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Thunder Punch Daily 136 – Spine Up, Spine Down

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Today I share a simplified way of thinking about approaching gestures and body language in your stories. Breaking emotions into two categories and corresponding them to “spine up” and “spine down” is a slick little way to get some good acting moments out of your characters.

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Thunder Punch Daily 117 – The Art of Conversation

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Today I share an exercise I’ve used in my classrooms to teach some vital comics storytelling skills. By drawing a conversation sequence, we explore moment choices, scenery, emotional context, acting moments, and best of all, word balloon placement!

Also mentioned some great lettering tutorials over at Balloon Tales.

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Thunder Punch Daily 113 – Shape, Size, & Line

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Continuing my series of TPDs recorded on my drive to Grant, Michigan for the Kids Read Comics Super Fun Tour, I ruminate on some classroom interactions I’ve been having lately that remind me of some of the basic concepts of comics storytelling. Three key ingredients seem to be Shape, Size, and Line.

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Thunder Punch Daily 109 – Tablet Drawlin’

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Today I share some initial thoughts on drawing on the iPad, having sketched a bit on the device lately. I talk about my experience using Sketchbook Pro, the Pogo stylus, and the BoxWave stylus, and do my best to determine who would be best served by drawing on this device.

Examples of my iPad sketches can be found on my Moss Man character re-imagining, as well as my sketch of Eisen Vogel for a Mini-Comics Dumptruck book I’m working on with Kasey Van Hise.

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Thunder Punch Daily 98 – One Week Later Observations

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Sharing a few thoughts on what I learned and what I fought against in making a mini-comic in a week! Surprises, sadness, and finding my courage to press on.

By the way, the mini-comic is complete! You can read it here.

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Thunder Punch Daily 91 – Cooperative Storytelling

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I recently tweeted a bit about my disappointment with the new Transformers TV show, and my specific problems with the show, reminded me of a distinct advantage that comics has over moving visual storytelling. I use the fantastic Manga Twin Spica to round out my point.

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