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This is pure awesome.This weenie is going to start. Today! (or at least tomorrow)
So, did you get started?
I did. I have a single panel so far! LOL. Well to be more precise, I have several panels, but only the first one contains any content. I drew up some boxes and stared into the white void, and stared, and stared some more. Eventually I decided to re-create a small one page comic I drew as a homework assignment for a drawing class I took way, way back in high school. I remember very little about what I produced back then other than the general idea. If only I still had that assignment. It would be fun to compare the two once I’m done with this go-around.
Hooray! Good on ya! Getting started is always a struggle so remember to practice it everyday even if you only do a panel or a thumbnail!
Overcoming that initial fight to just begin often results in a flood of doing.
Totally did. Made a shitty 8-panel comic of 2016 me telling past-me what I would be like at this age. And even though it’s fit for emergency toilet paper (if stiffness doesn’t perturb you), I did a couple drawings I’m proud of.
So thanks for the motivation, 2014 you!
so how did it go?
Very nice Mark!
Very cool! I really like this character and how he’s been drawn. If you ever make a book of all these combined, I’ll buy it. Thanks for the motivation.
Thanks y’all! I appreciate the kind words.
I love this so much. This is exactly what I needed to hear!
Words cannot describe how much I agree with this comic. Brilliant on every single level. So freaking true!
I once did a thing on Deviant Art where you go back and re-draw something you did at least a year prior. It was EXTREMELY educational. My process and skills had changed so much, I was in awe at how much I’d learned, and the realization that this will ALWAYS be the case. No matter how satisfied I am today, a year from now I will look back and know that it would be a different piece were I to draw it today.
This is wonderful. Thank you.
Funny thing is, this is the best “how to make comics” tutorial I’ve seen so far (and I’ve seen quite a lot of them already, even some really good ones)!
There IS beauty in simplicity, haha 🙂
You’re so right! This piece of art is much more useful than some books on the topic(and not only, the same advice is great for every creating) out there.
Thank you very much whoever did this. It was the best. The kiddie illustrations made me not afraid of my art being laughed at! Thank you!
love this! the hardest part is always getting started 🙂
This is definitely the most inspiring comic I have ever read.
Jumped over to this site from “How to Make a Comic Book” at Coursera. This was really good, very inspiring. I’m walking around and everything is becoming a comic book idea in my head.
Wow… thanks for this idea in making comics. Most starters like encountered this kind of situation. LOL!
I just need to push and one step at a time I can create my own comics.
You have a unique way of encouraging those that need it. I was funny and delightful and it had a good lesson behind it to. To just keep moving on! Thank You Mark. 🙂
Whoa, that’s strange. I loved your article, so I shared it on my own website, and then I saw this weird spam message pop up on your article. I’m sorry about that, I’m not sure what that’s about.
No worries, thanks for the share! The comment below is a pingback that our theme displays – although I think I’m gonna style it differently…