Famous Artists Cartoon Course > Lesson 9: Clothes and Folds «.
The excellent Comic Crazys has put the latest in his ongoing scans from the Famous Artists Cartoon Course. Check ‘em out.
Interview: Peter Laird « The Daily Cross Hatch. Probably can’t overstate how important Eastman and Laird were to the growing of the independent comic scene. One thing Laird mentions in there is how important the Pini’s were to them… I never really thought about Elfquest being groundbreaking, but I guess Elves have always been groundbreaking. Or something.
The Greatest Ape: Kurtzman’s Pig Tales
Some scans of Harvey Kurtzman’s pig tales. I’m not the slobbery Kurtzman fan boy that many people are, but I do love these pig tale drawings. Such great compositions and funny pictures.
Comic Tools interview with Craig Thompson.
You are totally right to recognize the obsessions with French comics and figure drawing that shifted my inking style. Near the completion of CHUNKY RICE, I was sick of drawing cute stubby cartoonish characters with perfectly round heads and sick of the slick brush line. Partly, I felt, the slick brush line was too easily emulated with vector-based computer graphics. Sometimes, it was difficult to distinguish if a drawing was hand-drawn or not (now it’s far more difficult to decipher). I sought a more raw and human line, and when I discovered the work of Blutch and Baudoin in December 1998, it completely blew my mind.
Comic Tools has interview up with Craig Thompson, Hope Larson and others about their brushing and inking techniques. Go. Read. Now.
Blambot Comic Fonts and Lettering
Blambot, source of many excellent comic and special use fonts, has put together a list of rules for comic book lettering. A must see for anyone who has to do dialogue for comics. And something I know I needed to read.
Michael Cho’s sketchbook: A few notes about Inking
Michael Cho gives a few basic tips about spotting blacks to indicate light and shadow. Very simple, and very useful.
Make Your Own Handwriting Fonts For Free
YourFonts.com is a FREE online font generator that allows you to create your own TrueType fonts within a couple of minutes. Go make your own handwriting as a font!
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