Last week I had to draw a comic book cover for the next issue of William the Last (published by Antarctic Press.) Below you’ll find the steps from initial thumbnail scribble, to a tighter scribble, to inks (which I did by hand this time), to color. It took an afternoon, and the hardest part is…
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If you’re trying to figure out how to animate in clip studio paint, this might help. There are about four or five things to keep in mind getting started, and they’re not hard to learn, but they’re not obvious when you first get going. I’m not a great animator, but if you’re looking to use…
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I’ve been uploading videos for three months on my YouTube Channel, and just hit 100 subscribers. Which means now I have my custum URL www.youtube.com/brianshearer. In this video I highlight 4 videos to help you draw comics. I do live streams while drawing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays around 10:00am or so. You can always…
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I’ve been doing several live streams on YouTube where I document how I go about creating my webcomic, William the Last. Here’s one from this week where I show how to layout a comic page and then move into inking. Also, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube channel 🙂
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A quick tutorial on how to draw faces better. Flip the image!
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Drawing Environments: Keeping it Simple It doesn’t take much to change the context of a setting. In the above image we’re just looking out over a field–maybe standing in tall grass or at the edge of an unseen pond. Maybe we’re miles from anyone and we just have time to sit, think, and watch nature….
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I recently gave some tips on how to choose paper for drawing comics. Once you have decided on the paper you need, you will have to either 1) mark off the areas of the paper to draw in or, 2) print a template onto the paper. The second is way easier, but in case you…
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When I made my first attempt at drawing a comic with the intent of publishing, I had a hard time finding the right paper. This was about fifteen years ago and I knew that most comics were drawn larger than print size (11×17 for the standard American comic) but I couldn’t find that size…
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HOW TO COLOR A COMIC IN PHOTOSHOP – COLOR AND TEXTURE OVERLAYS WHAT IS AN OVERLAY? An overlay in Photoshop can help add a little extra to your colors. Two ways to achieve this are through either a texture or color overlay that can help unify the page. You don’t have to…
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HOW TO COLOR A COMIC IN PHOTOSHOP – SHADOWS AND HIGHLIGHTS Last time I went over how to color your comic with flat colors. This time I’ll go over some more fun stuff: rendering shadows and highlights. So far you should have two layers — one for the lineart and one for the flat…
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