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Behind the Scenes - Making Comics


Making a page: slideshow talk

Here I discuss the process of making a page of comics, from script, thumbnails and roughs, to pencils, inks and colours, plus a bit about some of the research involved. Recorded version of a talk given at live events.

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Making a page: notes and details

Detailed notes on how the story takes shape from imagination to script to sketches to the finished page, with both the paper-pencil-ink method, and more current digital techniques.

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Watch the drawing process

Video film taken of the drawing process, from pencils to inks, sped up.

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A film about dip-pen nibs

A ramble about the different nibs I use and then a demonstration of drawing with three of them: a Hunt and two Tachikawas.

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Interviews with Garen Ewing

Interviews and features about making comics and Julius Chancer.

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