The best advice I've ever heard in relation to backgrounds is this: Don't treat them as backgrounds. Remember, this is a tiny portion of a world that you're rendering.
I like the second part of this advice, but I feel the first part is too sweeping of a statement in the case of comics. In some panels the background needs to fall back and allow the foreground to shine. In others it can assert itself and play a starring role.
The writer/artist's job is to know when it is best to "treat the background as a background" and when it is better not to. As with so many creative matters, it's hard to make bold general statements that are true in all instances.
My advice is to get someone to ya'know write the scenario or if you already have one in mind just get them to write it down for you.It will help you in so many ways.And eventualy get them involved in the process of creating the novel.It's so much more easier to continue your work with them by your side.
STOTTINMAD I'm in the same boat. decided to give my comic story a shot and realized I spent so much time drawing characters I'm pretty terrible with backgrounds
Same in a class for visual storytelling to make comics and stuff and realize in first class i didn't learn to do backgrounds for the ideas I have e.e especially trees ...trees are hard
By the end of this video i was inspired to write a comic and I kick myself for not seeing that comics were a way to practice my drawing and story writing skills at the same time. Thank you Mark Crilley!
Well look what I stumbled upon again!!! I used to watch your 7 years ago as a 2nd grader, lol I remember being obsessed with trying to draw all your anime and chibi tutorials. Thanks for shaping my love of art! I still sometimes use your techniques in my drawings today.
I just want to say this Mark, I have been drawing for a little bit over a year and I started watching your videos about a month after I started. Your videos have helped me in so much, You've helped me when I was stuck. All I want to really say is THANK YOU
Do you know what I like at Brody's Ghost ? When I'm bored and don't know what to draw I try to draw what's there ! I thank you for creating Brody's Ghost !
+markcrilley you like to draw anime, I see...we have lots in common! believe me...you don't know how well I draw. And my stories... wow....I improve and impress myself everyday.
I found out that they had your mangas in our library and I'm so excited to read them, I didn't think I'd find them in Finland but I'm filled with joy now! C:
This is perfect for me! My dream is to write/draw my very own manga when I grow up, and backgrounds/environments are my mortal enemy...next to hands and feet of course. Thank you mark!!
Can't believe I didn't know about this before. This series is great especially having decided making a comic for art class with absolutely zero experience. Much appreciated.
eshswam yeah I already have a plan for my own but the art unfortunately isn't best and I have a sneaky feeling I won't live very long. Know any good comic book artists who work for a good price!?
Thank you so much for all your videos! I always gave importance for my backgrounds right from my first illustration, but it was good to see a professional sharing his works and making the points
Nature Vs Technology is my theme for the comic im making, and this video has helped me in ways i never thought id view my comics EVER. thank you very much Mark Crilley!
You have inspired me to get back into drawing. I love your Miki Falls books since my daughters name is Mikki. Youre my favorite artist one big reason is cus of how much of ur talent u step by step share w/ us. Big hugs to u.
Thank you so so much! This helped a lot! I feel like I never focused on the backgrounds and I kinda just focused on my character design and stuff, and I have 0 knowledge about backgrounds, and now I feel like I kinda have the basics.
markcrilley You have a great day...Thanks for the know how....I am a comicbook artist myself and still learning a lot about backgrounds and settings. But i can at least say that my backgrounds are good enough. Your videos are great learning guides. Another thing that has helped me a lot, is Looking at manga pages from a physical book and trying to understand how to tell a story with the picture alone before adding words. :D blushies because what is life without them.
Mark I just wanted to take the time to say, thank you! You are the person who inspired me to draw more often, you were the one who helped me draw my first anime drawing! Thank you so much for making these beautiful videos, love you channel and I have done since 2013 love you mark ❤️
I've always loved the way you drew backgrounds Mark! Thank you for the advice you've given in this video series , I'm going to be attempting to write a one shot soon, so this video is very useful.
Also, is Miki's friend called Brody? At 10:00 you said "Brody and Miki". I think that you said his name was Hiro at some point, so I guess just the going back and forth between the two examples probably got you mixed up. I would probably get mixed up too XD. The artwork in this is so cool, can't wait to see what you have for next week's video! Have a great weekend, J10
Perhaps Mark thinks of Brody & Hiro have similar personality, I know I have that issue to when I design two characters who are very similar to one another that I keep calling them by the others name, even when they are from different stories.
Thank you for sharing your experience and your work! I’ve been kicking around several ideas for comics I’ve wanted to start working on, but I’ve always been intimidated by drawing backgrounds. But I really love your advice and this has inspired me to tackle my backgrounds and maybe get things moving on my comics.
I have a hard time imagining birds eye perspective. Like you have shown a few times in this video. Do you have any tips or tutorials on that? I would love to see them. And of course thanks for the video.
1. If you want readers to have a strong sense of location, use at least on large panel "wide shot" early in the scene. 2. To keep a location from seeming generic, including details that are quirky and specific. 3. A Knowledge of 1- . 2 and 3.point perspective is helpful. (Some would say it is essential.) 4. Don't forget the importance of lighting: It can be the single most crucial element in conveying mood and atmosphere. 5. Just because a location is fictional doesn't mean it can't be inspired by a place in the real world. If a sense of realism is your goal, consider using reference. 6. Most creators seek contrast between different locations in the story, both for the sake of variety, and to make sure the readers immediately know where the scene is taking place. 7. In a panel that has both a foreground and a background, I prefer to maintain visual clarity between the two. 8. Returning to the same location but showing it in a different "state" can add a sense of realness to your story. 9. If you're using a computer as part of your art creation process, you can cut and paste some backgrounds, saving yourself a lot of time and effort. (Be cautious about overdoing, though.) 10. Some comic creators begin a scene with several silent "location panels," giving readers a sense of what it's like to be there.
i've been a fan since you had a couple thousand subs ,congratulations bro, interesting tips as always, i would love to see another digital ,toning ,inking,,,,,,,related video, thank you.
As a reader I never really liked the opening of a comic to be mostly back ground, it is quite interesting to see the background sure, but I mostly prefer to see the character first, with some background, then a big background scene. I don't know if that's just me, these tips r really good though, and ur art style is amazing, just sharing a very specific opinion
Can I specifically ask about colour? I accidentally colour backgrounds brightly, and they end up blending with the characters, so no contrast. How can I fix this?
Mr. Mark, I'm fourteen, and on thong that always bugs me with my art is how things can be completely random, trash on the floor, leave on the grounds, hair blowing in the wind, trees, rocks, water, ECT, and yet be appealing to the eye and look like they belong. When is enough detail? your not going to draw evey grain of sand or every leave on the bush, so how does one know when to star suggesting it? I know a lot of that is earned by practice and experience and years of drawing, but if you have any advice on this at all, I'd be supper grateful. Thank you much for making these videos! And your books, I especially like learning from mastering manga three! Thanks again!
Keep up the great work Mark san! your instructional videos are great. Want to pick up some of your books in the near future. Peace and best wishes bro 👊
This was really helpful. At least for me it was the most helpful video about comics I've seen because I actually learned a lot stuff from it. Thank you
Light does actually make it all work out, and your not wrong, once you show a established scene ask yourself. Do you understand your setting as you're writing and drawing? Once you have that doubt on light source, re add that in a panel worthy of showing.
Mr.Mark, Thank you so much for putting your time into these videos. They have helped me improve. I really like the videos you make on creating comics. If you could make more including the actual pages should be and what margins should and shouldn't be, it would be a big help? Do I us a big sheet and divided it into two? I'd so how much space between the two margins? Or Do I file a normal sheet for every single page? Thanks so much again!
Great video Mark. Talking about perspective, are you always using construction lines? Like for example in the three point perspective where Brody speaks at the phone, did you use construction lines?
hey mark ! I saw your mastering manga book 1 in France. 'Twas a shock seeing it there ^^ question : is a french cover of "the drawing lesson" scheduled? Also thank you for helping me progress all these years, I really owe you my passion so THANK YOU !
Where do you keep all these drawings-the ones that you make during videos-once you're done with them? Do you put them in a folder? I understand how some are made off of or for your comic books, but what about the ones that you use for step by step hair or hands?
I've commented on a nother video of his around Halloween lol but I guess he hasn't seen it I have my own way if drawing blood but I was wondering if there was a way he did but idk
I really liked this one, I have trouble keeping up adding backgrounds in every panel. This was pretty helpful, so thanks! :) But maybe as a tip in return, in the ninth one, I couldn't help but notice in the flipped page, the laundry was still there ^^ I'm definitely going to try make use of this trick now and then, but when you flip it, the laundry and the house would be on the other side of the bridge, no? :)
The problem is, HOW do we draw backgrounds and buildings? I watched your previous videos on the matter, they were great but they don't teach us how to draw backgrounds from imagination per say. Even using reference is pretty hard. Help!
Mark!! I have a question. Is it okay if I try to draw a book I've read as a comic, for practice? I've never drawn any comics and it's hard for me to think of a good story but I'd like to!
I make comic pages of video games I like just for fun, and of course practice! As long as you don't claim to have created the book of origin (acknowledging it is fan art)if you post it anywhere, I think you should try it!
So I have a couple of ideas for comics, and I'm trying to get to the point where I can draw my characters from different angles, but so far I haven't really thought about the backgrounds and what it'll look like when it's finished. I've also been learning how to draw things from nature, like trees and flowers and different animals. Does anyone have any advice for how to actually *start* my comics?
hello +mark crilley i am having trouble with one point perspective you showed on how to draw a subway scene. my question is whats the best way to practice perspective whether it be one, two, and three.
I have a question, not about comics, but this is because I want to make comics, anyway I was wondering about drawing the basic structure of characters. I've seen some people start with basic shapes and others start with a sort of stick figure. what's different about these two approaches?
Mark thank you for your help with the manga and background it should be very helpful and can you try and draw Joseph Joestar from Jojo bizarre adventure that would be awsome bit it up to you but thank you for your help mark
hey Mark I like your videos they're great for learning. my question is goku I saw you draw him once, and wondered would you draw him again since the your manga style is changing. well not changing, but more detailed is what I'm trying to say. well in any case please.?
Hey, can you make a video on, how should I put this? Character distinction? I'm making a comic, and I feel like my character designs are... kind of repeated. I want to keep it realistic for a believable feel, but they all look a little bland and normal amongst themselves. Help?
So for those of you guys who are having trouble with designing background, I have a good experience with creating background designs. I would like to share you my personal experiences on how I became good in drawing landscapes self taught. I had a common mindset like you guys that I can't draw such time consuming landscape art. But it really goes back to 4 years ago during my Sof-More year in high school that I pretty much had a good sense in drawing characters and how their proportion worked. The specific assignment I remember had a caligraphy brush and we needed to draw a city skyline or tree branch with cherry blossom scene. So I drawn a city skyline using the brush pen only out of bordem. A sumi-e drawing of a two characters running away from the poverty in New York. I also had my lunch pass or gold card to buy and eat outside. I always visited the art room because there were so many books that I can learn from and use them as a reference if I needed to. During the visit in the art room my art teacher told me that while putting most of the artworks away in the storage cabin, she actually looked at my drawing and she said she wanted to buy it! So that day I was lucky that my artwork has been a big change. I asked the reason why she wanted to buy this drawing. She made a brief commentary saying that she liked the perspective and the composition of this drawing. The two of the characters resembled the art teacher and her husband. She went on to saying I can already see that the art teacher and her husband are moving away from such infrastructure going on in NYC. So I looked at the artwork to see from my own abstraction I made such work. The next day I visited the art room she paid me $50 considering that this was my first time artwork being sold. The drawing was even shown during the fundraiser party at my school. One of the people in the party had said to buy this artwork and he wanted to see me in person. But I wasn't able to see him on that day. But the year had passed and I sumbitted another artwork, even two if I remember. It was at the beginning of my senior year when the fan had actually hired me to become his artist! I was about to start my senior year so well even the May 2017 was an lit year for me that we had finished our first coloring book project. I was also close to my graduation year but sadly I wasn't able to because for the urgency from my grand father in Tokyo had a terrible abdominal cancer. The visit was about 4 weeks approximately. One week later after we visited Japan, he passed away. Since that day, I got so many friend request from my uncle who actually inherited the izakaya resturant in west subway exit of Lidabashi. My grandmother is doing okay. The day after tomorrow is my grandmother's birthday. So what did I learned about my journey in background art? So 4 years ago, I described on how I had seen my artwork was right? So I applied the same techniques this time using the art basics, I was able to re-create my own perspective in any shapes and forms in random perspective. This is your assignment if you want to get good in background art. Many people would actually tell you the fundamental terms and instructions on how to develop background drawing. But here is the thing, it can get complicated. However, that can be decluttered if you crumple your paper and open it back up again. Using your ruler to draw a horizon line, get your distance out of your paper and see what kind of shape, form, or landscape you see. The crummpled paper lines just signifies the background you just made out of random notice. So my question is, from using your art basics and mistakes. What kind of mistakes would you rather improvise and move on with? Remember the term art generally means how you master the craft of using your tools in disposal. Whether you use your materials on digital or physical paper to draw something onto it. Its how you improve your skills in terms of crafting that image that you just seen on canvas, wood, metal sheet, clay, or whatever your mind desires you to do on that material.
hey can you please make a video on how to draw cloud from final fantasy. I love your videos and I've been getting better because of you. I've probly been watching you for about 2 years. So can you please take the time to make a video on him
The best advice I've ever heard in relation to backgrounds is this:
Don't treat them as backgrounds. Remember, this is a tiny portion of a world that you're rendering.
I like the second part of this advice, but I feel the first part is too sweeping of a statement in the case of comics. In some panels the background needs to fall back and allow the foreground to shine. In others it can assert itself and play a starring role.
The writer/artist's job is to know when it is best to "treat the background as a background" and when it is better not to. As with so many creative matters, it's hard to make bold general statements that are true in all instances.
I like what you've said there, (notwithstanding Mark's perfectly valid cautions).
That "tiny portion of a world" - very helpful. Thanks.🙂
Every time I watch these videos I tell my self "I want to make a graphic novel" but I lose my motivation when I have the pencil in my hand.
then watch those videos all day and grab a pencil to your hand while watching them! ^_^
My advice is to get someone to ya'know write the scenario or if you already have one in mind just get them to write it down for you.It will help you in so many ways.And eventualy get them involved in the process of creating the novel.It's so much more easier to continue your work with them by your side.
Dong worry
U r not alone😂🥴😂😂😂
I believe in you!
Even some squiggles on a page is good enough
learns to draw characters. then remembers i need to draw setting next. Should be fun
STOTTINMAD I'm in the same boat. decided to give my comic story a shot and realized I spent so much time drawing characters I'm pretty terrible with backgrounds
Same. Every amateur problem...
Story of my life man
Same in a class for visual storytelling to make comics and stuff and realize in first class i didn't learn to do backgrounds for the ideas I have e.e especially trees ...trees are hard
@@KamillsWorld maybe you should think about enrolling in a grammar and composition class as well 🤔
By the end of this video i was inspired to write a comic and I kick myself for not seeing that comics were a way to practice my drawing and story writing skills at the same time. Thank you Mark Crilley!
Same here, im gonna go and re-draw a short one and expand it bit more.
Well look what I stumbled upon again!!! I used to watch your 7 years ago as a 2nd grader, lol I remember being obsessed with trying to draw all your anime and chibi tutorials. Thanks for shaping my love of art! I still sometimes use your techniques in my drawings today.
*manga
I just want to say this Mark, I have been drawing for a little bit over a year and I started watching your videos about a month after I started. Your videos have helped me in so much, You've helped me when I was stuck. All I want to really say is THANK YOU
Thank you Drew!
+markcrilley I found Brody's Ghost in my school library :-) the story was interesting I liked it
Do you know what I like at Brody's Ghost ? When I'm bored and don't know what to draw I try to draw what's there ! I thank you for creating Brody's Ghost !
Thank you :)
how convenient, this is exactly what i was looking for
me too lol. I'm planning on making a comic.
lmao me too, i'm moderate at drawing people now
This is just the information I needed to help with my struggle of backgrounds. I'm heading over to your perspective intro playlist now! Thank you!!
Thank you Belle Aimee ^^
+markcrilley
you like to draw anime, I see...we have lots in common! believe me...you don't know how well I draw. And my stories... wow....I improve and impress myself everyday.
I found out that they had your mangas in our library and I'm so excited to read them, I didn't think I'd find them in Finland but I'm filled with joy now! C:
This is perfect for me! My dream is to write/draw my very own manga when I grow up, and backgrounds/environments are my mortal enemy...next to hands and feet of course. Thank you mark!!
Can't believe I didn't know about this before. This series is great especially having decided making a comic for art class with absolutely zero experience. Much appreciated.
I just finished reading Brody's Ghost and I loved it!
10:00 Crossover series confirmed? XD
Thank you!!
I want to make a manga so bad...
Writing or illustrating? I'm currently doing both, but I've come to learn that a meshing unit can make the process much more fun.
eshswam
yeah I already have a plan for my own but the art unfortunately isn't best and I have a sneaky feeling I won't live very long.
Know any good comic book artists who work for a good price!?
Artistic wierdo What would you put your art at on a scale of 1 to 10 professionally? I'd say I'm a 4.5-5 at best.
You'll get nowhere if you keep saying you want to make one and never start.
The best time to start is now. :)
Thank you so much for all your videos!
I always gave importance for my backgrounds right from my first illustration, but it was good to see a professional sharing his works and making the points
I've always struggled with backgrounds, this helped! Thank you!
You're very welcome :)
You include "bad examples" from your own work, as well as good.
I respect that.
Nature Vs Technology is my theme for the comic im making, and this video has helped me in ways i never thought id view my comics EVER. thank you very much Mark Crilley!
You have inspired me to get back into drawing. I love your Miki Falls books since my daughters name is Mikki. Youre my favorite artist one big reason is cus of how much of ur talent u step by step share w/ us. Big hugs to u.
Thank you! ^_^
Thank you so so much! This helped a lot! I feel like I never focused on the backgrounds and I kinda just focused on my character design and stuff, and I have 0 knowledge about backgrounds, and now I feel like I kinda have the basics.
markcrilley You have a great day...Thanks for the know how....I am a comicbook artist myself and still learning a lot about backgrounds and settings. But i can at least say that my backgrounds are good enough. Your videos are great learning guides. Another thing that has helped me a lot, is Looking at manga pages from a physical book and trying to understand how to tell a story with the picture alone before adding words. :D blushies because what is life without them.
Mark I just wanted to take the time to say, thank you! You are the person who inspired me to draw more often, you were the one who helped me draw my first anime drawing! Thank you so much for making these beautiful videos, love you channel and I have done since 2013 love you mark ❤️
Thank you so much! Your comment is very kind :)
I love you're artwork and when my friend got me your manga mastering book I wanted to scream in happiness!:-D
Yay! Tell your friend I said Thank you :)
markcrilley love ur vids
I've always loved the way you drew backgrounds Mark! Thank you for the advice you've given in this video series , I'm going to be attempting to write a one shot soon, so this video is very useful.
I know how you feel. when I was little I used this toy monkey as a pillow on the train. a years later pillow pets came out.
It's always interesting hearing your insights as well as seeing how much you've progressed and what you've learned. :) Thank you for sharing ^^
You are awesome, when I saw your video on my subscription feed I got really excited! Your tips are really useful :D
Also, is Miki's friend called Brody? At 10:00 you said "Brody and Miki". I think that you said his name was Hiro at some point, so I guess just the going back and forth between the two examples probably got you mixed up. I would probably get mixed up too XD.
The artwork in this is so cool, can't wait to see what you have for next week's video!
Have a great weekend,
J10
Perhaps Mark thinks of Brody & Hiro have similar personality, I know I have that issue to when I design two characters who are very similar to one another that I keep calling them by the others name, even when they are from different stories.
I love your videos and books, you helped me too much to draw manga ありがとうございます!!
Holy crap, the timing for this video to come out couldn't have been better!
Thank you for sharing your experience and your work! I’ve been kicking around several ideas for comics I’ve wanted to start working on, but I’ve always been intimidated by drawing backgrounds. But I really love your advice and this has inspired me to tackle my backgrounds and maybe get things moving on my comics.
I'm always so jealous of your amazing backgrounds. You make it look so easy!
I love your comic books dude! they're very enjoyable to read:)
Thank you Jenny :)
5:35 yep, gotta take into account the reader's power of imagination. Really makes things easier hahah
I have a hard time imagining birds eye perspective. Like you have shown a few times in this video. Do you have any tips or tutorials on that? I would love to see them. And of course thanks for the video.
Another nice video!!!! Keep up the good work!!! Also I have been watching you for a year!! And I subscribed about 2 months ago!!!
I'm gonna try and draw out a fan manga and I'm terrible at backgrounds lol this video was a lot of help, thank you!
thank you very much markcrilley all the videos about " how to make comic" are very helpful
Mark you are the best!!! ^^
***** Yes!! :D
Ha! My local school library had you "miki falls" books it was awesome!
1. If you want readers to have a strong sense of location, use at least on large panel "wide shot" early in the scene.
2. To keep a location from seeming generic, including details that are quirky and specific.
3. A Knowledge of 1- . 2 and 3.point perspective is helpful. (Some would say it is essential.)
4. Don't forget the importance of lighting: It can be the single most crucial element in conveying mood and atmosphere.
5. Just because a location is fictional doesn't mean it can't be inspired by a place in the real world. If a sense of realism is your goal, consider using reference.
6. Most creators seek contrast between different locations in the story, both for the sake of variety, and to make sure the readers immediately know where the scene is taking place.
7. In a panel that has both a foreground and a background, I prefer to maintain visual clarity between the two.
8. Returning to the same location but showing it in a different "state" can add a sense of realness to your story.
9. If you're using a computer as part of your art creation process, you can cut and paste some backgrounds, saving yourself a lot of time and effort. (Be cautious about overdoing, though.)
10. Some comic creators begin a scene with several silent "location panels," giving readers a sense of what it's like to be there.
i've been a fan since you had a couple thousand subs ,congratulations bro,
interesting tips as always,
i would love to see another digital ,toning ,inking,,,,,,,related video,
thank you.
Your a life saver Mark, this video really helped! I have alot of trouble with backrounds.
marc crilley i haven't watched the video yet but I love you so much for this! it's exactly what I need! thanks so much
Markcrilley please make a "How to draw Natsu Dragneel" please and your drawings are
FABULOUS!!! Keep up the good work ;D
As a reader I never really liked the opening of a comic to be mostly back ground, it is quite interesting to see the background sure, but I mostly prefer to see the character first, with some background, then a big background scene. I don't know if that's just me, these tips r really good though, and ur art style is amazing, just sharing a very specific opinion
Thank you Crilley! You're such a role model to me!
You're welcome, Frowski. :)
Can I specifically ask about colour? I accidentally colour backgrounds brightly, and they end up blending with the characters, so no contrast. How can I fix this?
Color the foreground first, then move to the back. Color things closer in the drawing's perspective
@@zeenea_c Thanks, but how can I differentiate between the foreground and background using colour?
I'm not into comics but this makes me buy some of his books!
P.S I subscribed recently and I can't stop watching his videos.
This man drew a whole town upside down 💯🙏🏾🙏🏾 S/o to the crillster lol
I love these videos about making comics!Thanks mark!
Mr. Mark,
I'm fourteen, and on thong that always bugs me with my art is how things can be completely random, trash on the floor, leave on the grounds, hair blowing in the wind, trees, rocks, water, ECT, and yet be appealing to the eye and look like they belong. When is enough detail? your not going to draw evey grain of sand or every leave on the bush, so how does one know when to star suggesting it? I know a lot of that is earned by practice and experience and years of drawing, but if you have any advice on this at all, I'd be supper grateful.
Thank you much for making these videos! And your books, I especially like learning from mastering manga three! Thanks again!
Keep up the great work Mark san! your instructional videos are great. Want to pick up some of your books in the near future. Peace and best wishes bro 👊
Thank you Jalal!
Thank you very much. I see how much time you put to learn all those things. I will precious it and learn well. Hehe
Ahh thank you so much I have a lot of trouble with backgrounds
Thank you Mark for this video, I am working on an anime right now and your video really helped me with backgrounds, thank you :)
dude nice work and thanks to you my comic book is coming together by little bit
That was great, first time I ran into one of your videos. Was easy to follow, good explanations. Thanks
This was really helpful. At least for me it was the most helpful video about comics I've seen because I actually learned a lot stuff from it. Thank you
you are awesome! subscribed! Hunting down your books and buying them all! plus you and solphie chan-s collaboration was Amazing.
Thank you Michael!
great video as always mark crilley :^)
Light does actually make it all work out, and your not wrong, once you show a established scene ask yourself. Do you understand your setting as you're writing and drawing? Once you have that doubt on light source, re add that in a panel worthy of showing.
Great stuff and REALLY helpful! You are PROLIFIC :) Thanks so much!
Mr.Mark, Thank you so much for putting your time into these videos. They have helped me improve. I really like the videos you make on creating comics. If you could make more including the actual pages should be and what margins should and shouldn't be, it would be a big help? Do I us a big sheet and divided it into two? I'd so how much space between the two margins? Or Do I file a normal sheet for every single page?
Thanks so much again!
Man you’re the best. You’re sooo good
I have your Drawing Lesson book, incredible.
mark thank you so much for all your help I've coming on leaps and bounds bro thanks to you sir
Great video Mark. Talking about perspective, are you always using construction lines? Like for example in the three point perspective where Brody speaks at the phone, did you use construction lines?
Thank you for these tips Ive been planning on making graphic novel and these tips really helped.
I could have sworn mark was at 3,000,000 subs before....
Mark, can you please make a video about how to draw people, not the Manga version. Thanks!
you are amazing at drawing backgrounds
Thank you!
These videos are super helpful!
hey mark ! I saw your mastering manga book 1 in France. 'Twas a shock seeing it there ^^ question : is a french cover of "the drawing lesson" scheduled? Also thank you for helping me progress all these years, I really owe you my passion so THANK YOU !
Thank you! No French publisher has expressed interest yet, but let's keep our fingers crossed. :)
Where do you keep all these drawings-the ones that you make during videos-once you're done with them? Do you put them in a folder? I understand how some are made off of or for your comic books, but what about the ones that you use for step by step hair or hands?
could you maybe do a video in watercolouring pencils? I like those and I want to know how I can improve :3
I've been making comics for a year or so now thank you for helping me and can your next how to video be on how to draw blood
Yes I can't draw blood (this sounds really morbid) n I would like 2 b able 2
I've commented on a nother video of his around Halloween lol but I guess he hasn't seen it I have my own way if drawing blood but I was wondering if there was a way he did but idk
I really liked this one, I have trouble keeping up adding backgrounds in every panel. This was pretty helpful, so thanks! :)
But maybe as a tip in return, in the ninth one, I couldn't help but notice in the flipped page, the laundry was still there ^^ I'm definitely going to try make use of this trick now and then, but when you flip it, the laundry and the house would be on the other side of the bridge, no? :)
can you show us how to draw corvo attano from Dishonored 2 please???
Or Emily Kaldwin from Dishonored 2
Really great tips!
The problem is, HOW do we draw backgrounds and buildings? I watched your previous videos on the matter, they were great but they don't teach us how to draw backgrounds from imagination per say. Even using reference is pretty hard. Help!
Awesome videos....helped me a lot.
Mark!! I have a question. Is it okay if I try to draw a book I've read as a comic, for practice? I've never drawn any comics and it's hard for me to think of a good story but I'd like to!
That's how I practice new things or refreshers. I have a whole folder dedicated to "copies". It's for me and me alone, and good practice.
It's fine but I think you'll get more satisfaction when it's done if you make your own story
I make comic pages of video games I like just for fun, and of course practice! As long as you don't claim to have created the book of origin (acknowledging it is fan art)if you post it anywhere, I think you should try it!
I have one of your drawing books! (Idk where it is but I’ll find it soon)
can u please do a tutorial on how to draw a realistic sloth ??
So I have a couple of ideas for comics, and I'm trying to get to the point where I can draw my characters from different angles, but so far I haven't really thought about the backgrounds and what it'll look like when it's finished. I've also been learning how to draw things from nature, like trees and flowers and different animals. Does anyone have any advice for how to actually *start* my comics?
hello +mark crilley i am having trouble with one point perspective you showed on how to draw a subway scene. my question is whats the best way to practice perspective whether it be one, two, and three.
I have a question, not about comics, but this is because I want to make comics, anyway I was wondering about drawing the basic structure of characters. I've seen some people start with basic shapes and others start with a sort of stick figure. what's different about these two approaches?
thank you! very helpful
Mark thank you for your help with the manga and background it should be very helpful and can you try and draw Joseph Joestar from Jojo bizarre adventure that would be awsome bit it up to you but thank you for your help mark
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS
hey Mark I like your videos they're great for learning. my question is goku I saw you draw him once, and wondered would you draw him again since the your manga style is changing. well not changing, but more detailed is what I'm trying to say. well in any case please.?
Hey, can you make a video on, how should I put this? Character distinction? I'm making a comic, and I feel like my character designs are... kind of repeated. I want to keep it realistic for a believable feel, but they all look a little bland and normal amongst themselves. Help?
So for those of you guys who are having trouble with designing background, I have a good experience with creating background designs. I would like to share you my personal experiences on how I became good in drawing landscapes self taught.
I had a common mindset like you guys that I can't draw such time consuming landscape art. But it really goes back to 4 years ago during my Sof-More year in high school that I pretty much had a good sense in drawing characters and how their proportion worked. The specific assignment I remember had a caligraphy brush and we needed to draw a city skyline or tree branch with cherry blossom scene. So I drawn a city skyline using the brush pen only out of bordem. A sumi-e drawing of a two characters running away from the poverty in New York. I also had my lunch pass or gold card to buy and eat outside. I always visited the art room because there were so many books that I can learn from and use them as a reference if I needed to. During the visit in the art room my art teacher told me that while putting most of the artworks away in the storage cabin, she actually looked at my drawing and she said she wanted to buy it! So that day I was lucky that my artwork has been a big change. I asked the reason why she wanted to buy this drawing. She made a brief commentary saying that she liked the perspective and the composition of this drawing. The two of the characters resembled the art teacher and her husband. She went on to saying I can already see that the art teacher and her husband are moving away from such infrastructure going on in NYC. So I looked at the artwork to see from my own abstraction I made such work. The next day I visited the art room she paid me $50 considering that this was my first time artwork being sold.
The drawing was even shown during the fundraiser party at my school. One of the people in the party had said to buy this artwork and he wanted to see me in person. But I wasn't able to see him on that day. But the year had passed and I sumbitted another artwork, even two if I remember. It was at the beginning of my senior year when the fan had actually hired me to become his artist! I was about to start my senior year so well even the May 2017 was an lit year for me that we had finished our first coloring book project. I was also close to my graduation year but sadly I wasn't able to because for the urgency from my grand father in Tokyo had a terrible abdominal cancer. The visit was about 4 weeks approximately. One week later after we visited Japan, he passed away. Since that day, I got so many friend request from my uncle who actually inherited the izakaya resturant in west subway exit of Lidabashi. My grandmother is doing okay. The day after tomorrow is my grandmother's birthday.
So what did I learned about my journey in background art? So 4 years ago, I described on how I had seen my artwork was right? So I applied the same techniques this time using the art basics, I was able to re-create my own perspective in any shapes and forms in random perspective. This is your assignment if you want to get good in background art.
Many people would actually tell you the fundamental terms and instructions on how to develop background drawing. But here is the thing, it can get complicated. However, that can be decluttered if you crumple your paper and open it back up again. Using your ruler to draw a horizon line, get your distance out of your paper and see what kind of shape, form, or landscape you see. The crummpled paper lines just signifies the background you just made out of random notice. So my question is, from using your art basics and mistakes. What kind of mistakes would you rather improvise and move on with? Remember the term art generally means how you master the craft of using your tools in disposal. Whether you use your materials on digital or physical paper to draw something onto it. Its how you improve your skills in terms of crafting that image that you just seen on canvas, wood, metal sheet, clay, or whatever your mind desires you to do on that material.
hey can you please make a video on how to draw cloud from final fantasy. I love your videos and I've been getting better because of you. I've probly been watching you for about 2 years. So can you please take the time to make a video on him
Mr. Mark! When you showed us about showing a place in a different state, you said Brody and Miki, not Hiro and Miki! Lol.😉😋😋😃😁
cud u do more background drawings please
Mark, I need to know! 15:13 Did Akiko turn down that guy??
this was really helpful!
Mr. Crilley can you do a video of how to do a wound. Like if the main character got injured somehow in the story.
your videos have been really helpful for someone starting out
Your French accent is really awesome. Did you study French ? :)
I did, in high school and college. Thanks for your kind words ^^
markcrilley Cool :) You're welcome !