Mark of the Beast 108 – Cursive

Talking about the struggles of using cursive writing in comics. Music by Deep Purple “Space Truckin’“. Follow Mark on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio player? Log in or register here! [private] [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Right-click or Control-click to Download Supreme RSS Feed [/private]

Mark of the Beast 106 – Letter

Talking about my method of lettering, incorporating digital and analog elements. Also talked about the Tombs of the Blind Date book. Music by Satyricon “Black Crow on a Tombstone“. Follow Mark on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio player? Log in or register here! [private] [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Right-click [...]

Thunder Punch Daily 110 – Categorizing the Process

Today I revisit a topic I don’t think I’ve touched on in a while (maybe not since the Your Comic From the Ground Up series!): namely, whether or not an artist should finish each page of a project in its entirety before moving on to the next one, or whether breaking the process into several [...]

Thunder Punch Daily 98 – One Week Later Observations

Sharing a few thoughts on what I learned and what I fought against in making a mini-comic in a week! Surprises, sadness, and finding my courage to press on. By the way, the mini-comic is complete! You can read it here. [private] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Right-click or Control-click to Download Supreme [...]

Video: Visual Rhythms Class

I recently led a class on how visual rhythms work in comics, using poetry and text as a clue. I close with an examination of how panel size, content, and word choice all contribute to the three layers of comics visual rhythms. Follow Jerzy on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio [...]

Art & Story 142 – The Big Logo

[private]This week we take on a topic put to us by Michael Cruz: What is our creative process on designing comics project logos? In a bit of a freeform discussion (with a few technical glitches) we break the topic down into the following realms of concern: Whether to title your story with a specific audience [...]

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Thunder Punch Daily 30 – Word Balloon Tips

Today I blast through a few go-to checkpoints I use when creating word balloons on my pages. The Checkpoints Mentioned: Placement Tails Properly centering the text Checking with others to see about placement Irregular shapes Fonts I referred to Art & Story episodes 95 and 79 in this episode, if you want to hear more [...]

Thunder Punch Daily 15 – Drawlin’ Mah Letters

Today I leap off of something Kim Holm mentioned about lettering on a recent A&S Extreme!! I talk about how the principles of line value in illustration are exactly analogous to the way I like to think about lettering. I talk a little inside baseball at the top of this one, discussing how I use Hindenburg [...]

Art & Story – Your Comic From The Ground Up, Pt 5

[private]We’re back with another installment of the Your Comic From The Ground Up series, and this time it’s a full-on discussion on deciding what lettering tools to choose, followed by some talk about penciling. As with previous episodes, we begin with a theoretical discussion on this stage of the process, followed by some practical strategies [...]

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Art & Story Alive! Episode 85

[private]It’s beards, motion comics, 24-hour comics, and webcomics up to the hilt on this episode of Art & Story Alive! After a brief report from Ryan Dow on his experience at 24-hour comic day, we tackle a topic proposed by Collin Lenzen: Alternatives to simply displaying a full comic page online. (Full pages online can [...]

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