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Does anyone have any tips on making a comic-esque series of drawings? I've never made a comic before, so any advice is welcome! I plan on telling the story without using words or speech bubbles, but I will be using frames to display multiple scenes/angles on one page.Apr 17, 2021
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Oohhhh you can do SO MUCH.
In comic, compared to single illustrations, time passes. You can use a linear timeline, a scattered timeline, a time collage, time-zigzag (like flashbacks etc), time circles...
So easiest way to do a comic is to show something in the first panel, and show in the second something happening afterwards. If you don't plan on using a collage technique (unrelated events happening in different places in the single panels) you should have some connecting elements in your page, like a person, an object, even a background, so people can follow what you want to tell!
I could write more but I don't wanna spam here, but yo I love comic storytelling
In comic, compared to single illustrations, time passes. You can use a linear timeline, a scattered timeline, a time collage, time-zigzag (like flashbacks etc), time circles...
So easiest way to do a comic is to show something in the first panel, and show in the second something happening afterwards. If you don't plan on using a collage technique (unrelated events happening in different places in the single panels) you should have some connecting elements in your page, like a person, an object, even a background, so people can follow what you want to tell!
I could write more but I don't wanna spam here, but yo I love comic storytelling
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•Thumbnails can be super helpful. You can map out what you want each panel to accomplish and won't have to backtrack as much in the final project.
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•To get into crazy detail would take too long and probably crash the app for everyone but a few tips from a comic creator here:
- Don't be too hard on yourself when you realize how much work it is.
- Legibility of your characters is key.
- You don't have the advantage of movement like animation, so exaggerate the moment you're drawing.
- Frames can be opportunities instead of just boundaries (play with them, make them part of the action)
- Don't be too hard on yourself when you realize how much work it is.
- Legibility of your characters is key.
- You don't have the advantage of movement like animation, so exaggerate the moment you're drawing.
- Frames can be opportunities instead of just boundaries (play with them, make them part of the action)
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