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rad-roche · 2 months ago
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Comic Books
Comic book roundup! that is to say, books about making comics. Though I'm always taking recs for actual comic books. So far this year, I've chewed through -
Framed Ink - Marcos Mateu-Mestre (my favourite!)
Understanding Comics - Scot McCloud
Making Comics - Scot McCloud
Theory of Comics and Sequential Art - Will Eisner
Framed Perspective - Marcos Mateu-Mestre (still working through this and will be until the sun explodes)
Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering - Nate Piekos
And not directly comic related but useful enough that I'm counting it
Anatomy for Artists- Tom Fox (highly recommend)
Morpho Life Drawing books, but especially Fat & Skin Folds
This has paid off in my sequential art! 2023 -> 2024
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But I feel like I'm butting up against my limits again. I've become pretty good at discerning if this is a mindset problem, or a skill gap, and this one feels like a skill gap. I don't have as strong a grasp of composition as I'd like, in that my successes feel like flukes and are inconsistent. My anatomy needs tuning up also, but i can kind of fuzz that with solid comp, and I can only do one thing at a time. With that in mind, to read and do:
How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling - Shawn Martinbrough
Framed Ink 2 - Marcos Mateu-Mestre
Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative - Will Eisner
Picking stills from movies I like and doing thumbnails
Watching more movies/reading comic books, and getting into the habit of breaking down pages in an art program
All in all, pretty happy! And I have an excuse to read comic books. Win win
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