During a recent Patreon Hangtime livestream, an interesting tip was passed along regarding completed goals.
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Drawing a person with black hair can be tricky. If you’re not careful, you can end up with someone who looks as if a stack of vinyl records melted on their head! This three-minute Clip Studio Paint tutorial shows my method for adding intricate looking (buy easy to do) highlights that will allow color to radiate through — giving you character a textured and nuanced appearance.
The effect, when color is added, can be quite beautiful.
Successful social media relies on engagement. The more a post is engaged, the more widely it gets distributed. There are many forms of engagement.
This episode of ComicLab is sponsored by Wacom! In this week’s show, the ComicLab guys discuss how big a comic’s cast of characters should be. Also on the show: Improving your comic by varying the line weight. Then a question asker asks if Brad would ever do a non-superhero comic, and finally Dave shares why he thinks bookstore signings are a waste of time.
BUT FIRST… Brad’s kids gift the Kellett children with thirty pounds of LEGOs.
ComicLab enamel pins
Each pin is available for $10 apiece. But ComicLab backers can get both for ten bucks. That’s like getting one of the pins for free! And you have two choices in which to make your purchase…
QUESTIONS ASKED…
Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.
A young person majoring in Sequential Art at a well-known art school wrote in with a list of twenty questions for me. I was happy to answer them, but since the questions seemed so universal, I asked permission to answer the questions in the form of a video so I could share it with others as well. This is the second of a series that will be in four parts — maybe more.
In this installment, I discuss the following topics:
Cartoonists make a lot of unnecessary mistakes when they try to show a character using a quiet voice. They’ll use grey letters — or worse, they’ll shrink the lettering. These aren’t great choices because they decrease the legibility of the lettering — and that’s one of the very few cardinals sins in comics.
Remember Guigar’s Law of Lettering: Nobody’s gonna read your comic if they can’t read your comic.
Here’s a simple way to denote a quiet voice or a whispering character without sacrificing readability.
To show whispering in a word balloon, don’t shrink the words.
Instead, enlarge the balloon!
The extra white space around the lettering will make the words seem smaller — even though they’re they same size as the rest of the lettering on the page! It’s a simple, elegant solution that doesn’t damage legibility (like greyed-out lettering light).
From a recent livestreamed drawing session, here’s a closer look at what I’m talking about…
This episode of ComicLab is sponsored by Wacom! In this week’s show, the ComicLab guys discuss analysis from paralysis! How do you stop overthinking a project?! Also, in this show, an update on Brad’s assistant, how to boost your confidence, and UNhelpful questions. Along the way, a listener asks for help with motivation and the guys discuss the perception that The Far Side is returning as a webcomic.
BUT FIRST… Did you know that Edgar Allan Poe only earned $9 for writing The Raven? … and he was inspired by Charles Dickens’ pet.
QUESTIONS ASKED…
Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com
Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.
Patreon has unveiled a new feature that makes it easier to track your backer’s payment history. Here’s a quick guide to help you use it to its full potential.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.This episode of ComicLab is sponsored by Wacom! In this week’s show, after Dave Kellett shares an update on his ongoing Kickstarter, the ComicLab guys share their plans for the next one year, three years, and five years.
BUT FIRST… Dave marvels over an elephant’s ability to take a leak.
Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com
Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.
This is a time when creativity seems to be at an all-time high everywhere you look. From carved pumpkins to costumes to haunted houses to the really scary stuff like, well…
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