08-13-2015, 12:39 AM
Hey, it's great to see somebody here drawing a comic!
I like what you did with the colours! The slight monochromatic look makes it interesting.
In general everybody has their own style of paneling and it's also a matter of taste, but I'd suggest that you could try and vary the form and size of your panels a bit more. I'm also surprised you don't have a gap between your panels. The flow of the panels influences the reading experience a lot. If you want to read something on the subject of making Comics, I highly recommend Scott McClouds books. He essentially made Comics about Comics: Understanding Comics and Making Comics. Both are really insightful (maybe you know them already). And about the font, of course it's cooler to to have you own handwriting for your work, but do you know Blambot? http://blambot.com/ There you can find a ton of great free fonts for independent creators, from dialogue to effect fonts, as well as fonts for the title. Maybe it's interesting for you (:
As for the bleeding watercolours, I use a lot of watercolour in my work, and the bleeding problem for me mostly occurs when I have used the eraser too much. I use a kneadable eraser for most of my watercolour work because I feel that it doesn't damage the paper structure as much. I do know the graphite problem a bit myself as well though. You could also try watercolour pencils for lines. I have a friend who uses them frequently. Like this you also have the advantage that you could match the colours of the lines to your subject a bit, which sometimes give a whole different look.
Keep up the good work! (:
I like what you did with the colours! The slight monochromatic look makes it interesting.
In general everybody has their own style of paneling and it's also a matter of taste, but I'd suggest that you could try and vary the form and size of your panels a bit more. I'm also surprised you don't have a gap between your panels. The flow of the panels influences the reading experience a lot. If you want to read something on the subject of making Comics, I highly recommend Scott McClouds books. He essentially made Comics about Comics: Understanding Comics and Making Comics. Both are really insightful (maybe you know them already). And about the font, of course it's cooler to to have you own handwriting for your work, but do you know Blambot? http://blambot.com/ There you can find a ton of great free fonts for independent creators, from dialogue to effect fonts, as well as fonts for the title. Maybe it's interesting for you (:
As for the bleeding watercolours, I use a lot of watercolour in my work, and the bleeding problem for me mostly occurs when I have used the eraser too much. I use a kneadable eraser for most of my watercolour work because I feel that it doesn't damage the paper structure as much. I do know the graphite problem a bit myself as well though. You could also try watercolour pencils for lines. I have a friend who uses them frequently. Like this you also have the advantage that you could match the colours of the lines to your subject a bit, which sometimes give a whole different look.
Keep up the good work! (: