So! I have a question for those reading here that do comic work. Do…

Aug. 5th, 2009

7:54 PM

So! I have a question for those reading here that do comic work. Do you do it all on one large sheet, or do you do more normal-sized drawings for each panel and stitch them together using photoshop or equivalent?

I have a short little thing I'm trying to put together, but doing it on an 11x14 page is proving... difficult. I have trouble drawing that small. So I thought I'd ask!

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tuftears

Aug. 6th, 2009 01:05 am (UTC)

Yeah, all on one page for me but 11x17 and adjust the actually-used drawing area down to 10x15 if you want a 'comic book page size'.

Try doing a thumbnail before you do the actual page itself, that'll help you keep from over-crowding each panel. You can't actually get that much detail into each page, especially if you're reducing it from there to a usual comic's 6x9 form factor.

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enveri

Aug. 6th, 2009 01:29 am (UTC)

Thank you! It's intended for web publication, not print, but I suspect that will have much the same issues. :)

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tuftears

Aug. 6th, 2009 01:58 am (UTC)

Oh yeah, even more so! Try to keep the panels clean, and don't forget the speech bubbles. };)

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enveri

Aug. 6th, 2009 03:09 am (UTC)

I hope this comes out. <.< >.>

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wyld_dandelyon

Aug. 6th, 2009 06:09 pm (UTC)

If you want to do anything interesting with the panels (as opposed to within the panels), doing them on separate pages could be problematic. Also, doing them on one page helps the brain to see all the panels as one composition, which for the reader, it will be, visually.

But I suspect this is like all other artistic endeavors - you should do what works for you!

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enveri

Aug. 6th, 2009 11:19 pm (UTC)

This is for a 'Vacation as comic' one-off thing, so I guess I shall experiment, and see what works. :) Thank you for the input! :)

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