Comic Trivia #19
This panel to panel trasition is known as aspect-to-aspect and shows different aspects (of a place, idea or mood) occurring simultaneously within the same scene. Below we see Thistle observing Tempest destroying Timberwolf:
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RI Cover #1
I was asked to provide 2-3 rough concepts for the cover. Sometimes IDW cames back with a feedback or asks for another sketch; once they are happy with the concepts they send them over to Hasbro; Hasbro then selects one cover and sometimes requests small changes to be made.
Last time IDW sent me a manuscript to read and draw something from it; other two times they gave me a free hand, so the RI covers are often "random".
I don't have my drawing tablet with me right now,...
2019-12-19 08:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostComic Trivia #18
Next type of panel-to-panel transition is known as scene-to-scene and transports the reader across significant distances of time and space.
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IDW Publishing have decided to hire me draw yet another retail incentive cover for them and I'll be posting here my sketches, updates and work-in-progress. This is Patreon-only content, so please don't share anything :)
Anyway, here are my two previous covers:
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Still not an official couple, though...
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A Storm's Lullaby is now going on hiatus for the rest of the year. However Patreon activity will continue, as I work on a new, exciting MLP project I will annunce soon :] Stay tuned!
2019-12-15 08:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostComic Trivia #17
Next type of panel-to-panel transition is known as subject-to-subject. We change the subject but stay within the same scene or idea. This transition requires extra involvement from a reader, who looks for connection between different shots.
Comic Trivia #16
Next type of panel-to-panel transition is the most common: action-to-action. Here a single subject is progressing through a specific movement:
Comic Trivia #15
Famous comic theorist Scott McCloud indentifies six types of panel-to-panel transitions responsible for different types of closure.
Number #1 is called moment-to-moment transition. It shows basic movements occurring, such as eyes closing.
Comic Trivia #14
Line of Sight is used to subconsciously lead the reader's eye around the panel and each page.
On the page below I have used character’s line of sight, shapes, gestures, props and dialogue bubbles to guide your attention (and keep it away of the page bounds!).
Russian Comic Dub & Reaction Video
"A Storm's Lullaby" is being translated into Russian and YouTube channel Comic Books turned it into video dub. Here's Part 1 and Part 2
Another channel Флаттер Грин posted reaction videos to it: Part 1 and 2019-12-02 16:15:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Comic Trivia #13
The juxtaposition of photorealistic backgrounds/items and cartoonish characters is known as "masking" and is wildly used in manga.
[ よつばと! / Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma]
2019-12-02 08:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Lulu gets an idea. Pretty obvious one...
2019-11-30 09:02:30 +0000 UTC View PostComic Trivia #12
Next type of shot is called worm's eye view, where we look at the world from below.
It can be used when we want to compare characters and/or objects. In my panel below I try to convey the unequal power struggle between Lulu and towering Tempest.
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Some of you are wondering why hasn’t Lullaby realised yet that the Storm Monster and Fizzy are in fact, one and the same pony. Her age plays the part of course, but most of all, it's a confirmation bias.
It's a tendency to “search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that affirms one's prior beliefs or hypotheses”, picking and choosing data, discarding bits that don't fit the narrative.
Since Lulu has re...
2019-11-27 09:27:34 +0000 UTC View PostComic Trivia #11
Bird's eye view shot captures the scene from above. It's used to establish a setting and character's place in it:
It can be also used to diminish the characters and make them feel vulnerable. In this panel Thistle, Lu and Tempest are about to face the storm:
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Drawing action is always challenging. But fun.
2019-11-24 09:10:25 +0000 UTC View PostComic Trivia #10
PB taught me that lettering rule.
The only time an "I" with the crossbars is being used in comic is either for the personal pronoun "I" or an acronym. (In all-caps comic fonts you bring out the crossbar I with a Shift.)
2019-11-23 08:15:08 +0000 UTC View PostA Storm's Lullaby Page 54 Inks
And done.
Coming up next: questions.
2019-11-22 08:30:11 +0000 UTC View Post