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Creating a Comic Traditional vs Digital Pros and Cons
I think this is an important topic for both rookies and pros. Speed is a key component of hitting a deadline and ease of use and access for digital has never been better BUT Paying the bills and saving for the future is very important. Digital artist won’t be able to sell the original pages of their work. Which is a big trade off Francis Manapul has a YouTube video in which his agent estimated his original art from his work on the flash would have been worth over 100k. But it was done all digital and he had none of it to sell. Because of that and social media content which it seems traditional content gets more attentions, I’m planning on transitioning to mostly traditional work overall. Has anyone else given this deep thought?
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For commercial deadline work, the only way to compete is to work digitally. For commissions and personal projects with no deadlines, traditional is better.
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@N. Colin Dyer: That's fair. I know some professional concept artists who have told me that if they couldn't digitally kitbash they wouldn't be able to keep working in the industry because of shorter and shorter deadline expectations. I guess it all depends on what you are more comfortable with. I've been doing digital so long that I am much faster that way than traditional, but I'd like to practice traditional again, just to see if I could get my speed up that way.
MARKETING for Crowdfunding?
SO those with completed comic projects---what is your advice for promotion before starting a kickstarter? Is anyone here doing that/have done that?
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This would be a great subject for a course. I know every time I've tried crowdfunding, I've gotten my ass kicked.
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@N. Colin Dyer Yep. Looks good, don't be afraid to push further.
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Get a small, cheap sketchbook from the dollar store and spend an hour a day just drawing hands in it. Eventually, you will be able to draw hands in your sleep.
Worldbuilding Dice Challenge 🗺️ 🎲
It’s time for a new challenge for this month, and I really want to shift gears and get into storytelling. One of my favorite ways is through worldbuilding, and I have a game I used to play with my students to help get the creative juices flowing for characters and worlds! Bring on the Dice Challenge! Watch the video to see how to use the dice for this exercise and feel free to use the same numbers I roll throughout this challenge, or roll for yourself!
Worldbuilding Dice Challenge 🗺️ 🎲
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