How can i stay motivated when drawing a comic?
November 29th, 2008 | by admin |I've been working on a comic for a while off and on. I've only made 6 pages but for me its a personal record. I want to make the comic 100+ pages. but how can I stay motivated?
Pre-production is the most important part. When my friend and I made comics growing up they never got over 20-25 pages before we'd get fed up and start a new one, or re start that one.
Generally the real problem was that neither of us were writers or even remotely interested in writing, our stories were awful (to say the least.)
The most important thing is to have a good solid story. One that has a beginning middle and end, Something that really appeals to you. Then you need to spend 5 times longer on character designs then you feel you need to. If you like a character, that's cool, however if you LOVE your characters you'll want to see it through even more.
Once I like a character design, I'll take that image and tack it to the wall in front of me, then I'll play with it more. Exaggerate the things I like, and fix the little things I don't like. It's not until I am happy with every button and lace that I stop.
Then each character has to work with the next, so if I have 4-5 characters I'll line them up, if one's not working I'll start that one again from scratch or matnipulate what I have done already.
The same thing goes for backgrounds and props. They are every bit as important as your characters.
Once everything has been designed you put it all together in what artists call their bible. you can refer back to it to make sure all your characters stay the same, locations stay the same ect…
Once you have that done it's a strait run. you will be able to draw everything quicker because you've done it before, you know where the story is going so you never have to stop and thing what will happen next.
Coffee works well at this stage, it helps churn out pages.
Always work rough first, then you can go back and clean things later.
An easy way to ink your work is to take your clean pencil work and photocopy it on light. just dark enough so you can see your lines. Then go over it with your ink.
Or just do it in photoshop, that's easier still.
By Kassidy on Nov 29, 2008
Think about how everyone will be amazed and proud of you when you finish, also maybe you should think about getting the comic publish hoped i helpled gl!
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By international_72521 on Nov 29, 2008
Depression and holding it inside to the point where the only way you can express it is through completing your comic book.
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By Rhubix on Nov 29, 2008
Pre-production is the most important part. When my friend and I made comics growing up they never got over 20-25 pages before we'd get fed up and start a new one, or re start that one.
Generally the real problem was that neither of us were writers or even remotely interested in writing, our stories were awful (to say the least.)
The most important thing is to have a good solid story. One that has a beginning middle and end, Something that really appeals to you. Then you need to spend 5 times longer on character designs then you feel you need to. If you like a character, that's cool, however if you LOVE your characters you'll want to see it through even more.
Once I like a character design, I'll take that image and tack it to the wall in front of me, then I'll play with it more. Exaggerate the things I like, and fix the little things I don't like. It's not until I am happy with every button and lace that I stop.
Then each character has to work with the next, so if I have 4-5 characters I'll line them up, if one's not working I'll start that one again from scratch or matnipulate what I have done already.
The same thing goes for backgrounds and props. They are every bit as important as your characters.
Once everything has been designed you put it all together in what artists call their bible. you can refer back to it to make sure all your characters stay the same, locations stay the same ect…
Once you have that done it's a strait run. you will be able to draw everything quicker because you've done it before, you know where the story is going so you never have to stop and thing what will happen next.
Coffee works well at this stage, it helps churn out pages.
Always work rough first, then you can go back and clean things later.
An easy way to ink your work is to take your clean pencil work and photocopy it on light. just dark enough so you can see your lines. Then go over it with your ink.
Or just do it in photoshop, that's easier still.
References :
By berdoz on Nov 29, 2008
you need an audience. make it into a webcomic.
If people read your comic and loved it and kept on bugging you, you would end up drawing every day to keep it up.
of course, finding an audience will be very very difficult. however, it really is the best way to keep your motivation. maybe try a gallery site like deviantart or some other site.
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