Thunder Punch Daily 110 – Categorizing the Process

Today I revisit a topic I don’t think I’ve touched on in a while (maybe not since the Your Comic From the Ground Up series!): namely, whether or not an artist should finish each page of a project in its
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Thunder Punch Daily 98 – One Week Later Observations

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
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Thunder Punch Daily 30 – Word Balloon Tips

Today I blast through a few go-to checkpoints I use when creating word balloons on my pages. The Checkpoints Mentioned:   Placement Tails Properly centering the text Checking with others to see about placement Irregular shapes Fonts   I referred
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Thunder Punch Daily 15 – Drawlin’ Mah Letters

Today I leap off of something Kim Holm mentioned about lettering on a recent A&S Extreme!! I talk about how the principles of line value in illustration are exactly analogous to the way I like to think about lettering. I talk a little inside
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