Trent Kaniuga sits in an all blue, dimly lit, dry room, in a modified bucket seat chair, deep in thought. Contemplating where he’s been all these years and whether or not he should have eaten that last taco. It doesn’t matter. He’s here and he’s waiting. Sixteen years as a comic book artist, 8 of [...]
Will Publishing Online First, Ruin my Chances of Print?
I got this question a few months back from a talented artist.
Question: I was just curious to hear your thoughts about whether or not publishing your pages online first, might burn any bridges when looking for a literary agent/book publisher in the future?
Just curious. I’m pursuing [...]
So first off, I want to welcome all the new viewers from Sarah Ellerton’s The Phoenix Requiem. She is so nice to give me a link on the front page of her site. It’s more than I could have ever asked for and I am super grateful! It’s exciting to see all the new visitors [...]
Here are pages 56 and 57. Click to enlarge. Right-Click to open in a new window full size.
I’d like to say these pages were easy but… well, I’m still not sure if they are finished. In fact all these back story pages have gone through so many revisions that it’s a wonder I’m even able [...]
How do I find an artist?
I’ve received several emails from writers trying to figure out how to find a good artist to draw their comic ideas or to team up with. I’ve had this conversation many times over the years and it’s never an easy question for me to answer because I’ve never been a [...]
Page Layouts and Thumbnails - How I Started
Planning out pages has been the most challenging aspect of creating reMIND and when planning a good set of pages, I always start with thumbnails. I’ve mentioned it before in the past assuming everyone knows what I’m talking about but since every artist is unique with their workflow I [...]
Making a comic or graphic novel is quite the undertaking. Making one while having a full time job and family is ridiculous.
Although it can seem like a daunting goal, there are ways to achieve a project of this scale in a reasonable amount of time. To make more sense of my following points, I need [...]
Here are pages 50 and 51. Click to enlarge. Right click to see it full size in a new window.
These pages went through several changes before I finally figure ‘em out. For example, the first panel used to be Victuals at the doorway of his mom’s house and he was in peasant clothes. All the [...]
Talent – a natural aptitude or skill (Oxford American Dictionary)
I get tons of people coming to me asking for advice on how to get into the field of art. I use to get confused when self proclaimed artists would approach me for advice but when asked to see their work they only had old school [...]
Pages 47 & 48. Click to enlarge.
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These pages were a blast to work on because… you guessed it, ACTION! But I can’t help but wonder if I should change the rating of this comic to PG-13 because of crab blood. I guess I’ll find [...]
Chapter 1 is all updated!
So as you might remember from last weeks post, I will start Chapter 2 next Monday to make time for a good updating of all the pages in Chapter 1. I've replaced all the pages with their new improved ones. The main thing you will notice is the new word balloons [...]
Here are the last pages of Chapter 1.
So as you can see in spread 17, I am going to have a small intermission for a week to repost all the pages of chapter 1 with a few corrections and updated word balloons. So please don't skip out on next Mondays post, in turn missing these [...]
Here is Spread 14 along with a few of the steps of my process. The only stage I'm missing is the thumbnail because I'm to lazy to scan it. Click to enlarge.
This week was pretty productive with reMIND. I almost finished coloring 4 pages (2 spreads) and I sketched some thumbnails for my Flight submission. [...]
In the advertising world there is a simple theory that if you’re given lots of options, it’s hard to make up your mind and you’ll never buy anything. But if greeted with one or two options, it’s easy to decide and you spend lots of cash. Well, that’s what some people think anyway. Just look at [...]
Which Forum is right for me?
When I first heard about artist forums and online communities I was totally lost. I had no idea where to look and how to find them. When I did a google search, I typed in "Illustration Forums" and the only one I found that seemed legit was IllustrationMundo.com. I didn't [...]
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