#comic creation

[14pointperspective]

I’ve got some characters and a rough outline for a story. Thinking of sharing the process on here. How do you all use tumblr to help in your creative process?

[rrrmasashi9]

I NEED NOTE BOOKS!!!

I feel like there’s some kind of special relationship between creators and notebooks. Writers and comic artists don’t just “like” notebooks — we basically love them.

Even though we write everything on our computers nowadays, we still feel the urge to write in notebooks, too. Like, we convince ourselves we “need” a notebook just for plot ideas or character building.

And before I knew it… I somehow ended up with a ridiculous amount of notebooks. (lol)

It's like notebook addiction, "I NEED NOTE BOOKS!! I NEED NOTE BOOKS" Wait, before that, I need to see a doctor maybe.

Anyone else feel the same way?

[overlordraax]

Say, for anyone who is ever interested in writing or drawing comics and it's your first time doing it, one thing I always recommend looking at is the 2000AD comic submission guides:

How to make comics the 2000 AD way!

If you've ever wanted to work for the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, just follow the rules for our open submissions windows

For those who don't know, 2000AD is the company that produces Judge Dredd in the UK. The way you used to get into 2000AD wasn't to pitch your super awesome Judge Dredd story but to write them a short 4 page self contained story and if they liked it then they'd take it on. While they don't take submissions anymore I still think their guide is one of the most useful things to give to any beginner, especially their writer and artist commandments.

Their guides are super easy and accessible for new comers and in general just have some pretty solid advice. If you've ever been interested in creating a comic but unsure where to start absolutely give this a go!

[tallowandport]

Me, ageing 70 years just by looking at all the convoluted, retcon filled, reboot riddled, hot-potato-pass-to-the-next-writer, comics of DC and Marvel like: "maybe I should just make my own superhero comic, instead of trying to read any of this."

(please note: I'm not actually dissing marvel or dc comics, this post is made mostly in jest, I'm just pointing out how crazy things can get once an IP is in the hands of multiple different writers/arists over the years- all of whom can have pretty different ideas)

[arainmorn-art]

Hi! I just wanted to pop in to say this! I was recently re-reading deciphering for the like 5th time, and while I could go on forever about everything from the writing and concept to the backgrounds, etc, etc, i wanted to shout out how you draw faces? Oh my godddddd you're incredible. The emotions and expressions you make throughout the comic are so fantastic. Its so seamless that I didnt notice the first couple times. However, art ive recently experienced changes how I act (which i do all the time to myself) and I noticed myself replicating the more intense, distinct facial expressions in your drawings. It almost feels cartoonish in how distinct the expressions you do are and how you focus on them (not in a childish way, in a "focused on the emotions and therefore the body language because its not live action" way) which is just so so so much fun. The emphasis you put on expressing the emotions of the characters outside of dialogue through faces and imagery-- which i won't go into here but oh my god know that I love you for that, i love imagery-- is what makes this one of the best comics I've ever read.

Anyway I love you so much thank you for making your art!!!!

Aww, thank you. Let me tell you...

I don't know if there are thousands, but I make hundreds of photo references for every chapter for expressions, body language, angles and lighting. And as I am a closest thing I have to reference, I feel like currently I have more photos of myself than an average instachick x) Gosh, it's a forth year I'm drawing this comic and it's still mostly flying talking heads spread on a page x) So yeah, I'm referencing my face a lot. I'd say I do it too much and for the next comic I should do more diverse characters that look less like me (literary) and push myself to find more references, buuuuuut... right now it goes as it goes, let me finish it as it is. Welp, and I'm having fun with what I have, day work is hard enough right now x') It's also fun though to transform myself into a guy.

Yeah, I'm making some part of the process plain easier for myself x) But still, yeah, exaggerating expressions even with photorefs is just a skill.

Man, it's funny that a sneaky photo here is still more expressive than a drawing, huh xD My bad, should have push it more.

Same method goes to Miles, though he is just not as goofy as I go with my version of Phoenix x) He's mostly a drama boi and I try to act like this.

Though, of course, he also has silly his moments x)

As a past friend of mine once told me, comic artists are just lazy animators. When I fully became one, I could not agree more x) Yes, it's not animated, so I share a comic philosophy that every frame should tell as much as it could no matter the style. Welp, my style is both semi-realistic and cartoony in a sense, so I guess I'm taking the best from both worlds? Don't know. I just like how it goes :3

And it's just fun x)

[punksbiggestsellout]

I thought I would show you all what everything will look like once its colored! I Thought Nolan would be a good example, so here's what the finished panel looks like! Secrets. No context given.

[cwtx0]

So just had this idea. Basically, someone should start a webtoon and a cosplay account. Until the webtoon becomes more popular, don't specifically make cosplays of ur character but gain followers gradually. Anyway, after the webtoon becomes popular start making cosplays of ur characters. At least until people start commenting "it's _ irl". Then, start making posts like claiming ur the author. After, pay people or just start a commentary video sending urself hate and promoting ur webtoon. And then when the hate train comes, just reveal ur the author. Then the internet drama will make the webtoon more famous and U just bamboozled the internet.