Color Flatting Your Comic
This post was kindly submitted by Tony Piro, who has given his kind permission to us to use it here.
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This post was kindly submitted by Tony Piro, who has given his kind permission to us to use it here.
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Writer/artist collaborations can be powerful, but it’s not a guarantee to success. One of the crucial aspects to forming a beneficial creative team is being honest about yourself, your partner — and how both of you work with in a collaborative setting. Think about how you and your partner react to each other.
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As webcartoonists careen down the uncharted territory of this new economy, it might be useful to take a quick peek in the rear-view mirror. Obviously, keeping one’s business viable during this challenging time is pretty daunting, but are there actually a few opportunities out there?
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Here’s a list of useful Photoshop shortcuts I’ve found. They should work in almost all versions.
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Not long ago, Scott Kurtz posted an introspective piece here on Buffering. In it, he pondered if it was helpful or hurtful to have a large buffer.
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If you’re like most people, you’re fully in the swing of buying presents for the upcoming holidays. But you’re not most people, are you? No, although you’re on a tight budget, you still pride yourself on choosing unique and thoughtful gifts for the people on your list. You love the look on the recipients’ faces when they light up over your perfectly chosen token of esteem. And you know you don’t always find gifts like that at Wal-Mart, don’t you?
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In an earlier post, I gave some tips on writing press releases. Now that you know how to write an effective press release, it’s important to consider an important question: Is it News? No matter how well you’ve written your press release, if there isn’t something newsworthy going on, no one will be able to bring themselves to run your piece. Judging newsworthiness is difficult — especially if you’re considering your own work. In general, here are some justifiable reasons to send out press releases:
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Scott sits this one out while Brad, Kris and Dave rustle up some deep webcomics conversation.
Submitted by Antoine Gagnon.
The three most used statistics programs used on a Web site are Webalizer, Awstats and Google Analytics. While nobody really knows which one is the best, we can surely all agree on two common elements.
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When I was visiting Seattle, I talked a little with Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins about their process for making Penny-Arcade. They don’t approach things the same way that many of us do. In fact, I would say that when it comes time to actually create Penny-Arcade, Mike and Jerry really aren’t working on a webcomic per se. They’re just making Penny-Arcade. Whatever that is, however anyone who views it feels the need to label it. It is what it is, and their process bears very little resemblance to what I do on a daily basis.
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