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 [...]
Advertising on Top List Sites. Which ones work? Updated – April,14 2010 Since I started posting reMIND online I’ve been scouring the internet to find ways to promote my site. One of the ways I’ve seen are “Top List Sites” or “Webcomic Directories” where hundreds or thousands of webcomic creators come to list their online [...]
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 [...]
Click to enlarge. Here we go. This is the moment when I thought to myself, "I need to get this thing going!" I toyed with the idea of making this into two spreads but then the rest of my life flashed before my eyes. Drawing a 4000 page graphic novel is not what I wanted [...]
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 [...]
Can Forums Promote Your Graphic Novel? So I've started spending time in art forums these last few months. One of the forum rules is "No Trolling". I have no idea what this means and when I asked an artist friend he told me it was to sit under a bridge and grant wishes. I looked [...]
Outsourcing to professional flatters In my last post I brought up Elance or Guru for outsourcing. This has been useful to know but I almost hate the process of finding the right person, spending money to test them, possibly train them and the whole time wondering if I could just find a more direct route [...]
