#mark crilley

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Trilogy Tour II 1988

by Jeff Smith (Bone), Charles Vess (Rose), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother), Linda Medley (Castle Waiting) and Mark Crilley (Akiko)

Source: Comicart Boston (comicartfans)

Bone Trilogy II Tour Limited Edition Cover (Jeff Smith), in Comicart Boston's Bone (Jeff Smith, Charles Vess, Aaron Conley) Comic Art Gallery Room

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While I'm up shout out to Mark Crilley for including how to draw fat people in his mastering manga book from 2012

It's no Morpho but at least I could draw an approximation of myself as a weeb in the 2010s

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Writing Tips: Mark Crilley's Tips for writing

Years back, I made some notes based on YouTuber/Artist/Writer Mark Crilley’s tips for writing.

Creating Characters:

Spend Time with Your Characters: Get to know your characters. Show readers their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Let readers connect with them on a personal level.

Make Them Face Challenges: Characters need to go through tough situations. When characters suffer or struggle, readers empathize and root for them.

Emotional Journey: As your characters embark on physical journeys, also explore their emotional growth. Show how their experiences shape their feelings, relationships, and outlook on life.

Building Conflicts:

Keep Readers Guessing: Craft conflicts that leave readers curious about what happens next. Make them wonder and speculate. This maintains their interest.

Embrace Unresolved Conflicts: Not every conflict needs a tidy resolution. Some conflicts can persist, creating tension and complexity in your story. Don't rush to solve everything; let some issues linger.

Engaging Beginnings:

Create Contrast: Start by depicting the ordinary, everyday life of your characters. Then introduce something extraordinary or unexpected. Contrasting the two makes for a captivating beginning.

Reveal Motivation: Early on, establish why your main character is motivated to act. Knowing their goals and desires hooks readers into their journey.

Set the Rules: If your story is set in a unique world with its own rules, introduce these rules gradually. It helps readers understand the environment and its challenges.

Begin with Drama: Start your story with a bang by diving into a moment of high drama or tension. It grabs readers' attention and makes them eager to find out what happens next.

This is part of my Writing Tips series. Everyday I publish a writing tip to this blog.

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This popped into my head, and I'm having trouble sleeping, so I'm just going to rave about it.

I think this book is pretty cool as far as "how to draw manga" books go. The author emphasizes the importance of learning how to draw basic, realistic human anatomy toward the beginning, but there's more to it. He provides guidelines for drawing things like these:

People of various ages, from toddlers to octogenarians

Plus-size people--as in, actual overweight/obese people and their unique characteristics

HANDS

Action scenes and dynamic poses

Kisses for all your wholesome, romantic needs

Different styles of "anime eyes"

The flow and folds of various types of fabric/clothing

Backgrounds and panel layouts for people who want create manga or graphic novels

It's just really cool and way more in-depth than you'd expect this type of book to be. And apparently he's made a couple of follow-ups?? I might have to check them out.

Anyway, that's all.

[michaels-office-hours]

“We need more morally grey women in media”

Y’all don’t even talk about Talia from Brody’s Ghost smh

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Akiko volume 2: The Meance of Alia Rellapor (2002)

Story and Art: Mark Crilley

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You know, Mark Crilley doesn't have the best art tutorials on youtube but by god if he isn't the only art youtuber I can still stand watching after all these years. They're just so relaxing compared to all the Ethan Becker-style high energy stuff or "niche art community drama over a speedpaint" videos idk i'm rambling bc this is more of a 'random thought you'd put in a diary entry' post than a message to the world but all the tutorials rn seem to be either way too advanced or simple so I'm mostly just watching stuff that's plesant to have in the background while I draw in another tab but I used to eat all the art tutorials i could get my hands on