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ArtofAleksey

@Kris yes exactly! But with an attempt at some sort of story telling. Kinda like calvin and hobbes writing? Except fantasy and magic jokes

Kris

@Aleksey
%100 on board with that.
Let me know if you want someone to bounce an idea off of.

ArtofAleksey

@Kris lol ty I’ll post stuff here as i go

ArtofAleksey

Ok here is a rough of the first panel. I want to make it a big opening panel. The wizard dad is going to get his daughter a new magical pet at the “Magic Friends Adoption Agency”
That’s the hippie dad.
In the scene the wizard and daughter are tiny silhouettes.

braden H

@Aleksey I like! Is this a sketch, or will you be compositing the pages from multiple drawings?

Also, I see you've sketched in some bubbles (yay!) have you discovered the awesome resource that is blambot for comic fonts yet?

ArtofAleksey

@Braden-Hallett this is a rough sketch and no i have no idea what that is tell me more!

braden H

@Aleksey Many free comic fonts! Blambott!

So much better than using comic sans.

The use of comic fonts has vicious grammar and style crusaders. I learned a fair bit the hard way :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

braden H

Unless of course you're going for hand-lettering in which case Calligraphr is your best friend

ArtofAleksey

@Braden-Hallett Thanks!
Also couldn’t sleep so here is updated design.

Susan Marks

@Aleksey I'm so enjoying this. I like the idea for your comic, and I really salute you for going with a practice comic first. Your design has moved along quite positively from the first to second (shared) iteration.

It looks like you know where you're going and how to get there. But just in case have you seen Drawing Words Writing Pictures?
I'm working my way through it--its sort of set up as a textbook for a high school/college class. 15 chapters that walk you through the process. It's based on traditional media, but I am adapting it to my Procreate work.

I look forward to your next posts and images. I'm enjoying being drawn into the project and your process.

ArtofAleksey

@Susan-Marks hey susan thank you so much i cant believe my arts is making people feel this way.

No i havnt that. The only stuff ive read was will eisners books on viaual story telling (all 3 but I might reread them because it was so long ago) and scott mclouds books. They had a lot of overlap and so do jake parkers videos. Right now im watching the “‘making comics” videos on svs. Do you happen to know if there is overlap between those books and “drawing words and writing pictures?”

Susan Marks

@Aleksey Alas-but I haven't read the books that you're referencing. I've heard of Scott McCloud's books, and I just reach his graphic novel "Sculptor" (wildly ambitious and quite interesting). Taking the "making comics" is on my list--so much to learn!

ArtofAleksey

Finished inking the first panel. Im very happy with it. The rest will probably have to wait until i finish this months prompt.

reddprime

@Aleksey Hey! I am using Wordpress for mine. There are some really useful webcomic themes that make life extremely easy.