Today I respond to a post in the forum by Jon David Guerra, which was essentially a question about how concerned we cartoonists should be about our style changing over time in a comics project. If you use the word “evolving” instead of “changing”, how does that alter our perception of the question? I share a few thoughts with my own experiences on the subject.
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Thunder Punch Daily 36 – Style Evolution Read More »
Today I share some thoughts about how we’re hired for our imaginations as much as our skills with the pen in contractual employment. Illustration skill is important, but you need a highly developed imagination in order to beat those nearly impossible jobs and scripts. As usual, I share a few anecdotes to demonstrate how I learned this and to back up my point.
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Thunder Punch Daily 35 – Freelance Imagination Read More »
Another one from the forum: Is copying and pasting artwork cheating? I share some of my thoughts on the subject, using my professional illustration work, the works of other comics creators, animation, and the Switch Runners project to back up my points.
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Thunder Punch Daily 34 – Copy & Paste Read More »
Today I respond to a thread in the A&S Forum and share a few thoughts on evaluating the pros and cons of a project’s length, running time, or page count. Bigger is indeed better, but only in some ways. Sometimes small and lean wins, too.
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Thunder Punch Daily 33 – Is Bigger Better? Read More »
Today I share a few thoughts on how we could re-think projects like conventions and the 24-hour comic by taking advantage of emerging technologies on the Internet.
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Thunder Punch Daily 32 – Sharing Virtually Read More »
Today I share some thoughts about what keeps us going while working in obscurity and how it relates to the old joke where a spouse says to the other “If you don’t know, I’m not going to tell you!”
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Today I blast through a few go-to checkpoints I use when creating word balloons on my pages.
The Checkpoints Mentioned:
I referred to Art & Story episodes 95 and 79 in this episode, if you want to hear more extensive talk on lettering. I also talked about an Adobe Illustrator video tutorial I posted some time ago, as well as Comicraft and Blambot.
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Thunder Punch Daily 30 – Word Balloon Tips Read More »
Today I share some thoughts on a recent TED talks presentation by Simon Sinek. In his talk he explains how inspired business leaders think in the order of Why, How, and What, while most of us think in the reverse order (and seldom get to the Why at the center). I dive in to explain how this philosophy applies to all aspects of our cartooning careers.
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Thunder Punch Daily 29 – WHY? Read More »
Today I share some thoughts on a topic I’ve been struggling with a lot lately, namely, whether or not we should engage in “political” strategies (you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours, etc) in the marketing of our works. With the help of friends Ryan Estrada and Jono, along with this article on quality and credibility I found via Tim Street, I’ve come to a conclusion on the subject.
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Thunder Punch Daily 28 – Politics Read More »
Today I share a few thoughts on how learning becomes a pleasurable process if we learn some basic research skills. Failing that, there are some wonderful free resources both online and offline for you to get the information you need.
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Thunder Punch Daily 27 – Asking the Right Questions Read More »