss on discord if you want

Everything from comic flow. Presentation. Structure. All the things.
Also im open to assist with comic making. Sometimes the work load can feel like alot. Linework/flatting coloring are things i can assist with.

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Spoonfayse [2019-05-17 01:54:41 +0000 UTC]

"done is better than perfect" is a very good piece of advice, as long as a comic is cohesive enough, flows well and reads clearly, artwork looking a little rough around the edges isn't a big deal at all. keeping things simple and readable from panel to panel is usually priority to me, and yeah, even then, I do struggle with getting started and keeping the momentum.

I believe in you!

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mayhound [2019-05-17 01:46:55 +0000 UTC]

Fonts: twitter.com/Okolnir/status/108…
Planning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrSSN1… (This is more for webcomic series, but I'm sure many things will be helpful even if you're looking into doing short comics)

I know a lot of people like to write the script first before drawing it, just to plan ahead or get the flow of things. I don't know your work flow or if that works for you.

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MonsterFaye [2019-05-16 23:13:51 +0000 UTC]

AAAAAA YOU CAN DO IT ZIGGS!

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AntiquedBones [2019-05-16 23:08:10 +0000 UTC]

Get MediBang Paint Pro, it's a free art program that has tools that can quickly make panels for a comic page (like it'll take 30 seconds to get a page formatted once you figure out how). The program also has a lot of tutorials and 'how to' help web pages when starting to learn the program. They also have presets for comic pages. Though it has a limited brush presets list and I don't know if there's a way to make new ones or get new brushes. But I do know that switching between other programs is easy enough. 

As for format, look into other well established comics for examples. Like Hellboy has some interesting panels in some of the stories. Though there's a trick for making a comic feel serious or not. For the dramatic/serious, keep things asymmetrical for the panels or use diagonal dividers sometimes. If you use a perfectly evenly divided page, it could feel like something from the comics section from a newspaper. A good example of a comic trying to be serious but winds up being seen as funny due to the even panel distribution would be, unfortunately, the Loss Meme.

This also counts into looking into examples, but keep the flow simple. If the reader has to jump around the page like a rabbit trying to avoid a hawk, you're doing it wrong. Generally keep it like how someone reads a book, left to right and top to bottom (unless you're doing the manga format, then it's right to left). 

But death-puffs as the general start of a comic down. Script, Thumbnails (if you do those, but I highly recommend it. Could come up with a better looking page then what was originally planned), Format Panels, Draw in the comic, and then add the dialogue. 

If you want to 'cheat' backgrounds, you can use 3D modeling programs to make the room or whatever to scale. Either you can draw over the rendered image, or if you're really knowledgeable about 3D modeling, you can make and texture the models yourself (but it'll only work if the texturing looks like the drawing style the rest of the comic is in). I know this is commonly used in like school based scenes where there are a ton of desk nobody wants to draw out in perspective and individually. The program 'SketchUp' (free, but it looks like online use only now, if you can get an older version then it can be a desktop program) is good for the trace over option. even has a open source model bank to pull from (maybe, it's been a while since I used SketchUp). 

I don't really have much credit for actually making comics. But, I'm more in the 'script' stage with like 188 pages of stuff on a weird cross between a timeline/a really bad outline/and a first rough draft but no title. Personally I'm only writing out the script out as much as possible before I actually start drawing since I can not for the life of me think linearly for making a story. Also to avoid a several month hiatus just to come up with the next part.

Here's a video on advice on making a webcomic -  www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrSSN1…

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask

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rrreflektive [2019-05-16 22:44:59 +0000 UTC]

using the rules of thirds usually helps break up and makes panels flow
and also helps readers eyes key onto items and characters!
(source:  fpacatuto.tumblr.com/post/1716…)

also using the diamond method to writing dialogue helps too!
its real useful if youre lookin to do the speech bubbles by hand and format the text in a way that doesnt look too busy or long!
but you can stylize it anyway you want, it works with any shape and size of bubble. my example is just a regular old circle. i learned this from a post on tumblr but i cant seem to find the original source anywhere so i made my own ;; v ;;
 

or if you use photoshop still, this tutorial helps with making neato dialogue bubbles too!
(source:  tryinghuman.tumblr.com/post/16…)

i used to use this tutorial religiously back in the day and it helps a lot if youre lookin to add some color and POP-- or shootin for a more professional feelin comic ;; v ;;
(source:  brbdaly-a.tumblr.com/post/1806…)

writing a scripted dialogue, like a screenplay, always helps too!
but i know some people dont like doing that because its too much work aaaa

i hope this helps

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GiantPurpleCat [2019-05-16 22:15:31 +0000 UTC]

I found this really helpful video, hope it helps!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BzCDV…

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Rebelmechwolf [2019-05-16 22:11:06 +0000 UTC]

I'm not a comics expert by any means, but it's probably best to make a script for longer stuff, before you even put your pencil to paper to draw anything. It's a great help for editing stuff before you draw it and keeping track of how you want the comic's story to go. What you want to put in a script is totally up to what you find most helpful, but I like to start with a summary of what's happening on the page as a whole. Then I break it down into individual panels; writing a description of the background; what's going in the panel; ideas for composition. And of course, any dialogue or sound effects.

Also this might be a way of making the artwork thats more personal to me, but I find it extremely helpful to thumbnail out all of the pages all at once. I find it easier to make the story flow that way. Then I start sketching, going in the order of what pages I'll find hardest to work on to the easiest. It's a nice way to keep my enthusiasm and motivation strong. 

Also, this is probably an obvious one, but looking at comics you enjoy reading to see what they do well is always a good idea. I also like using movie screenshots to get ideas for panel compositions.

And that's everything I can think of right now, but I hope that's helpful to you! It seems like making comics is quite personal to the person/people making them, it's a matter of figuring out what works the best for you. In any case, it'd be super cool to read comics about your characters!

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TornTethers [2019-05-16 21:58:01 +0000 UTC]

just do it

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2ll3 [2019-05-16 21:49:15 +0000 UTC]

I WAS LITERALLY MULLING OVER THIS THOUGHT EARLIER TODAY // gently places into favorites to stalk later//

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death-puffs [2019-05-16 21:45:36 +0000 UTC]

From what I’ve heard

and this is only what I’ve seen around the art community 
to go ahead and make a script and do all your thumbnailing. It personally depends on you whether you want to do all the thumbnails before starting on individual pages or whatever. Like I said, that’s only what I’ve heard and seen people do as I don’t feel like I’m any where ready to make comics myself. 

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