You aired this on my mother's birthday. She died last May. Since her death, I've been struggling with a mix of emotions. I resolved last year to create a comic on her birthday to try and work through those confused feelings. So, I'll be listening to this while I create my comic. It's not my first comic work, but I think I'd like your perspective on the process. Let's do this together :)
Thank you for sharing Rene, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your mother. I hope your resolution to create a comic on her birthday went well and that it helped you make some peace with your feeling surrounding your loss.
This is promising. My idea is to make a little comic based on a legend from my country. But, even if I can draw illustrations and write nice little stories (children books)... I really don't know how to translate my prose into "comic book language". This is very different. I hope to learn how to do that with your videos. Thanks!
Cant wait to see more of the series! I’ve always wanted to make a comic, currently i’m writing a children’s book but I’ve always wanted to do a comic as well but i was never sure how to and where to get started! (I draw and write so sometimes i get blocked!)
Well next episode is all about ideas. So it might help when you get blocked. Also I think a lot of the advice in this series could also be applied to children’s books.
Great idea for a new focused series Scott, as always your advice is on point! especially about starting small, its the hardest thing for even seasoned artists to do I think! :)
just started on this journey, have a big end goal in mind but i know i have to take these small steps first so i have officially started just was always lost on where and how
Great start Scott, looking forward to these. I want to second your suggestion that you find a community. Working intensively on a creative project can necessarily be a little isolating, and non-creatives (i.e., most people you meet) will find it hard to understand or empathize with creative struggles. Even if it's just one or two people, seek out people who you can share your process and experience with! And pay it forward by doing the same for someone else.
@@ScottSerkland I have, but yeah ever since I became aware of it I've been working on a DvsM. But my intention is to take a little break between the one I'm working on now and the next one, and that might be a good time to squeeze in something.
Thanks, Making Comics 101 is a full series taking you though every step of the comic making process including writing. So you can either watch the whole series in order or skip to the episodes centered around writing like plotting, scripting, dialogue etc.
Scott, I wished I'd known about this series before I made my first comic. I might have avoided some typical pitfalls. But I'm into my 2nd comic now. So hopefully yuor videos will help me navigate through the process a little bit better! Thanks a lot for doing this!
Thanks Len, I'm sorry to say that's not the first time I've heard that. The good news is you are already way ahead of the game if you already have the first issue complete. Hopefully there's is still a lot of info in this series fro you to take away.
@@ScottSerkland of that there can be no doubt! I love the orange lab coat and the colorful environment in the video. Makes "all the hard work" seem more like fun...because it is!
I'm 3 years late, but I'm hopping on the comic making train. Start small? Being a writer, I've got plenty of ideas. Here goes nothing... thanks for the encouragement! ❤
one idea that i thought about making comics could be like teaming up platform were people can offer themselves to team up with others to make a comic which could make it more fun :)
I'm not sure Marvel is the best place to go with your original characters and ideas. They don't accept unsolicited ideas and even if they did they would likely take full ownership of them. You are better off publishing it yourself or through a company like Image who allow you to own your own characters.
I use Clip Studio Paint. (Manga Studio) for digital sketching and inking. I do my lettering in Adobe Illustrator and shading and coloring in Adobe Photoshop. You could do everything in Clip Studio Paint though.
