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Guest Post: Paulo Patricio on how to make a panel grid in five minutes

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Paulo Patricio demonstrates a very quick and effective method to generate grids. (featuring an animated gif!)

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Matt’s comics process I: from thumbs to lettering

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This is the first of a two-part post where I’ll walk you through the method I used to make a typical comics page.

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Activity: a comic with no pictures

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The “pictureless comic” activity, originally from Chapter 7 of DWWP, is one that we use constantly, in formal classes, in intensive workshops, and in casual talks and improvised situations. We once did it in a lecture hall at a comic convention with 200 people! It has so many advantages: at its core, it’s a study of how comics work, the elements of comics and how they work together to create meaning, even without pictorial images. It’s also a great way to learn layout and lettering skills, and to concentrate on those technical skills, again, without distraction. Finally, it’s an activity that anyone can do. Drawing skills are unnecessary (though a design sensibility is certainly a help!).

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Video: laying out a page

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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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Days 3 & 4: Comic Kraze @ the Wolfsonian

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This week’s main project: a one sheet micro-mini utilizing a real location in Miami Beach. We figured out the proportions for a 150% larger original size, and the students laid out 8 pages in their sketchbooks, and went out drawing with Caiphus in the afternoon.

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