I've been an artist for as long as I can remember [came across my baby book and it said I picked up pencils and started scratching on paper with them at 18 months]. I don't plan on ever doing it professionally, because my inspiration zaps out the moment I HAVE to do anything lol. So, I draw a lot. A LOT. But I normally don't have the concentration or patience to sit and work on one piece of art for hours. Usually, I work on about 20 different drawings within the couple hours and don't finish any of them. Lately, I've been setting more into the comic realm and sitting down for 5 to 7 hours at a time drawing and finishing a few panels at a time on a comic strip. It's totally shifted from what I ever have done, and I'm loving it. Watching these videos give great tips :) it's so exciting. Thank you for the upload!
Excellent work. I strive to better my comic book art everyday. Nice to see how a professional works out his scenes. Every think about going digital or do you plan on staying with traditional methods?
Hey, this is fantastic. There's so many helpful tutorials on TH-cam for drawing, the rules of things, the vernacular, the tools you need, etc. and they're great for what they do, but sometimes it's more helpful just to watch someone doing their job the normal way they do it, as if no one was watching (including the "boring bits" and all). Anywho! I was dying for something like this. Thanks! It was very useful.
It bothers me when people leave negative feedback to something that is offered up as help or advice, not to mention it's completely free. So why don't you keep your ughs to yourself Solar and be thankful this guy took the time to help you.
wow , this has been my favorite hobby as a child to a young adult as i am now .. i do still draw comics and make storylines , but i do also need some specific instructions to modify them , thank god i have found them.
I noticed that you scribble your drawings and don't really care how neat they are at first. I AM SO HAPPY! I thought I was the only person that did that!
Life drawing, books by Andrew Loomis... there are a bunch of other books worth checking out too. Go to your local bookstore or library and flick through some books in their art section.
Do you know any good sources on the net that teach how to layout a story? I'm not curtain on how to break that up onto pages. I tend to draw to much detail of what I wrote and I'm sure no ones to read a phonebook sized book. Great vids!
I'm really curious as of how long does it take to pencil an entire page? I'm trying to get down a technique that can speed up the whole process for (I get caught up in the sketching details before I get to inking).
+NotEasyToHold Gimp is one free program that I know, but Photo shop is really, really cheap right now, and it's my personal favorite I really hope this helps :3
I have normal speed videos, but I doubt I will upload them for this particular page; it would be too much footage to upload. I'll maybe do another video at regular speed. I learnt a lot myself, studying other artists, reading books & tutorials. I went to uni too but it was more photography/video/computer related art I majored in, and I was also mentored for a couple of months in the Philippines by Whilce Portacio.
I'm using 11"x17" size since I work in the US industry. It really depends what the finished result is going to be published at, and what ratio you like working at.
You're good at what you do no doubt but at this point 99% of cape comics are just strung together splash pages and posters. Nice to see a mainstream artist putting a little thought into actually, you know STORYTELLING!
Keeping the art clean I guess depends on what sort of artist you are, and how much care and attention you pay into keeping your art clean. Hey messy art can be cool too. As for greytones you're thinking of screen tones (Zip-A-Tone)... hard to come by these days, but you can emulate them digitally in Photoshop, and I hear Manga Studio has some nice tone effects too.
HEY. How exactly do you think of panel layouts and when its left to you, how do you figure out what positions to put the characters in that allow the story to flow and not look.. well.. like crap.? Ive started my own after having started one years ago and lost it. I just cant seem to think of good placements for the panels and how i want my characters to be placed in each one without having a funky look of some sort that just doesnt fit. PLEASE help im stumped.
Each panel should have a focus, and all elements in the panel should be leading the eye to the focus, and also help to flow into the next panel. Every page should also have a focus, and all the panels on the page should work towards highlighting the focus of the page. If what you put down does not work towards you telling your story in the best way possible, then you should scrap it and try an alternative way. Hopefully with those things in mind you can get better results.
Thanks David! I like the idea of Colossus coming out of the sentinel's mouth. You could do it like you did the first page...put the sentinel behind all the panels??? Idk, just brainstorming. Good stuff!
I could easily be in the top ten best artists in the industry. But I'm lazy and lack the drive to produce. Therefore good job sir. Maybe someday I will.
Don't think I've ever made a hand made comic... maybe in high school. But you just have to fold some paper and put staples in it if there are more than four pages.
I'm just curious, are you a self-taught artist or did you go to art school? I ask because I am a college art student hoping to break into animation and comic books someday. Awesome video you did there too!
I use an Epson Expression 1640XL which is a fairly old model now, the model which is current alternative to that is the 12000xl I believe. High end large format scanners are pricey though. You can get away with cheap multifunction scanners (brother & Epson both make models) if you are only doing black and white art, but the quality in the scans is really night and day. Obviously your purchase will depend on your budget and needs.
can you zoom in on the drawing, and slow down the video jus by a bit. Btw, how did u learn how to draw like an expert artist, self taught, or through art schools.
Great tutorial! But Im not sure if it's just my speaker or is your voice so deep i can see adele rolling in it. I can't make up anything you're saying :(
great video pleas make more...there or a lot of inking a page videos believe it or not there's not that many videos where there's a pro comic penciler's drawing a comic page that's not manga.
i feel lucky i can actually see this guy drawing, Injustice - Gods Among Us (Year One) this guy killed it , i say again, he murdered the 9th book , man i wanna add you on facebook can you please share it :(((((!!!
@phongbong There is a video on youtube called "How To Create A Comic Book" starring Todd McFarlane and Rob Liefeld. It is an excellent video that talks about layouts and storytelling. Run it through the youtube search bar and Todd McFarlane's picture is on part one. This will be a really helpful video for you. Plus, it's free! Good Luck!
I've been an artist for as long as I can remember [came across my baby book and it said I picked up pencils and started scratching on paper with them at 18 months]. I don't plan on ever doing it professionally, because my inspiration zaps out the moment I HAVE to do anything lol. So, I draw a lot. A LOT. But I normally don't have the concentration or patience to sit and work on one piece of art for hours. Usually, I work on about 20 different drawings within the couple hours and don't finish any of them. Lately, I've been setting more into the comic realm and sitting down for 5 to 7 hours at a time drawing and finishing a few panels at a time on a comic strip. It's totally shifted from what I ever have done, and I'm loving it. Watching these videos give great tips :) it's so exciting. Thank you for the upload!
I'm really happy it had that result for you. Thanks for sharing that!
Thanks for sharing this. It's really quite refreshing to see and hear how you made the various pages using traditional pencil.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent work. I strive to better my comic book art everyday. Nice to see how a professional works out his scenes. Every think about going digital or do you plan on staying with traditional methods?
Storytelling is the most important aspect to creating comics, so it's always my focus, even on covers.
Hey, this is fantastic. There's so many helpful tutorials on TH-cam for drawing, the rules of things, the vernacular, the tools you need, etc. and they're great for what they do, but sometimes it's more helpful just to watch someone doing their job the normal way they do it, as if no one was watching (including the "boring bits" and all). Anywho! I was dying for something like this. Thanks! It was very useful.
You're very welcome!
It bothers me when people leave negative feedback to something that is offered up as help or advice, not to mention it's completely free. So why don't you keep your ughs to yourself Solar and be thankful this guy took the time to help you.
wow , this has been my favorite hobby as a child to a young adult as i am now ..
i do still draw comics and make storylines , but i do also need some specific instructions to modify them , thank god i have found them.
what a great recourse, im hoping to start my own comic. Thank you brother. Keep up the great work
Amen! :)
i personally am just grateful you took the time and effort to share this.
What The Comic-Art! Very good work there...
Tony Montano Thank you.
I noticed that you scribble your drawings and don't really care how neat they are at first. I AM SO HAPPY! I thought I was the only person that did that!
I always sketch like that
I like your sketch skills.
Thank you.
fantastic! How can i make my figures look alive from memory? do you have a mental image or build the pose part by part? thank you for sharing.
Acting out the poses can give you ideas!
Life drawing, books by Andrew Loomis... there are a bunch of other books worth checking out too. Go to your local bookstore or library and flick through some books in their art section.
Excelent! Congratulations!
Thank you! Cheers!
Do you know any good sources on the net that teach how to layout a story? I'm not curtain on how to break that up onto pages. I tend to draw to much detail of what I wrote and I'm sure no ones to read a phonebook sized book. Great vids!
awesome! thanks for the video, a sweet look into the process of creating a page!
Oh, I just loves drawing in my whole life.
And, sewing dress, making flowers, shoot a filem.
There's so many hobbies, how can I choose one?
why don't you chose multimedia?
I hope you make new videos sometime! It's amazing to watch you work!
awesome . what mechanical pencil are you using?
This guy is great helping us out
I'm really curious as of how long does it take to pencil an entire page? I'm trying to get down a technique that can speed up the whole process for (I get caught up in the sketching details before I get to inking).
This is amazing. :D Do you know any free/trial program where I can paint my scanned drawings?
+NotEasyToHold Adobe Photoshop
+NotEasyToHold Manga Studio (the basic version) is relatively cheap
+NotEasyToHold Gimp is one free program that I know, but Photo shop is really, really cheap right now, and it's my personal favorite I really hope this helps :3
+NotEasyToHold try gimp
I'm not a pro... but I Usually using photoshop for coloring 😊
That was amazing and very helpful. Thanks a lot!
You're very welcome!
Hi David. Did you ever think about working with a Wacom Cintiq tablet instead?
I have two, plus an iPad.
keep up the good work 👍
Thanks. I'll try.
Great job sir! Really learned at lot from this video.
will u be doing character development/ environmental design tutorials? really want to get into comic book art atm
I may touch on that stuff.
great videos mate
Glad you like them!
I have normal speed videos, but I doubt I will upload them for this particular page; it would be too much footage to upload. I'll maybe do another video at regular speed.
I learnt a lot myself, studying other artists, reading books & tutorials. I went to uni too but it was more photography/video/computer related art I majored in, and I was also mentored for a couple of months in the Philippines by Whilce Portacio.
Hi there! Would you please tell me what is the most preferable paper size to make a comic book page? Is that A3 you are using?
I'm using 11"x17" size since I work in the US industry. It really depends what the finished result is going to be published at, and what ratio you like working at.
You are INCREDIBLE... thanks for the videos! +1 subscriber :)
Thanks and welcome
You're good at what you do no doubt but at this point 99% of cape comics are just strung together splash pages and posters. Nice to see a mainstream artist putting a little thought into actually, you know STORYTELLING!
Keeping the art clean I guess depends on what sort of artist you are, and how much care and attention you pay into keeping your art clean. Hey messy art can be cool too.
As for greytones you're thinking of screen tones (Zip-A-Tone)... hard to come by these days, but you can emulate them digitally in Photoshop, and I hear Manga Studio has some nice tone effects too.
This is fantastic. Many, many thanks for this!
HEY. How exactly do you think of panel layouts and when its left to you, how do you figure out what positions to put the characters in that allow the story to flow and not look.. well.. like crap.? Ive started my own after having started one years ago and lost it. I just cant seem to think of good placements for the panels and how i want my characters to be placed in each one without having a funky look of some sort that just doesnt fit. PLEASE help im stumped.
Each panel should have a focus, and all elements in the panel should be leading the eye to the focus, and also help to flow into the next panel. Every page should also have a focus, and all the panels on the page should work towards highlighting the focus of the page. If what you put down does not work towards you telling your story in the best way possible, then you should scrap it and try an alternative way. Hopefully with those things in mind you can get better results.
very cool very relaxing to listen to while I pencil. ala Bob Ross
jbcomics Thanks.
Amazing work
Thanks David! I like the idea of Colossus coming out of the sentinel's mouth. You could do it like you did the first page...put the sentinel behind all the panels??? Idk, just brainstorming. Good stuff!
What kinda sketchbook is that at the beginning?
what type of pencil did you use?
Hey What type of paper?
I could easily be in the top ten best artists in the industry. But I'm lazy and lack the drive to produce. Therefore good job sir. Maybe someday I will.
John Collins That is the other part of success.
how did you keep your pad still on the slanted surface? or isn't it slanted
If i flew over to the Philippines and show my portfolio, you think he'll mentor me?
Did you, and how did you publish hand made, traditional comics?
Don't think I've ever made a hand made comic... maybe in high school. But you just have to fold some paper and put staples in it if there are more than four pages.
I'm just curious, are you a self-taught artist or did you go to art school?
I ask because I am a college art student hoping to break into animation and comic books someday.
Awesome video you did there too!
congrats im your new subscriber great video
Thanks for subbing!
Esto es genial, y de mucha ayuda! gracias
what do you use as a scanner?
i'm trying to find one that can scan 11x14 paper?
I use an Epson Expression 1640XL which is a fairly old model now, the model which is current alternative to that is the 12000xl I believe. High end large format scanners are pricey though. You can get away with cheap multifunction scanners (brother & Epson both make models) if you are only doing black and white art, but the quality in the scans is really night and day. Obviously your purchase will depend on your budget and needs.
You are the best 👍👍👍
Thank you so much!
Will do soon.
can you zoom in on the drawing, and slow down the video jus by a bit.
Btw, how did u learn how to draw like an expert artist, self taught, or through art schools.
Artists commonly use Photoshop or Corel Painter for colouring comics digitally. I'll maybe do a video of me colouring a cover or something soon.
Thank you. Yeah I need to get on top of doing some more.
where did you find that 11x17 sketchbook? is it a smooth surface?
Sorry sketchbook is A3
Live, bleed, and crop areas are already marked out on the paper Marvel sends me. Panel borders are left up to the artist to decide.
Great tutorial! But Im not sure if it's just my speaker or is your voice so deep i can see adele rolling in it. I can't make up anything you're saying :(
LOL got jokes
so cool
Thanks
Mates he uploaded this in 2010 thats why he had one of them cameras in 2010 👌🏼🤣
If only they knew. New camera gear on the way! lol
great video pleas make more...there or a lot of inking a page videos believe it or not there's not that many videos where there's a pro comic penciler's drawing a comic page that's not manga.
what pencil are you using?
Staedtler 2mm mechanical clutch pencil. Probably HB lead at the time.
A school online? So how does that work?
I do my comics with LiveComic app for iPhone, you can add photos, videos, speech bubbles etc
Amazing! Love the video! (P.S, you have the same mechanical pencil as me!) :D
HetalialukaloverXX Thank you.
I was wondering, where do you get illustration boards to draw out your comics?
Omar Romero Marvel supply paper
awesomeee! thank you for sharing!!!
2mm mechanical clutch pencil HB or sometimes F
great vid thank you!! enjoyed and learned from it!
was that an A3 size paper?
11"x17". I generally use American sizes; it's easier when working in the US industry. Yu could fit the live art area (10"x15") on an A3 page though.
When are you going to post again?
Today.
Quill A3 Visual Art Diary. Some other brands have really crappy surface and/or super bleached paper.
So cool
mentored by Whilce Portacio? No way, how'd you get him to mentor you?
It really depends on the page. This one was 9 hours I believe not including breaks (video is sped up 4 times)
awesome!
Can u teach me how to draw a comic? Let say techniques to improve my drawing skills ..
I want to share my feelings to the one i love please :")
Whilce is in the USA now. I don't know if he is taking on new mentees, but he was looking at setting up some sort of school online.
What paper do u use
Grayson Rodriguez The paper used in this vid was supplied by Marvel. I believe it is Strathmore Bristol. My sketchbook is Quill
Keep making videos!!! :O..... please.....
OMG I love that book !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
still, there's nothing wrong with some criticism, it helps everyone become better
Thanks. Glad it was useful.
i feel lucky i can actually see this guy drawing, Injustice - Gods Among Us (Year One) this guy killed it , i say again, he murdered the 9th book , man i wanna add you on facebook can you please share it :(((((!!!
nice job
HE'S AUSSIE!!!
Thanks ...its really helpful
Dope
Thanks.
nice vid
Thank you!
I flew over to the Philippines and showed him my portfolio.
Thanks.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
I am making a comic myself
gracie036 Best of luck with it.
Yes and DC
Thanks sir. You help me a lot. (:
@phongbong There is a video on youtube called "How To Create A Comic Book" starring Todd McFarlane and Rob Liefeld. It is an excellent video that talks about layouts and storytelling. Run it through the youtube search bar and Todd McFarlane's picture is on part one. This will be a really helpful video for you. Plus, it's free! Good Luck!
you need a tripod for the camera... had so much difficulty watching this video =(
More like to fix his voice, he sounds so small in the vid
Dragon21Studios I didn't have one at the time I recorded this.
harits andhika The mic I used wasn't the best.
Or you could use your volume control. ;-)
Bristol board
me: watches the video, sits in the corner and cry.