Drawing Comics : How to Make a Comic Book

[DillonBrannick]

@RufflesArt definitely, go in with a light pencil first, draw your characters, then your bubbles and the go back over to finalise in pen.

[perfectionless]

I tend to rough out the drawings first to see how they'll fit. then I do Word ballons and then go back to roughing out the art :b

[RufflesArt]

could you somehow draw the chracters first then add the wording. Also are the writer for the cartoon also

[armcaredude]

lol thumps up if u make weird faces when you draw {i do} lol

[DaveTheSodaGuy0]

Doing the baloons first? That's totally the opposite of what I do

[JhonnyDaemon]

When I was a kid, all I wanted was to have my own comic book.

[87ONYX14]

tiny toony looney tooney mini characters....i hate that style.

[ahhhhhron]

wow. great. i never thought of that! dialogue firsts.. haha

[Dacurath]

I like to do the art, then scan and photoshop everything else. Text boxes are important but I never thought of putting them first...well see.

[44eelz]

this video is not titled right

[trentondc]

set the balloons up first!? next video...(setting up the "balloons" happen last that much i know)

[kutangelwings]

you do the dialog first??? thats not right

[denisdrazetic]

how much does a comic artist earns does someone know? I would be werry greatfull if someone could tell me.Thanks.

[babyjackscorp]

do people on ehow have to make their videos under 2 minutes?

[wildzeromadness]

I see you're saving your A game for eHow, Bill.

[Metalcortaku]

with only 1:39 minutes you have proven yourself more capable than those fools over at expertvillage.

[Xnaruto33]

Me and My best friend make comics since 3rd grade and im in 6th grade now.Its called Pauly X!

When I grow up I want to be a comic creator.

--Hope I make my dreams

[mightyarmadillo]

@Xnaruto33 me too! i have a lot of comic strip series. i want to be a cartoonist too.

[TheNachtjager]

@Xnaruto33 the trick is don't give up even when you hit a pot hole in the road

[Xnaruto33]

@TheNachtjager Thanks for the help :)

[futureanimatior]

@Xnaruto33 Dream big and you will go very far ^^

[broodovermind]

lol really dull strip he shows at the end.  Just blocks of text with static generic characters.

[WoWjunkie95]

i draw charcters first than words cuz its funner that way.i mean if i want to write i would not make comics but books

[TArthurSmith]

Nice! I like the finished work. Here are some things to add. You need to design your characters thoroughly before you start the comic, What will they look like from different angles, and doing different activities. You need to consider your story. Each story has a beginning, middle, and end. For younger students, remember - every story is a mystery! Your reader won't know what's happening until you tell them, somehow in your work.

[TArthurSmith]

Just because you know what a character is thinking, doesn't mean the reader will. These are points I've found need emphasis for younger students. To really study the subject, look up Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics, and look through everything Bill Waterson ever did. Calvin & Hobbes uses every technique possible. Also Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows.

[themanthatkilled]

@TArthurSmith lol im in 4th and ur telling da same thing my teacher been telling me for the setting,lol

[finnaddict]

oh wait, scratch that. You should rename this video how to make a comic STRIP, as comic books and strips are two very very different things.

not being too anal here, just a necessary distinction

[eghtlarg]

plz tell me the difference. I want to draw comics when i grow up

[finnaddict]

that is so odd, coz i do it the other way, to make the characters more fluid. I dont mind covering art with words. I usually just draw a ellipse where I want words and do less details in those bits