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Comics have a way of making us experience. Whether that be laughter, sadness, intrigue, excitement, or any other emotion, the power of a visual story cannot be denied. Creating your own comic volume can be a rewarding feel, and easier than you lot might think. To make a bully comic, y'all'll need a great story, a style all your ain, and a format that suits both. From at that place, create a rough draft before drawing, inking, and coloring the final comic itself, and publish your terminal masterpiece online or in impress.

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   Write down the basics. A comic is, at its most basic level, a narrative told through sequential images, chosen frames or panels. Even a unmarried-frame comic has to take a sense of forrad move. In that sense, a comic is non really dissimilar from any other form of storytelling, and thus follows sure conventions.

   • Setting. Every story is set somewhere. Even if the background is merely plainly white, that'southward still a setting. The setting is the backdrop for the actions of your characters, and depending on your story tin be an integral part of the narrative.
   • Characters. You need actors for your story. Your characters movement the action, they speak the dialogue, and they are who the reader connects with. Develop your characters over fourth dimension; this is particularly important for strips that form longer narratives.
   • Conflict. Every story needs a conflict to drive it. This is the footing of the story, the "why" of what your characters are doing. This can be equally simple equally checking the mail or every bit circuitous equally saving the universe.
   • Themes. The theme of your comic is what drives the day to day creation. Your theme will also dictate your audience. If you're writing a comedy strip, what are the nature of the jokes? If you lot're writing a love story, what are the lessons of honey learned?
   • Tone. This is the vibe of your comic. Are you writing a comedy? Is your story more of a drama? Maybe you're looking at doing political cartoons. Your possibilities are endless. Combine one-act with drama, make it dark, or low-cal-hearted. Write a romance, or a gripping political thriller.
   • Your tone will exist expressed through dialogue, narrative text, and visuals.

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   Write what you know. I of the best ways to make your comics feel "true" is to write about what you lot know. This volition also help you go along your ain voice in your writing, and prevent yous from copying too much from other comics.

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   Decide on a style. Considering you are creating a comic, your visual way will be the first aspect of your comic that the reader encounters. Choose a style that matches both the tone of your story and the image you take in your caput.

   • Experiment with various styles until you find i that feels natural to draw and to write for. There are a diversity of popular styles that you lot tin can practice and then adapt to your own needs. Here are merely a few examples:
     • Anime/Manga
     • American Superhero
     • Sprites/Clip art
     • Noir
     • Stick figures
     • Sunday funnies
   • Dramas usually necessitate a more elaborate visual style than a comedy. In that location are exceptions to this, however, as with every rule when it comes to creating something.

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   Selection a format. At that place are no set conventions when it comes to format, though comics typically fall into three categories: Single frame, Strip, and Page length (comic book). Experiment with different formats until you find one that suits your story, characters, and setting.

   • A single frame comic is typically reserved for comedy. These comics do not require much setup, and rely on visual gags and one or 2 lines of dialogue. It tin be hard to course a narrative using unmarried frames, and so well-nigh can exist read in any order. Political comics are also typically i or ii frames.
   • A comic strip is a sequence of frames. There is no prepare length for a strip, though most are usually one or 2 lines of 2-four frames each. This is 1 of the nigh pop formats for many webcomics and daily funnies, as they allow for narrative development but are yet short enough to produce regularly.
   • A comic page is a larger undertaking than a strip. Having the whole page to piece of work with provides more freedom to manipulate frames, but also means you lot demand more content per page. Creating full pages is typically the result of making a comic volume or graphic novel, where you are telling a longer, more than cohesive story.

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   Write a script. The length and item of the script will vary depending on the manner of your comic. A single frame comic may only have a line or ii. Regardless, write it out to aid y'all judge how well the story reads.

   • Write your script as a sequence of frames. Treat each frame as a divide scene to help you manage the flow of the story.
   • Make sure that the dialogue does not boss the frame. Comics are a visual medium, and so a lot of your action and implied meaning will be coming through in the illustrations. Don't let the text overpower the images.^[i]

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   Sketch out the frames. Don't worry almost accurate sizes, details, or quality. You will be creating storyboard thumbnails. Do this as you write the script. This very rough sketch will help you visualize the flow of the comic.^[ii]

   • Focus on how characters will be placed in the frame, where the action is occurring, and how the dialogue will fit in the drawing.
   • In one case your thumbnails are drawn, you tin can endeavour swapping their club or making adjustments to change the impact of the strip.

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   Brand sure your panel layout makes sense. The layout should guide the reader's optics naturally through the panels. Always call up that readers will move from left to right, summit to bottom, except when reading manga which is read from correct to left. Apply different sizes and shapes for panels to assistance guide the reader.

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   Experiment with unlike uses for text. Beyond dialogue, text can be used in many unlike means. These include:

   • Thought bubbles for a character's inner thoughts
   • Narration boxes let a narrator to ready a scene or depict some aspect of the story.
   • Sound can be displayed through the use of sound outcome words.
   • Exclamations can occur outside of regular voice communication bubbles to add extra bear upon.

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   Inquire yourself if every frame matters. In film, you're never supposed to keep a scene that doesn't affair. The same is true for a comic. If the frame doesn't motion the story or the one-act or the conflict forward, then cut it and either supersede it with something that does or scrap it.

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   Experiment with the frame construction. A lot of successful comics break convention when it comes to frames. If you are publishing the comic yourself, feel costless to explore as many different framing options as yous like. Just remember that whatever stylistic choices should always be in service of the story.

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   Create the frames. Utilise the ruler to depict your frames. Do this on a suitable paper. For panels that volition be inserted at odd angles, or that don't fit in the general flow, you can use separate sheets for these and then combine everything after scanning.

   • If y'all are looking to create a comic to exist published in a newspaper, the standard size is 13" 10 4" for the entire comic, with 4 3" frames. Newspaper strips are drawn at double the bodily printed size, so the finished comic would be half dozen" x ane.84". Working at double size makes it easier to describe details.^[3]
   • Web comics tin be whatsoever size you would like, though yous should go along in mind the typical viewer's brandish size. If y'all make your comic visible on a monitor with a resolution of 1024x 768, almost users will not have an issue.
     • Many viewers volition non enjoy scrolling left and correct in a web folio to view a comic. Proceed this in listen when laying out the comic. Scrolling up and down is typically much more acceptable.

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   Start adding content to your frames. Draw in light pencil then that you can hands erase and make adjustments. Keep adjusting your drawing until you take the outline for your final ink.

   • Make sure to take the space needed for your dialogue into account. Get out blank space to include dialogue bubbling, thought bubbles, narration boxes, exclamations, and sound result words.

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   Describe your final lines. Many comic artists go over the pencil lines with ink. This allows the artist to erase the remaining pencil lines after inking is finished. Take fourth dimension to brand sure the concluding lines are polished.

   • If writing dialogues by hand, add them now. Make any final revisions to the dialogue and text every bit you lot add information technology to the page. Chances are things will change every bit they make the transition from script to comic.

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   Browse the comic. In one case the inking is done, you can scan the comic onto a reckoner. This will allow you to add typed text as well as utilise image editing software to color the comic if yous choose. Scanning the comic besides makes publishing it online much easier.

   • Scan your picture in at 600 DPI (dots per inch). This resolution will go along your drawn lines intact and crisp looking. ^[4]
   • If your comic is as well large to scan at one time, scan sections of it and employ the lasso tool in Photoshop to move and combine the frames back together.
   • When scanning blackness and white images, make sure to choose the grayscale options. This is especially important for pictures with lots of shading.

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   Clean up the epitome. Once you have the drawn comic scanned, you can use Photoshop to erase small mistakes or pencil lines that you may take missed. You can utilise Photoshop tools to add extra shading and stronger lines every bit well.

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   Create your ain font. 1 way to help your comic stand apart from others is to utilize a custom font. There are a wide diversity of font creation programs available online, both for free and for purchase. One of the most popular is FontCreator.

   • Create a font that complements the tone of the writing equally well as the visual fashion. You tin likewise use different fonts for dissimilar characters, though too many variations can get distracting.

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   Add dialogue and speech bubbles in Photoshop. Utilize the layers tool in Photoshop to create a layer for the text and a layer for the oral communication bubble. Both of these layers should be dissever from the layer that your drawing is on.

   • Your text layer should be on top, followed by the bubble layer, followed by the original drawing on the lesser.
   • Open the Blending options on the chimera layer. The Blending pick volition create an outline of the spoken language bubble at the end of the process. Select Stroke and gear up the following options:
     • Size to 2px
     • Position to Inside
     • Blend Manner to Normal
     • Opacity to 100%
     • Make full Type to Colour
     • Color to Black
   • Enter your text on the Text layer. This is the text that will become inside the bubble. Use the font you created above or select a font advisable for your visual style. Comic Sans is a pop font.
   • Select the chimera layer. Employ the Elliptical Marquee tool to create a option bubble around the text that yous wrote. Place the cursor in the center of the text, and concur the Alt central while dragging the mouse in order to create an elliptical selection bubble that is evenly placed over the text.
   • Select the Polygonal Lasso tool, and agree the Shift key while clicking to create a abrupt triangle tail in the selection.
   • Select White as your foreground fill color.
   • Press Alt + del to fill the selection on the bubble layer. The outline will automatically be created when this happens, and the speech bubble is consummate.

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   Color your comic. This is optional, as many successful comics are printed in black and white. There are a couple of options when coloring comics. You can color directly onto the page, using physical coloring tools, or you lot tin color digitally after scanning the comic into a computer.

   • More and more comics are existence colored through digital means. Programs like Illustrator and Photoshop brand the coloring procedure much less tedious than in the by.
   • Remember that the reader will see both the entire comic and individual frames at the same fourth dimension. Endeavour to keep a cohesive color palette throughout your comic to keep frames from existence distracting.
   • Use a color bicycle to make sure that the colors you pick work together harmoniously. A color wheel helps when confronted with the millions of colors available on modern computers.
     • Colors opposite of each other on the color wheel are complementary. These colors are high contrast, and should be used in small amounts to avoid becoming overbearing.
     • Analogous colors are located next to each other on the colour wheel. These are typically very pleasing sets of colors to the heart.
     • Triadic colors are iii colors evenly spaced around the wheel. Typically yous would use one colour as the ascendant color, and use the other two for accents.^[5]

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   Upload to an epitome host and spread the links. If you just want to share your comic with some friends and family, uploading it to an paradigm host will exist the cheapest (gratis) and easiest way to do it. Create an business relationship with a service like PhotoBucket, ImageShack, or imgur and upload your creation.

   • Transport the links to whoever y'all want, post them on your social network feeds, tweet the URL to anyone who volition read it. Observe comic enthusiast forums and post your links for people all over the world to run into.

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   Create a DeviantArt account. DeviantArt is 1 of the most pop places online for posting art. They have an entire section devoted to cartoons and comics. When you post your images, fans can leave comments, giving you lot a take chances to interact with your audition.

   • Interacting with other artists on DeviantArt tin can give you new ideas and perspectives on your own creations.

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   Create your own web comic page. If you experience like you take enough content to share with the globe, starting time your own web comic page. This is the all-time way to grow an audience for your piece of work without having to go through traditional publishing channels. It will require more time and dedication than simply using an epitome hosting service, but the benefits are far greater.

   • Create a website that looks proficient. If the website does non function properly and does non match the artful of your comic, you will drive users abroad. Take some time and look at how successful spider web comics accept integrated the mode of the comic into the website design.
   • Have your website designed professionally. This can be cheaper than yous think, specially if you enlist the assist of up-and-coming designers. Use resource such as DeviantArt to find a similar-minded person who will assistance y'all design your web comic page.
   • Update often. The point of a web comic is to keep people coming back. Set up a regular update schedule for yourself. If readers know when to look the adjacent release, they will often come dorsum even without you advertisement it.
   • Collaborate with your readers. Beyond simply updating the page with new comics, have some time and write blog entries and respond to reader comments. This will aid advertise you as the creator and class strong bonds between you and your audience.

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   Transport it to a syndicate. If you feel like your strip would be a proficient fit for newspapers, talk to a syndicate. These are publishing groups that sell their comics to papers around the world. Syndicates receive thousands of submissions every year, and typically merely choice about 3-iv strips.^[6] The major comic syndicates are:

   • Creators Syndicate
   • Male monarch Features Syndicate
   • Washington Post Writers Group
   • Tribune Media Services
   • United Feature Syndicate

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   Send information technology to a publisher. If you lot have a not-newspaper strip or comic, you may desire to consider sending it to traditional comic publishers. The comic publishing industry has expanded significantly over the terminal few decades, and at present includes all manner of graphic novels and comic collections. Annotation that DC and Marvel do not accept unsolicited submissions. Y'all will need to make a name for yourself elsewhere first. Some major publishers:

   • DC Comics
   • Paradigm Comics
   • Night Horse
   • Beyond the major publishers, there are numerous independent publishers that are always looking for new submissions.

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   Self publish your comic. As tools for self publishing become more widespread, the ease of publishing material has greatly increased. Resources such equally Amazon'southward CreateSpace let authors to easily. CreateSpace volition automatically listing your comic on Amazon, and will impress copies to match orders. This takes a lot of the manufacturing and distributing work off of your shoulders.

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• Question

  Is it okay to color with crayons?

  

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  Community Answer

  If you're planning on scanning information technology, no. Crayons can leave some chunky parts in the place y'all colored, which would look strange in a scanned comic.

• Question

  Can I blueprint my ain comic on a computer rather than drawing it on paper?

  

  Of course; enough of artists work almost exclusively on their computers.

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  What if I experience uncomfortable about sending it?

  

  Many writers and artists are very nervous virtually facing the rejection and criticism of their piece of work; it's the equivalent of a vocalizer performing in front of a large audience. If you lot don't experience information technology'southward prepare, set it bated for a month or ii and don't look at it; when yous pull it back out and review, yous'll take a bit of distance from information technology and mistakes stand out much better. If y'all experience that it represents your best efforts, step exterior of your comfort zone and submit it. Know that regardless of how skilful your piece of work is, there are ever going to be people who don't like it; however, your critics will be the nearly vocal about your weak points, guiding you toward areas you can improve. In short, though, you undoubtedly created your comic because it'southward a passion, and the just person whose stance about it that matters is yours.

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  What if I want to create my own industry? How do I do that?

  

  Your comic has to succeed kickoff. Beginning with one comic, so branch out from there.

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  What is the best newspaper to use?

  

  Y'all tin try using Strathmore Bristol. Information technology scans actually well.

• Question

  How practise I ccan a cartoon?

  

  Some printers accept the ability to print, scan and copy. Observe ane! It might be in your school (if you are a pupil), or perchance at abode.

• Question

  What if I am not a proficient artist?

  

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  Community Answer

  If yous think y'all're non good at drawing, you can always first with stick figures or characters that are basically shapes (for example, Ms. Triangle, Dr. Foursquare, etc.).

• Question

  Do the frames all have to be different sizes?

  

  Not really. It depends on your artistic vision and how you desire to capture your audience's eye.

• Question

  Can I scan a comic that is in color?

  

  Yes, nearly scanners are able to produce images in color.

• Question

  How can I make a comic without scanning?

  

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  Community Respond

  Y'all can use normal newspaper. Do the aforementioned steps except the scanning one. You may as well have to staple it to go on it together.

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• Don't stress out if your offset comic isn't as dandy as you had hoped, exercise makes perfect!

• Run your ideas by another person. Sometimes a 2nd (or third, or fourth, etc.) outside stance can shed low-cal on problems you didn't see, or provide suggestions that tin can make your comic even improve. Sometimes you can get so involved in making it, information technology is easy to miss even the simplest things.

• Stick to your audience, if you showtime out writing for teens don't stop it like a kid'southward comic or vice versa.

• Check your spelling! Take a dictionary handy if you are non sure. You may also try typing your dialogue into a word processor or other computer plan that has a spell-check feature. Make certain not to make common mistakes similar disruptive "you're" and "your". Your spelling is part of the overall quality of your comic, so try to become it right. Spelling is a must!

• Look at your favorite comics for inspiration. If yous're not a confident artist, effort to imitate their fashion.

• Draw what you describe best. It's much easier and relaxing than struggling with things you oasis't tried drawing before.

• If you are doing a strip, through the years y'all are fine to loosen upwardly the drawing style. Garfield did it, Peanuts did it all the fourth dimension.

• Before you begin, have a plan. Exercise some rough sketches and layout ideas earlier you jump head commencement into your final page. Yous want to try to solve as many problems as possible to avoid them while they are notwithstanding like shooting fish in a barrel to fix.

• You tin make your comic as intricate or as unproblematic as yous please, you lot are the creator of information technology later all.

• One quick cartoon manner is to use "stick figures". Y'all could merely utilise them initially to get downwards your ideas. If you want to keep with stick figures, make sure that they are unique and interesting in the way that you portray them.

• If you are going to be drawing the aforementioned characters repeatedly, brand them unproblematic. It is easier for both you and the reader.

• Before you write your big comic, try writing other comics for practice. Fan-fictions work slap-up because you don't accept to come upwardly with new characters or settings, just you do get writing, comic formatting and drawing practice.

• Try using the first thing that comes to your mind, as it'south usually easier to create a comic on something you already know or think nearly.

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• Sometimes it will take a while until your comic gets noticed, don't requite up as well quickly!

• Be careful not to copy another person's idea direct! It'southward ane thing to be inspired by other comics, but those ideas belong to those who fabricated it. Exist creative, and come upwards with your own!

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To brand a comic, utilise a ruler to draw the frames that volition incorporate the action. Lightly draw your characters into each frame with a pencil, leaving plenty of bare space for dialogue bubbles, narration boxes, exclamations, and groundwork details. If you like, go over the pencil lines with ink in one case you lot are satisfied with the layout. If you're writing in the text past mitt, do information technology now, otherwise, scan in the comic at 600 DPI and add any typed text or image editing software to make final changes. To acquire about pop comic styles and formats, keep reading!

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