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Mastering Comics has been out for over a month now, and we’ve been receiving interviews about it and seen many good reviews around the web. Here are some of the places you can find out more.
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Today Mastering Comics: Drawing Words & Writing Pictures Continued is officially released into the world!
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At my recent workshop at the Miami Wolfsonian Museum, I taught the students about live area, how to lay out a page, and how to hand-letter. This first batch of short videos discuss and demonstrate live area, original size, laying out a page, and laying out tiers.
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Chapter 15 closes out the book with a fun creative challenge: the 24-hour comic.
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Learn a straightforward scanning technique for high-quality line art, as well how to use the mysterious proportion wheel.
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Chapter 13 introduces inking with brush, another classic tool for inking comics.
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Chapter 12 is a two-part chapter covering backgrounds and world-building as well as the basics of drawing hands and heads.
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Chapter 11 explores panel composition and also includes a tutorial on designing titles.
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Chapter 10 discusses creating characters, thinking about their personalities, and designing them visually.
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Chapter 9 explains concepts of classic storytelling.
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