Short comics are amazing and heres why!
I have made a lot of short comics in my life. 🗃
Short comics about the stuff I love, about my friends, for the student newspaper, for contests, you name it.
Looking back, it was a great way to get started with comics and with every finished short story I gained the confidence that, one day, I could tackle that big webcomic I dreamed about. 🎆
There’s a lot of advantages of making a bunch of short comics. Among them:
📌 They are great for improving your comic skills fast.
📌 You start understanding the comic making process.
📌 They help you figure out what works and doesn’t work for you.
📌 They help you find your creative voice faster.
I talk about these benefits, and more, in my newest video. 👀
If you’re doubting where to start your comic making journey, maybe making some short comics are a good place. 🍃🌱🌳
Watch the video here!
https://youtu.be/QMVN21ruCIs
Be sure to leave a comment with any questions or remarks you might have. Also check out the page about my course, Your Comic Journey, on https://pencilsandstories.com/yourcomicjourney 😃
Have a good week!! 💫
Want to start a webcomic, but don’t know where to start? 🤔
I am taking a new direction with my online presence. I used to talk a lot about “personal projects” but I actually discovered that I want to be teaching you how to make your own comics.
So I decided to “niche down,” as they say, and focus only on helping artists get their comics out of their head and into the world. That’s where my Youtube channel and social media presence will be about.
Speaking of my Youtube channel, my newest video is about how to set up your comic right so it’s made for the intended goal and so it’s future proof.
When I started my webcomic, Recollection City, I wanted to get the technical things right up front so it’d save me redoing things in the future. I wanted to be ready for print but also have a comic that could be read well on the internet.
What about sizes, formats, font sizes, etc? A digital comic can get very technical and the digital landscape changes all the time. 💫
However, some starting questions you can ask yourself never change. If you follow the three steps in my brand new video on Youtube, you’ll start out in the realm of webcomics on the right foot. 💡
Watch it now:
I’d love to hear: what do or did you struggle with the most when it comes to starting a new comic? Do you have any additional questions? Let me know! ❤️
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The fear of failure and CCFF 2013
Crafting a Story - part 3: editing the story through writing
and
the Fear of Failure
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I frequently heard that Pixar makes use of three elements they focus on in their movies, and I really think they hit the nail on the head with these ones. Every movie consists of: story, character and world. They work simultaneously on these elements throughout the entire movie.
This is true also for artists who work in comics. (And this applies to illustration as well, since it's also a form of narrative storytelling) You need characters your readers can identify with, or despise, or root for. These characters experience things that takes us on a journey with them. This is your story. And you need a setting in which this all takes place, the world.
Of course, since we work in comics, this all needs to be presented visually, so next to writing, a comic artist has to do a lot of designing. Everything, from the way your characters look, to the shape of the trees in your environments, to the kind of cups the characters drink from, it all has to be drawn and thought about. It also has to fit into your story and into your world. This all can be daunting, but also a lot of fun.
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