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Intro to Comic Craft

Posted on November 12, 2018January 31, 2023 by Becca Hilburn

STEP BY STEP:

Brainstorming and Development:
Introduction
Brainstorming and Character Development
 
Script and Thumbnails:
Developing a Script
Turning Your Script into Thumbnails and Layouts
Creating Thumbnails
Converting Your Thumbnails Into Roughs (includes blueline tutorial)Character Design
 
Roughs:
Introduction to Roughs
Environment in Roughs
Scanning Your Blueline Roughs

 

The Finish On Your Comic

Inking
Using Calligraphy Pens for Inking Borders: Intro to Comic Craft

Cicada Summer Inking: Intro to Comic Craft

VIDEO:

Intro to Comic Craft: 
Thumbnailing Your Comic
Roughing It

Perspective:
You Need Perspective (tutorial)
Perspective in the Panels (tutorial

Traditional Inking:
Intro to Comic Craft: Inking a Comic Traditionally

Handlettering: 
1 Weird Handlettering Trick (tutorial)
Brush Lettering Timelapse (demonstration)

Digital Lettering:
Super Easy Lettering Hack

Mini Comics:
Hourly Comic Day Demonstration
Concept to Scripting to Roughs

Assembly:
Black and White
Color

Cicada Summer: 
Intro to Comic Craft: Planning Cicada Summer (process)
Character Design in Colored Leads (process)
Intro to Comic Craft: Cicada Summer Roughs (Process)
Cicada Summer Roughs Flip Through
Printing Cicada Summer Bluelines
Cicada Summer Borders and Bubbles (process)
Cicada Summer: Pencils and Inks (process)

Guest Posts:

Amy Stoddard of Fine Sometimes Rain (process)
Joichi and Creating The Story Through Characters (tutorial)
Kabocha and Comic Process: Linked (process)
Breakfast on a Cliff (process)
Guest Post: Sskessa and Comic Process
Guest Post: Respheal of Galebound on Advertising Your Comic

Kickstarter Promotions:
Interview with Chris Paulsen, Creator of Precocious
Hana Doki Kira Kickstarter Announcement
A Voyage to Panjikant, a graphic novel by Marguerite Dabaie
Nika Tan on Creating a Graphic Novel
Kickstarter Fulfillment and Shipping
Knight School Process Post and Kickstarter Announcement
Guest Interview: Heidi Black and the Art of Electric Abyss
Alakotila and Printing in Grayscale

Comic Distribution
A New Online Comic Magazine: Start Faire

Originally posted at NattoSoup.

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Becca Hilburn
Becca Hilburn
Becca Hillburn is a comic artist and freelance illustrator drawing, teaching, and living in Nashville, TN.She has an MFA in Sequential Art, and has been creating comics for 20 years.She's done work for companies like Viz and Lego, and has comics published in a half dozen anthologies, as well as a watercolor webcomic you can read here.A cofounder of How to be a Con Artist, she's shared her comic, art, and convention tips, tricks, and tutorials on her blog and YouTube channel for almost a decade.She enjoys reviewing art supplies, going for walks, and harassing her cat.
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