Advices for making comics.

[Rock E.Horror]

Comics have always been something hard for me, drawing the same ultra-detailed character for atleast five times is hard, so im seeking for some advices, how to make characters easy, and also a good style for the comic.

 

[Byron]

Make a comic in the style of neolithic pagan Celtic rock carvings about a talking baboon that likes oatmeal.

 

[Rock E.Horror]

Make a comic in the style of neolithic pagan Celtic rock carvings about a talking baboon that likes oatmeal.

where could i find a rock slab to do it?

 

[Byron]

Ireland, If you want it to be authentic.

 

[Taralack]

The style and character design is something you will have to work on yourself, but the best advice I got about making comics is to just do it. Stop making excuses, stop being distracted, just sit down and start drawing.

If you find drawing "ultra detailed" characters over and over again difficult, then simplify your character design. There's no easy solution for this though, it's just a matter of practice and experience.

 

[Fidchell]

The style and character design is something you will have to work on yourself, but the best advice I got about making comings is to just do it. Stop making excuses, stop being distracted, just sit down and start drawing.

If you find drawing "ultra detailed" characters over and over again difficult, then simplify your character design. There's no easy solution for this though, it's just a matter of practice and experience.

Very true. There's no use telling yourself it'll be "too hard" or you "can't do it." Start small if it's an overwhelming thing to you. Make a three-panel comic or even a two-panel one centered around a subject you legitimately enjoy. Comics are excellent practice because of all the drawing you'll be doing. It's great to make each of the panels quite varied as well, both in the actual shape of the panel and the content. When I make comics I try to have as varied angles and poses as possible. Once again, great practice.

 

[ryulabo]

Comics have always been something hard for me, drawing the same ultra-detailed character for atleast five times is hard, so im seeking for some advices, how to make characters easy, and also a good style for the comic.

For now don't think too much on styling and focus on your comic.

 

[Yumacub]

Sadly, there's no easy 'trick' to making comics. The panels are actually the easiest part! I use a mask layer for those, and basically cut out the 'bars' or whatever they're called to separate the panels. Then I draw all the lines on a new layer, making sure it's in a clipping group with the background color of every panel so the lines and colors don't go outside the panels' lines!

But yeah, you do mostly have to draw out the same character over and over; the only exception really is if JUST their facial expression changes, but not their pose/position, in which you then copy/paste the character's layers into the new panel and just change each layer for lines and color to change their expression. Hope that made sense, if not, they've got good visual tutorials on deviantart and just plain old google! Good luck! ♥