Bonus tutorial: Easy as hell panels
Added 2016-11-24 02:45:59 +0000 UTCHappy Thanksgiving, guys! (Even non-Americans, I'm thankful for you too, you can't stop me)
Just wanted to say thank you for supporting me and my work... I have never wanted to do anything else as badly as I want to make comics and share them with the world, and you (like literally you sitting there reading this) are the reason I can do it. I don't have enough thanks to say to you. This year has been insane and painful and weird but it has also been a blessing thanks to you all.
Anyways, I've definitely been holding out on this because I'm a dick, but I'll stop, haha. If you use Photoshop or a similar program (one that has layers and layer effects like "stroke"), you can use this method to make perfect pages every time. Again, I had to figure out something like this because... I was dying of deadlines and needed to get perfect things out very fast, and this was the answer for me. I use it on everything and love it!! You can find a reduced size of this in the downloadable attachment; it's actually a small version of the template for all my MI pages~
Let me know if you have any questions and THANKS again!!
Comments
Alright gonna give it a try. :)
Sarah A. Macklin
2016-11-25 12:51:16 +0000 UTCThanks so much! I was really stumped on how to do this more efficiently! Maybe now I'll actually get that web comic I was working on off the ground.
Nicholas Swenson
2016-11-25 07:55:56 +0000 UTCHey Sarah, You can draw your panels in however you want! I usually have them included as part of my pencil/ thumbnail art. The Horizontal and Vertical lines are actually the negative spaces between our panels; if you usually think of a comic page as comic panels sitting on top of a blank piece of paper, it might help to think of this method as creating border art that sits on top of your comics. The H/V just sit on top of your pencils to become the final borders you'll use in your finished page. I think it's a bit more obvious if you try out the example file, create some fake borders like in step 6, then drag and drop the included fx layer onto your flattened "frame" art. Hope that helps!
Der-shing Helmer
2016-11-25 06:59:51 +0000 UTCA couple of questions: Are you first drawing your panels in freehand w/ the guides as assistance or using the line tool? Also, step 4 is unclear to me. Since the h/v are guides what exactly are we covering up? I'm sorry I just got lost in the middle.
Sarah A. Macklin
2016-11-25 02:13:27 +0000 UTCI'm so glad that Patreon exists, so I can give back to my favorite artists! We always support Kickstarters and merch when we can, but this has made it easier to say "Thanks for all the awesome art!" on a consistent basis. Thank you for taking the time to share your art & stories with us! :-D
NJGR
2016-11-24 15:15:44 +0000 UTCExcellent! I always get brain freeze when it comes to actually drawing the panels. Can't wait to try this! <3
Liz
2016-11-24 05:39:36 +0000 UTCWell, I'm still a blue-line on bristol board type-person. That is, when I take the precious time to make myself create something. Your tutorials are fascinating, the tools that now exist are amazing. One of these days! :)
Jonathan
2016-11-24 03:34:28 +0000 UTC
