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 Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 7:44 pm
Okay... I had an idea for a manga one day, but I reached one delima... Do you draw the boxes before or after you draw the picture? I feel stupid, but it was worth a shot.
And about the word bubbles would you write the words firs tor make the bubbles?
One more stupid question: Would you recommend having a compy program or is it good to have it on paper too?
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 8:06 pm
If you are genuinely curious about something, no question is stupid. So, don't shoot yourself down like that! Most professionals don't jump right into a finished page. They plan first. When I draw a comic/manga page, I start off with thumbnails of the entire page first. A thumbnail is basically a very small drawing where you plan out where everything goes. Panels, the "boxes" around the pictures, and word bubbles would also be figured out here. Here are 4 pages of thumbnails from my personal webcomic:  Look how it's really unrefined and messy. I'm only trying to figure out how the entire page would look like, so I'm not worried about how it looks. If you want to know how small these boxes are, all 4 "pages" fit in a regular piece of printer paper. In the case of word bubbles, I like to write the words first before drawing the bubbles, so I won't be "cramming" the words in a tiny word bubble or leaving too much space. I use Photoshop to make my comic pages, but a lot of comic artists still like using pen and paper. It really depends on you, whatever is most comfortable.
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:23 pm
Kupocake If you are genuinely curious about something, no question is stupid. So, don't shoot yourself down like that! Most professionals don't jump right into a finished page. They plan first. When I draw a comic/manga page, I start off with thumbnails of the entire page first. A thumbnail is basically a very small drawing where you plan out where everything goes. Panels, the "boxes" around the pictures, and word bubbles would also be figured out here. Here are 4 pages of thumbnails from my personal webcomic: Look how it's really unrefined and messy. I'm only trying to figure out how the entire page would look like, so I'm not worried about how it looks. If you want to know how small these boxes are, all 4 "pages" fit in a regular piece of printer paper. In the case of word bubbles, I like to write the words first before drawing the bubbles, so I won't be "cramming" the words in a tiny word bubble or leaving too much space. I use Photoshop to make my comic pages, but a lot of comic artists still like using pen and paper. It really depends on you, whatever is most comfortable. something tells me you're a nnosy person lol and i get it now thanks^^' and I'll be forced to use pen and paper since my family can't afford to waste money on photoshop
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:37 pm
I'm a guild moderator, of course I'm nosy. xd Gimp and Paint.net are both good, legally free alternatives to Photoshop. They're not as good as Photoshop, but for comic-based purposes, they do fine. Even if you're working traditionally, if you want to put your comic up on the internet, it's always good to have a nice digital imaging program to clean up your work.
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:43 pm
Kupocake I'm a guild moderator, of course I'm nosy. xd Gimp and Paint.net are both good, legally free alternatives to Photoshop. They're not as good as Photoshop, but for comic-based purposes, they do fine. Even if you're working traditionally, if you want to put your comic up on the internet, it's always good to have a nice digital imaging program to clean up your work. thanks! hmm i've been wodering, Are these programs, programs you can edit your own drawings? like if you draw it on paper then scan it, can you make it look digital?
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:44 pm
xXxinvisible cool catxXx Okay... I had an idea for a manga one day, but I reached one delima... Do you draw the boxes before or after you draw the picture? I feel stupid, but it was worth a shot. And about the word bubbles would you write the words firs tor make the bubbles? One more stupid question: Would you recommend having a compy program or is it good to have it on paper too? Well, it sort of works both ways, some times it can be a good thing to draw a picture then add the border cause it can make things line up if your doing multiple panels of the same view (Like a mutil-panel panorama view), although sometimes drawing the panels first can serve so get the flow of the story right before making the actual images. As for word bubbles, I'd write the text first so that you know the bubble will be the right size.
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:45 pm
xXxinvisible cool catxXx Kupocake I'm a guild moderator, of course I'm nosy. xd Gimp and Paint.net are both good, legally free alternatives to Photoshop. They're not as good as Photoshop, but for comic-based purposes, they do fine. Even if you're working traditionally, if you want to put your comic up on the internet, it's always good to have a nice digital imaging program to clean up your work. thanks! hmm i've been wodering, Are these programs, programs you can edit your own drawings? like if you draw it on paper then scan it, can you make it look digital? Yes!
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:47 pm
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