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Comic Art major or Illustration major?
March 18th, 2010 | 
Author: I am applying to art school for the Spring ‘10 year (Minneapolis College of Art & Design) and since I want to create my own graphic novels and better my comic skills, I want to apply for the Comic art major. But since I am also interested in learning how to illustrate artwork as well (so I can illustrate my own graphic novels!), I was wondering if I should major in Illustration or comic arts? Or should I stick in comic arts and take a few illustrating courses? thanks :]
Major in Comic Art and minor in Illustration …until you see which best meets your needs.
How to draw anime from ask a anime/manga artist part 4
how to draw anime part 4
link referenced in the video
http://keyeske.com
http://keyeske.com/oekaki/
http://keyeske.deviantart.com/
ask me any questions about drawing anime and comic art ill be sure to help you
e-mail your questions to keyeske@msn.com
also visit my site at http://keyeske.com
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how can i learn comic art and manga for free and get free tutorials?
Check this web site: www.deviantart.com
It is full of examples, tutorials and people who will give you an honest critique.
What art courses should I take if I wanted to pursue a career in comic book art?
A degree in either graphic arts art in general would help. If you meet with a councelor with your school they can help direct you towards the right ones.
Good Luck!
Avatar Art Designs – New York Comic Con Avatar Panel
Art Designs for Avatar shown at the New York Comic Con Avatar Panel. Enjoy!
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What is the best comic/graphic novel art you have ever seen?
Link of an example please?
I think Gantz is really excellent. The detail of the people as they are teleported slice by slice is like an MRI scan, while the way they sweat and cry is so realistic compared to a lot of other manga where they are shown only for comic (in the negative sense) effect. The women are fantastic (as manga women always are) and the men are not all perfect specimens but recognizable individuals w/o being caricatures. And even though a lot of the fight scenes get really messy, you can follow what’s going on. The f/x are handled well, too.
Among western comics, Watchmen is amazing for the art as well as the story. As soon as I read it, when it first came out, I said, They’re going to make this into a movie someday. The panels in the novel could (and obviously were) used as storyboards almost without modification. There are a lot of rotations, translations and dilations through various spaces that make your head spin, but the art follows the direction of the author’s line of sight (similar not not the same as point of view) with incredible precision.
Low Brow artist Robert Williams Interview
Robt. Williams is one of the most popular artists in America today.
His dynamic work — which often includes women, cars, food, and 1950’s Americana –embodies the movement known as Kustom Kar Kulture.
Robt. masters the so-called “lowbrow” art-forms: rock album cover art, comic art, hot-rod art, etc.
*note: Robt. Williams created the cover art for Guns n’ Roses: Appetite for destruction in 1987.
In mid 1960s San Francisco, Robt. became art director for hot-rod hero Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. Robt. quickly became one of the most important West Coast underground artists – creating psychedelic posters and contributing to comics like Zap.
Robt. Williams is one of the most sought-after artists of the 90s and is considered the founding father of Cartoon Surrealism.
*note: Nicolas Cage, Leonardo diCaprio, Johnny Depp, Jesse James & many other celebrities have purchased Robt. Williams’ paintings.
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How are artists legally able to sell fan art at anime or comic conventions?
I am an animation student that is interested in selling art work at different conventions. I noticed that most people were selling fan art at Anime Expo and I am just curious as to how this is legally possible. Would it be best to try to sell my (completely unheard of) original artwork or create some fan art? I never create fan art normally but I would like to get my name out there and show my ability and it seems that usually people swarm the fan art.
It is considered a copyright infringement to sell work depicting characters like Naruto, Batman, etc, since you would be using someone else’s creation for profit. From what I’ve heard, you can get sued for doing so.
However, companies tend to turn a blind eye towards such a practice, and some conventions have regulations upon the topic. I’d suggest researching the convention website and look up their policy about selling fan art.
Which version of Photoshop is the best one to buy if you’re would like to use it to create comic book art?
(Considering cost and simplicity of photoshop), Like I’ve heard that CS and Adobe Photoshop 6 and 7 are good, except i don’t know which one to get. (And CS2 is very complicated to use…)
Illustrator is probably a better bet than Photoshop for doing cartoon art. As noted by imajinn, Illustrator is much easier to work with for drawing because it is vector based.
Vectors connect points on a line using algorithms. This allows the program to manipulate lines (paths) just about anyway you choose. You can bend, shape, merge, subtract and colour them pretty much at will.
Raster images, like in Photoshop assign values to individual pixels. In a sense it "sees" an image, inteprets it and then decides how to map it out.
Here is a good explanation from Mustek:
http://www2.mustek.com/Class/bit_vec.html
The best solution would be CS3 – you could take advantage of both programs. Don’t forget that there are huge discounts for CS3 if you qualify as a student or teacher and can buy educational.
Comic Making Tutorial (Part1of 4) Getting Started
I begin to dive you into my world of creating crappy looking comic art. Muhahahaha! Um. Ahem. Yep. Here’s the link to Part 2 when you’re done with this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3b9L_oKh-0
And by the way, I do use a 12 inch ruler, so even though it looks like I don’t, I do. I just couldn’t find it when I made the vid. I even use it later on in the tutorials when I find it.
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