comic page Archive

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    Book Store Page added to Blog – How To Draw Comics and Resources

    Like most aspiring comic book artists I look to books for instruction, inspirations and resources. Almost as soon as I started reading comics I wanted to create comics too. My introduction to comic creating was Marvel Comics Try-Out Book. This book taught me so much...

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  • Free Comic Book Resources – Scene Design Page

    Free Comic Book Resources – Scene Design Page

    One of the most important things when drawing a comic book is the background. You can have the most stylized or realistic characters, but if the background is weak then the whole comic can suffer. Things on your paper will just not look right. If...

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    Free Comic Book Resources – Layout Pages

    Thumbnails are very important when your drawing sequential stories. To help with this you can use Comic Book Layout Pages to sketch down your ideas. It’s a great way to play with different angles and vintage points. You get a good practice before you decide...

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    Free Comic Book Resources – Concept Sketch Page

    When drawing your character designs it’s fun to do it on specialized paper. Ofcoure you don’t need a Concept Sketch Page to draw. You can use any type of paper, but it’s cool to have an organized looking paper system. What I’ve done is created...

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    24 Hour Comics Day 2009 – Santa Fe, NM

    This year I participated in the annual 24 Hour Comic. The challenge is to create 24 pages of comic book with in 24 hours. This was the second time I’ve done it. I really had a great time doing it too. At times it felt...

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    24 Hour Comics Day 2009 – Santa Fe, Part 2

    The Half Way Point! Participating in 24 Hour Comics Day. Here I am 12 hours into the challenge. Not as far ahead as I had planned. But still having fun. I originally planned to have the comic done within the 1st 12 hours. I’m actually...

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    24 Hour Comics Day 2009 – Santa Fe, Part 1

    This year I participated in 24 Hour Comics Day again. It was held on October Saturday the 3rd to 4th. I had such a blast with it last year there was no question I would do it again. The goal is to create 24 comic...

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    How to Draw Comics Book Review – How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

    I’ve wanted to be a comic book artist as long as I’ve been reading comics. To be able to play with the heroes I read about. Like most aspiring artists I looked to books to show me the right way to draw comics. How the...

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    24 Hour Comic 2008 – Santa Fe, NM

    I created this comic book in 23 hours with the help of my girlfriend (she inked the pages) for 24 Hour Comic 2008. Click on any of the pages to see larger. If you start with the 1st page you can read the whole comic....

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    Some Sequential Thumbnails

    After drawing 24 pages of Sequential Art at last weeks 24 Hour comic, I’ve decided to post some comic page thumbnails I’ve been working on. I’m planning on finishing these by next week so I can get them in 7000 BC’s String comic. It’s a...

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