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Published: 2011-01-22 08:01:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 2523; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 65
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Woah, this thing's pretty big.Anywho, here's that comic tutorial I kinda promised some people. Originally it was just a process but eh, I went a bit in-depth.
Before anybody asks, I made the Comic strings brush myself, don't ask me where to download it or to upload the file somewhere because I won't.
Making brushes in SAI is easy enough, and my comic strings brush is easy to copy.
This comics here are Techopalooza #15 and The Off Season #15. I'll post the full versions in a couple of months.
I might do another tutorial on character design/continuity, and for my colored comics. Though the process is still very similar for my colored stuff, only with the use of multiply and overlay layers.
If you spot any typos please do point them out (though I'm pretty confident in my proofreading skills)
Some last notes: I use a drawing tablet, so that helps a ton with my drawing.
Also, GIFs are amazing. I love GIFS. But the tutorial category hates them. Grovey sad.
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This is a really interesting tutorial (I shoulda seen it and commented on it before... 
Like, I almost never separate panels over multiple files; I'd treat the comic as a single large image. My habit is to sketch all the panels at once in Photoshop, work out all the panel divisions, outline everything, and then add the color/shading. So that part about finishing them each individually and assembling them at the end really surprised me... but I guess it would allow greater focus on making a good composition within the individual panels. And you have the bonus of being more organised than me with the filing system. xD *just lumps all files in a folder called "comics"*
And I liked seeing how you added the texture using the select brush from Sai Painter. That looked very interesting, like there were two levels of laying down brushstrokes involved. I wish Photoshop had a tool like that.
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I've experimented a lot more with making comics since making this tutorial, so I sometimes do panels differently now.
Particularly, I've been making glorious diagonal divisions. xD
In these cases, the two or more panels are treated as one file, but still they're done separately from other sets of panels.
Usually I treat these as normally as I would with a regular square/rectangular panel, but sometimes I go crazy and let the contents of each panel spill into each other.
(some examples from my newer comics)
And yeah, as you can see, I'm playing with the comic style a lot more, if the silhouette panel says anything.
And haha, yes, the Select tool is among my favorite things in SAI. (Besides the smooth lines... and brushes... and... fine I love a lot of things about SAI)
Thanks for your input!
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Wow, those new panels look beautiful. I love how your use of those tonal values really makes the panels look as vibrant even without the help of colour. And yeah, in those examples I can really see how the tilt of the lines contributes to the dynamism of the panels.
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I do like seeing progress too! I think it's kinda cool that, despite the fact that there's only maybe half a year between the first comics I've done and the latest ones, my comics have changed a ton. xD
...Ke, for one thing, has gotten much, much thinner. Quar too! Plus, they're like minimal contrast on the earlier comics white the later ones are ridiculous.
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Thanks a lot for sharing this~ C:
Especially the part on adding texture by selecting parts was really interesting.
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This is AWESOME!
VERY helpful too, thank you for making it! ^^
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Very groovey... um... Grove-y. This'll help me with my series once I finally get around to making it. Thanks!
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Wow, this is definitely useful. It's nice to see how you get your comics done. ^_^
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Glad it helped!
Actually, I forgot to mention this, but sometimes I make an extra step before drawing the draft to plan out the dialogue and size of each panel in cold hard text. 
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Oh, makes sense. 
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I always thought you did this with a pencil, and later added some effects with photoshop or something. Funny it's almost opposite xD
Anyway, thank you, it helps :3
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