42nd anniversary of Forbidden Planet<\/a>, the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror book and comic shop (and the reason for the 42nd celebration is in honour of Douglas Adams, who often did signings at the store!), so we wanted to look at tips and hints to consider before you start your own comic, and maybe one day you\u2019ll be having your own signings at the famous store!<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you\u2019ve got a project in mind, and you\u2019re ready to get stuck in, there are some rather important considerations to bear in mind before you get going, so here\u2019s our list of things to think about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Study up on the subject first<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIt would be of great benefit to read books on the subject and find interviews with established graphic artists on how they work, as well as studying up on the subject of your creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Create a model sheet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nPlan out all your characters, and create a style guide on how they should look, so you have a reference to go to. You do not want to have to start redrawing your characters halfway through your graphic epic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Have an idea you believe in<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nStart with an idea you really believe in and want to share with others. Any work of similar scope will take hard work, so it\u2019s important that you love and believe in what you\u2019re doing and trying to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Write your story before you start drawing it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIt might sound obvious, but the last thing you want is to spend maybe years drawing your graphic novel before realising you have no idea where it\u2019s going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Develop your own style<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhatever your preferred medium is, be that pen, pencil and paper, or purely digital, or a combination of both, make sure that your work method is doable and isn\u2019t going to take a million years to accomplish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Know your strengths<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nFocus on your abilities, and draw what you love to draw. Maybe avoid a fantasy story if you\u2019re terrible at drawing dragons. Writing a graphic novel is not the best time to start learning how to draw something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. Know your anatomy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you plan on drawing realistic human (or humanoid) characters, it\u2019s important to know your anatomy. There are many guides to drawing anatomy and perspective, but be sure you\u2019re confident before you get started on your project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. Set some rules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSet rules for yourself to follow, similar to your character guides., You do not want your graphic novel to look vastly different at the end than it did when you started. Examples of which could be sticking to the same colour palette, the same number of panels per page, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. Work in RGB mode, but print in CYMK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen you\u2019re working digitally, whether that\u2019s digitally drawing or scanning your hand-drawn pages, work in RGB mode, but ensure that the files are all CYMK when it comes to printing, as that\u2019s the preferred format for most professional printers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Work at 300dpi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis is important for printing as well. 300dpi (that\u2019s the resolution of the image) is the minimum you should work at, or your printed pages will not look as sharp as the images you created. Most Marvel and DC writers work at 450-600dpi which gets reduced at print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of all, have fun, and make it enjoyable! For printing a comic book<\/a> for your magnum opus, get in touch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve got a project in mind, and you\u2019re ready to get stuck in, there are some rather important considerations to bear in mind before you get going, so here\u2019s our list of things to think about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[70],"class_list":{"0":"post-2281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-comic-book-printing-services"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doxzoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doxzoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doxzoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doxzoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doxzoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/doxzoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doxzoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doxzoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doxzoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doxzoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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