Here’s a tip that is applicable to many art forms – comics, writing, storyboards. (more…)
Posts Tagged: structuring
WRITING TROPES: NAMING CHARACTERS
Tropes are storytelling devices. Used well, they enrich a story; used badly, they result in the dreaded cliché. This series of articles takes a closer look at some major tropes relevant to comics and the pitfalls they may present.
This isn’t a trope per se, but a collection of thoughts and advice on this subject from someone who was deeply obsessed with names at some point. It’s written with comics in mind but applies equally to writing for other media.
So You Wanna Publish A Webcomic? – Part 4
Making pages and using widgets
By the end of the last tutorial, our site was up and we had made quite a few basic edits to the CSS to begin to customize the look of the site. I continued on to make some more edits and if you want to see my updated stylesheet, you can download one here.
Comic Review Checklist – Part 3
Hello once again, everyone! This is the third and final installment of my blog post series about my comic review checklist that I use when editing comics for CarpeChaos.com. To read part one, click here. To read part two, click here. (more…)
Panel Descriptions In The Digital Age – Part 3
We’ve been talking at length about panel descriptions. Hopefully you’ve got a friend friend willing to collaborate, or found a forum somewhere that encourages people to post panel descriptions so that other people can try to draw them. Practice makes perfect! Aside from that, here are a few more tips that will save you time and money in the long run. I’ve already stressed the importance of establishing expectations with your art team well before sending them a script. In this section I’ll be discussing word balloons in panels, letterer notes, and the benefits to the revision process made possible by email. (more…)
Writing Tropes: Copy-Paste Plot
Tropes are storytelling devices. Used well, they enrich a story; used badly, they result in the dreaded cliché. This series of articles takes a closer look at some major tropes relevant to comics and the pitfalls they may present. (more…)
Panel Descriptions in the Digital Age (part 2)
You’ve worked out your tone, the character design sketches, and are ready to write those panels, right? Great! The format of your pages is entirely up to you, your artist, and your editor. Heck, you could text message or tweet a description of each panel if you wanted to! But the main point is to get on the same page, and this is done by finding a common language before you begin. (more…)
Panel Descriptions in the Digital Age (Part 1)
Most comic book scripts are a series of panel descriptions intended for the artistic team. The script is your way to communicate to your artists—it’s a technical document, not intended for your audience nor designed to make people laugh or cry.
This Advice Will Save Your (Creative) Life
For my first contribution to the site, I thought I’d start with the single best piece of advice I could ever give a creator. (more…)
So You Wanna Publish A Webcomic? – Part 1
The internet has transformed independent comics and given creators an easy way to get their stories out to the public. There are a lot of different ways to publish your work online, but two of the most popular are WordPress and WordPress running ComicPress. (more…)