Graphic Design Archive

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    Free Comic Book Resources – Sketch Card Sheet

    For the past few years I’ve noticed a lot of comic artist creating sketch cards. You can find them on their personal website and Deviant Art. I think it’s a really great trend. You can both create and collect awesome art. I’ve been wanting to...

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    Free Comic Book Resources – Character Design 180°

    Research is very important when working on a comic book. If I’m going to draw a car, horse or gun then I need to know what it looks like. The same can be said about the characters in the comic too. Back in the 90′s...

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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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    Comic Book Digital Inking Techniques with Illustrator Vector Anchor Points

    I’ve received several requested to show the steps I used to create my digital inking of the Fantastic Four pin up I did of artist Ariel Padilla’s pencils.  I was looking for some art to ink and found the pencils on his DeviantArt page. This...

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    Vader’s Fist – The 501st Legion – Digitally Inked in Adobe Illustrator

    A few months ago I decided to draw Vader’s Fist, the 501st Legion. I’m a huge Star Wars fan and wanted to draw something cool. I usually draw comic book characters but I think it was a fun change to draw some sci-fi stuff. The...

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    Dick Grayson the New Batman – Sketches for Redesign

    With the original Batman’s death in Final Crises there were many theories of who would take on the mantel. With the conclusion of Battle for the Cowl we learn that Dick Grayson officially become the new Batman. Grayson is the original Robin who has been...

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    Modern Age Comics Flyer ads

    A few days ago my girlfriend was cleaning one of my old portfolio cases. I had told her she could use it for a collections class she is taking this semester.  As she was taking out my old work that was still in the portfolio...

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    Batman 2.0 Redesign for Project Rooftop

    When I read there was going to be contest to redesign Batman, it sounded like great fun. Titled Batman 2.0: The Dynamic Do-Over. This cool project was arranged by the great people at Project Rooftop. With Batman’s death in Grant Morrison’s Batman R.I.P. and Final...

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