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Hey friends!
Meg here for TUTOR TUESDAY! Just a quick beginning look at colors and some color theory! I’ve had a few recommendation for color palette stuff, so I hope this is a start! Paul has done some on color as well! If you have any recommendations send ‘em in here or my personal! Keep practicing, have fun, and I’ll see you next week!
Since I’ve been working a little more on sound effects in my comics, I thought I’d post a little tutorial on how I do it in Photoshop. Basically, it involves adjusting the letter size, spacing and baseline, adding some nice strokes and then warping it.
Hopefully this helps!
Here are some tips about pitching to comics anthologies, from an editor’s standpoint!
PS: The Other Side – the queer paranormal romance anthology I read those 375 pitches for – is gonna be on Kickstarter in just about a week. AreyouexcitedcuzI’mexcited
Hey friends, it’s Meg!
For this weeks TUTOR TUESDAY, I just wanted to have a little talk about the dreaded ART BLOCK. Why they happen and how to make them goooooo. If you have any tutorial recommendations, send them here or to my personal! Keep practicing, have fun, and I’ll see you next week!
Okay, so, I see a lot of problems with people getting works stolen off the internet because the art is in a “public space.” While yes, that is true, the internet is public space and art is posted there, but that doesn’t make it public property, properly known as “Public Domain.”
Public Domain:
“Art becomes public domain only after 70 years after the artist who made the work has DIED, 95 years after publication, or 120 years after creation, which ever comes first”. (Source). This is why you are allowed to use famous works like Van Gogh’s “Starry Knight” or Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” freely with out copyright issues, the artist have died well over 70 years ago, thus the work they have produced is now free for the pubic to use.
Publishing:
Posting art on the internet is not considered published works. “Published works are works that are made into copies able to distribute to the public.” (Source). Posting art on a site like tumblr, deviantart, message boards, youtube, vimeo, or any other number of websites are meant for display, not for redistribution unless the artist as stated that: “This work is available for redistribution.” However, if you do not see that sentence anywhere, then that art is purely for display only and you must ask that artist permission to use that work unless you are favoriting it on deviantart, reblogging/liking on tumblr/blogspot, adding the video/song to a playlist on youtube, etc.
Intellectual Property:
Now, until the art work is under public domain, the works in question are protected under “Intellectual Property.” Where artist, inventors, writers, creators in general, are protected under the constitution and have full ownership of the works they have created from the moment it is created. (Source). Taking someone’s work that does not belong to you is considered theft and punishable by the full extent of the law. Meaning, the case can be taken to court and serious repercussions will ensue for the offender. (Source). The works are not just protected in the US, but world wide, and outlined in “article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” (Source).
Article 27.
(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. (Source).
TL;DR: Yes the internet is public space, but that does not mean the works on the internet is considered public domain. All works are protected by Intellectual Property until it has been 70 years after artist’s death, 95 years after publication, or 120 years after date of creation; whatever comes first. Posting works on the internet does not count as publishing.
It is safe to say, any works created now will not be free to use publicly in your lifetime unless stated otherwise by the creator them self.
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Hey guys, this is for you digital artists out there.
My friends have created this site for tracking your images, it’s called copypants.com.
It sucks finding people who repost your art without crediting you. On top of finding your images, Copypants acts as a middleman for interacting with the reposters. They make it really easy to send credit requests to people reposting your work.
Check em out, copypants.com
If you guys run into any problems, feel free to email or message them.
Spread the word cause I found my art on websites I didn’t even know they existed.
@pompeiiablaze this seems like something you might be interested in!
i think it might be a good idea, when you’re designing a villain, if you look at them and think “why do these characteristics make me think of them as villainous” and like, if those characteristics reflect groups of real-life marginalized people….maybe, don’t go with those design choices?
*large hook noses, dark complexion, prominent lips, elderly, physical deformities, injuries, or disabilities, non-conforming gender presentation, obesity or overweight body types, improperly represented mental illnesses, sometimes sexual expression or agency especially in female villains, and certain accents*
Perspective in Storytelling 23
We have officially entered 3-point perspective territory!! I love 3-point perspective. This would be the FIRST time I used 3-point perspective, and it’s one of my favorites. Actually, that first inset panel was also in 3-point perspective…I was pretty excited about my new discovery!
Let me first be very clear: YOU DO NOT EVER HAVE TO DRAW 3-POINT PERSPECTIVE. It is not important. I don’t use it very often…about once every 20 pages, but it depends on the story. It’s just fun, and has the added bonus of making you look good. But technically, it is never needed to tell a good story.
When you do use it, make sure it’s for something that matters. It will make your reader’s eyes pause. The panel will last longer. This isn’t just because it’s pretty. Let me explain a theory I have:
The human eye can’t see all that much at once. And as such, it really only sees in 1-point or 2-point perspective. This is maybe technically not true…like we all have some sort of fisheye thing going on in the corners of our eyes. But the stuff we can focus on in one glance is pretty straight forward.
Perspective changes when we move our eyes, or turn our heads. The actual act of seeing in 3-point perspective or fisheye or panorama—or anything that advanced—is from us seeing something in multiple frames. So when we see something complex like this, it makes us think we are IN THE ACT of moving our eyes or our heads. So in a way, crazy perspective makes one panel seem like a short animation sequence.
Uh, either that, or I’m just crazy.
Technique-wise, what I’ve done here is use my tilted 2-point perspective strategy, and added to it. So I first go to Edit>Free Transform and adjust as I did in this video. THEN, before I click that checkbox, I right-click the grid, and it gives me more transform options. I pick “Distort,” and drag a couple corners so that the set of lines that once were parallel are parallel no longer.
When you do this you have to decide which side of those parallel lines you’d like to stretch. So just ask yourself which side you think is slightly closer to you, the viewer.
In this panel I made the closest perspective point pretty low, so everything above it’s super distorted. There are so many fun things you can do with perspective!
(Let me do you a favor and say do NOT try using 3-point perspective in panels that are small, or ones where there are not a lot of lines. It’s just a waste of your time; no one will notice that it’s 3-point perspective, even subconsciously, because there’s not enough to go by.)
There is no number five.
Helpful links
Seven Hidden Patterns of Successful Storyboards
Perspective in Storytelling
Guide to Panel Variation
Comic Lettering
Wally Wood’s 22 Panel Tips
Camera Angels Tutorial
The most important tip I could ever give towards drawing/creating good comics is to read comics. Good, bad, mediocre, read them all and learn from them.
Webcomics I love :: Nimona | Monsieur Charlatan | Hemlock | Prague Race | Lost Nightmare
UPDATE: 01/15 there’s now a PART TWO
I hope this clears up some issues with the previous tutorial.
Recommended Tutorials
Cinematography of the Incredibles
7 Hidden Patterns of Successful Storyboarding (I know this was in the last one but I think it’s really good)
How to make Comic (by Melodie Lapot)
Amateur Letter Mistakes (by Nate Piekos)
Panel Variation
Perspective in Storytelling (by Amy Reeder)
Obeying Screen Direction
I’m always happy to answer questions, and remember, this isn’t gospel! Just make sure you have fun!
7 Hidden Patterns of Successful Storyboards, a session with Sherm Cohen, who worked on Spongebob Squarepants among other popular cartoons. This is definitely worth watching!
Update: 05/15/15
Adjusted a few things regarding handwritten dialogue and sound effects. Hope you find the revisions helpful.
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All these pages are 8.5x11, 300 dpi. Feel free to print it out in full size if you like physical copies
Comics and Comic Artists
Jake Wyatt- deviantart tumblr
Suggested Reading/Books: Scott McCloud’s “Making Comics” (entirely done in comic format) Exercises/Practices/Tutorials:
With those “when you want to design a character but you don’t know color theory” posts flying around I thought this would be relevant again.
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there’s also Coolors website that gives you randomized palettes!
noire73:
dreadofthegrave:
irlmun:
sombreroh:
why should you make a webcomic?
how can you make a webcomic?
what if nobody sees my webcomic :(
It also might be good for an artistic resume or portfolio.
Welp, guess that settles it. I need to start a webcomic.
reblogging this to add while the original link to the theme in this post is inactive, you can find the newest webcomic theme here
I might need this some day
I need to print this out and stick it on my wall.
Theme 37061 is no longer valid. Instead, try Simple Webcomic Theme (V4)
