Something many beginner comic artists struggle with ( including yours truly ) is remembering about light source during inking process and thus making correct line-weight decisions.
The light should be incdicated by heavy lines on the dark side and thinner lines on the light side (with the exception of non-colid objects such as clouds).
2019-11-20 08:51:40 +0000 UTC
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Those lines are known as action lines, speed lines, movement lines, zip ribbons or motion lines and obviously indicate direction and speed. They are very common in manga.
Second type of speed lines are called radial speed lines:
Digital software such ...
2019-11-17 08:57:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Tempest's fuse is is getting shorter.
On the first panel OC Cameo of Lazy Gear, half-zebra half-unicorn :)
Lullaby bounces back, Thistle learns more about her -- and some troubles are brewing.
2019-11-15 08:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostMany comic artists ( such as Andy Price) still pencil and ink their comic on Bristol paper, using nibs or brushes (usually Kolinsky sable ) for inking. On the photo (sadly in pristine condition ) my collection of Tachikawa comic nibs and holders. Different nibs vary in flexibility and elasticity so they produce differnt types of lines.
From the left: &nb...
2019-11-14 08:36:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Thistle learns more about Lulu. Strangers approaching!
2019-11-13 07:58:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear old and new Patrons,
Page 50 is here! 🎉 🎊
I wanted it to be something calm and reflective, a symbolic ending to "part 1".
Fifty pages took me 5 months to pencil, ink and colour, yet it’s not even two IDW issues worth of a story (with some arcs being 96 pages long). If all goes well and people will keep reading and supporting it, this comic might clock about 120 pages.
And the next 10 pages will shake up things a lot...
2019-11-12 09:34:14 +0000 UTC View PostTwo types of composition used in panels are:
Symmetrical -- reserved for special moments, such as this extreme close-up:
And more common rule of thirds -- used for well-balanced effect -- where the main elements of the panel are positioned on any of the axes (or their intersections):
2019-11-11 08:19:22 +0000 UTC
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Woohoo, Page 50! I wanted it to be something calm and reflective. This time I'm also attaching pencil art for comparison :)
Thistle comforts the child. Tempest changes her objective.
Coming up next - Page 50!
2019-11-09 08:53:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe order in which the eye travels around the page ( in Western comic ) is always from left to right and from top to bottom.
In fact, "left to right" ---> applies to every panel. It's what's on the left that will draw the reader's attention first.
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2019-11-08 08:49:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I have now created TV Tropes page for ASL -- feel free to add new tropes or/and edit existing ones ^_^
2019-11-07 16:32:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Thistle figures out what's going on -- and Tempest changes her objective.
2019-11-07 09:00:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Aftermath.
Coming up next: Tempest changes her objective.
2019-11-06 08:53:53 +0000 UTC View PostOur minds like nice, straight lines, so when the frames are slanted or otherwise off balance, it creates an unsettling result. See the example below!
When nightmares combine.
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A couple of words about Rusty. He will get fleshed out more in the future, but for now I hope you can already guess a couple of things about him: not only that he's a sociopath ( meaning among other things that he has very little empathy ), but that he was also attached to Rye (not uncommon in people with such disorder) and shares similar fate with Lullaby. From the previous page you ...
2019-11-03 09:25:56 +0000 UTC View PostA long shot is known as "establishing shot" and it's job is to introduce the setting in a new scene. If it shows the exterior, it is usually followed by an interior, like in the example below:
When nightmares combine. (This page looks much more creepier in colour.)
2019-11-01 08:30:30 +0000 UTC View Post
When Lullaby and Rust Wing lived under one roof.
2019-10-31 08:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostEvery single panel should contain a tiny cliffhanger that keeps the reader attention. And there should be a bigger cliffhanger placed at the end of every page. Those cliffangers are called hooks.
Sometimes it's a subtle one; other times it's more obvious:
Lulu's memory-dream about her time on Thistle's farm under Rusty's "care". Page 1 / 2.
2019-10-29 09:53:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Thistle and Tempest try to break the ice. And Rusty adjusts his plan.
2019-10-28 09:02:41 +0000 UTC View PostI want to return to the idea of sharing trivia about comic making. Perhaps you will find it interesting! :-)
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Did you know? The empty space between panels is called the gutter. Gutters allow readers to fill in the gaps between the parts. In the scene below you see three panels and decide what happens between them, forming a story in your head. In comic, this process is known as "closure" .
2019-10-26 11:14:40 +0000 UTC
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In which Tempest and Thistle attempt to tell a joke.
2019-10-26 08:01:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Lullaby for Lullaby.
Enter the villain.
2019-10-25 08:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Enter the villain, cousin Rust Wing.
I have later moved his Creepy Eye panel to Page 45. Also, Panel 1 looks much more interesting with colours and background ;-)
2019-10-23 09:47:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I enjoy drawing all pages...but especially pages like this one ^_^
2019-10-22 07:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post
