Jessicalprice: webcomicdojo: poc-creators: ... Dilettante 017: Mistakes Were Made. I try to approach my career as a work in progress.
I know I'm going to make any number of bad choices as I go along on a panel, a page, a project. The trick is to eventually recognize them so I don't make them again. That's how I've handled things for more than twenty years now. Still, it's hard to look at old work and see choices I would never make today. Every artist wishes that they could go back in time, deliver a swat to the back of their own head, and say, “Don't do that!” So I asked some experienced artists, “If you could go back and tell your rookie self something about their work—some mistake to avoid, some important thing to emphasize—what would you say?”
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John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in Face/Off. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Paramount A man, a mission, a fiendishly clever bad guy, some guns and a few explosions. It's the classic recipe for a good action movie. Back in the 1980s, Shane Black became Hollywood's go-to screenwriter for that sort of stuff. 12 Rounds Production year: 2009 Country: USA Cert (UK): 12A Runtime: 108 mins Directors: Renny Harlin Cast: Aidan Gillen, Ashley Scott, Brian White, Gonzalo Menendez, John Cena, Steve Harris More on this film 1.
That sounds obvious but I see a lot of movies these days that have a bunch of scenes that concern the plot and a bunch of separate scenes that feature the action. Tally-art: Last year, Jamie S. Rich and I... Super Obvious Secrets That I Wish They’d Teach In Art School at Phil McAndrew Illustrations & Comics. Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me. Stocking Stuffers: 13 Writing Tips From Chuck Palahniuk. *Editor's Note: This column is part of a collection of 36 total essays on the craft of writing by Chuck Palahniuk.
They were submitted starting in 2005, so this essay will refer to thinks in the past and therefore be on an older timeline. Twenty years ago, a friend and I walked around downtown Portland at Christmas. The big department stores: Meier and Frank… Fredrick and Nelson… Nordstroms… their big display windows each held a simple, pretty scene: a mannequin wearing clothes or a perfume bottle sitting in fake snow.
But the windows at the J.J. Opinion: Indie Game Design Do-s and Don't-s: A Manifesto. [Veteran indie game creator Edmund McMillen, known for his work on 2005 IGF Grand Prize winner Gish, Time Fcuk, and Super Meat Boy for WiiWare, shares his opinions and manifesto on making indie games, with 24 clear do-s and don't-s to make your art thrive.]
One of the most common questions I'm asked in interviews is, "Do you have any advice for independent game developers who are new to the scene, or tips for developers in general? " Some “breaking in” tips? I just re-read this from several months ago, and thought it was still pretty accurate, or at least still accurately represents my thoughts on the subject of “breaking in” to comics.
I’ve been asked, more than once, about tips on “breaking in” to the comic book industry. And my answer is: “Fuck if I know.” Michael DeForge Tumblr: Whenever I attempt a more long form comic story, I quickly become disheartened, insecure, and frustrated by it for one reason or another. Does this ever happen to you? If so, how do you deal with negative feelings about the quality. The simple image sharer. Assistant-artist mangaka: A concept applicable to American comics? Maybe not. Panels for People. 8 THINGS COMICS NEED MORE OF. Spurred by a 2007 article by Jesse Hamm, “8 Things I’d Like to See More of in Comics,” [which was brought to my attention by the dude, Brandon Graham], I feel like it’s time to update that list with my own comics POV.
All too often now, a new comic is released domestically that depicts a superhero or criminal doing heroic and/or criminal stuff…but wait, there’s a twist, I assure you! They’re all sponging from the same bucket. All of them. In any medium, as certain genres become emergent standouts, the genre medley begins to shorten, because everyone has their antihero or sci-fi story to tell or what not. This Nonsense - Making Comics Master Link List! Larry Hama’s 10 rules for drawing a comic book page. Don’t go to art school — I.M.H.O. I’ve had it.
I will no longer encourage aspiring artists to attend art school. I just won’t do it. Unless you’re given a full ride scholarship (or have parents with money to burn), attending art school is a waste of your money. I have a diploma from the best public art school in the nation. Prior to that I attended the best private art school in the nation. But I am saddened and ashamed at art schools and their blatant exploitation of students. This is embarrassing. Artists are neither doctors nor lawyers.
Could you give a little bit of advice for someone who's looking forward to develop her first comic and is doing it all on her own for the first time? Thank you so much if you can! :3. First Second Books. A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran. Should I Work for Free? Advice To A Young Cartoonist. Chuck Forsman and Melissa Mendes were kind enough to return to WRJ last week as visiting artists.
They talked about their comics, Oily Comics, and life after CCS. During the Q&A a student asked what advice they wish they had heard when they were students. Chuck was more than prepared for this question. Here’s his response: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Advice for Budding Cartoonists. Printer-friendly versionSend by email I get letters and emails from a LOT of aspiring writers, artists, and cartoonists, asking for tips and advice.
Without knowing each of you personally, it’s hard to be too specific, but I do have some general advice for budding creators that I can share! Sounds obvious, but it bears mentioning: The best way to learn how to write is to read.