So i want to draw comics.
Where do i start? What are useful ressorcues to learn? What apps should i use? Are there special comic drawing apps or is any drawing app sufficient enough?
I have already an android tablet with a pen. I can also buy those graphic tablets for pc but my budget would be tight.
Do you have an understanding of drawing or comics? For learning resources I’ve heard Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud is good, they even have a copy on the internet archive!
Do you have an understanding of drawing or comics?
Not at all. I mean i do so some quick doodles during while taking notes / phone calls but nothing serious.
Everything depends on everything. Knowing absolutely nothing about your vision? The two digital art programs I’d start with are GIMP 3.0 and Krita.
One option is to draw the lines with pencil on paper, scan them, vectorize them in Inkscape, and then finish them in post. I’ve done it before, it’s low tech and makes for a nice, organic look.
I never progressed beyond the complete beginner level. I also have an Android tablet with a stylus. I always looked Artflow app.
I tried learning in the tablet and never progressed much. Realised that fundamentals have to be learnt with pen and paper. If you don’t get good without tech assisted tools, then you’ll never be all that good. Although I do like scanning in the line drawing and then inking and colouring on the tablet.
Do you scan with a traditional scanner or just use the tablet or phone’s camera?
I have a scanner.
Phone camera works well enough for a hobbyist like me, but if you want it to be good quality to publish then you should use a scanner (they’re stupidly cheap secondhand).
If you’re a complete beginner with drawing then DrawABox lessons helped me a lot and I would highly recommend these.
I am, and have always been, an untrained hobbyist. Back in the day I just used pencil and paper.
Nowadays I use GIMP and a Microsoft Surface tablet, but I still do most things pretty manually. I never really bothered to find fancy solutions for panels, speech bubbles, text, and so on. It suits my needs.
never really bothered to find fancy solutions for panels, speech bubbles, text, and so on.
So that means you do your own panels, speech bubbles etc… Do you always them from scratch or do you have a own made template where you copy your bubbles?
I have a couple things templated, like a vertical page that fits on a phone screen with a few panels already outlined. Otherwise it’s from scratch.
Templates are boring anyway. Part of the fun of comics is using different shapes, sizes, and positions for panels/bubbles in ways that help tell a story.
On that note I must also plug Scott McCloud’s books, they really helped me see all the tools at my disposal.
Originally i wanted to post this post into a art community but most of them are made for sharing their work and not questions. If someone know a community for asking (beginner) art questions let me know.
