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Download is good!Well, well... I actually made this. People have asked me SO many times how I make my comics so here you go. Oh, and this is SIMPLE tutorial. I have simplified some things because the idea of this is to get the basic idea how I make the comic. For example, Lost Tower is really on it's own layer but I made it a part of the BG in this tutorial.
At first I was going to make a tutorial only about the shadows but I figured that I might as well show the comic progress step by step. I hope you'll find this interesting and if you learned something from this. Great! Oh, one tip for the shadows. You don't need to use bluish shadows. You can also use other colors and see how they affect the multiply result. Play around with the Hue/Saturation adjustment to get interesting results.
About line arts... I have done line arts with pencil/markers too but I've find that I get the best result with digital ways. It takes more time though and, to me, line art is the most time consuming part in comic making.
The program I use is Photoshop CS5 but you can do this with older versions too. As for other programs... There shouldn't be anything too complicated here so I think they are good too.
Edit: Commonly asked questions:
How long does it usually take to make one page?
- Depending on how complicated the page is (amount of characters and/or effects), about 5-10 hours.
How big are your working files?
- I don't change the size of scanned documents in any way. The size of one comic page while I work and BEFORE resizing is usually 2457x3437. Resolution 300. (very random numbers indeed).
And of course, you can see the final result here.
Pokemon (c) Nintendo
Random Doom (c) me
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This is helping me out so much, thank you!!!X3
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Oooohh, clipping mask for the shadow !
I have to try it !
it will save me so much time.
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I'm plannng to make a comic series called "Freedom Seekers" soon and this really helped!
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damn I forgot I could use the polyagnol tool drawing straight lines is gonna be so much easier now
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This is such a fantastic, in-depth tutorial! It's helped me make my process faster, that's for sure. I didn't even think about just doing the shading for all panels on one layer and then using a clipping mask.. Nice! It helped my speed a lot!
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This work on any program ? Beacuse i have MediaBang Paint , and when i want the BG , it affect the color and lineart. I was make the same thing like you , and nothing !
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I use photoshop CS5. No idea if this can be done in your program
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Ok then . Thank you anyway.
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I'm thinking of turning the Jedi Knight Ross story I'm working on into a comic in honor of your Random Doom series...but I am sure that it won't be half as good as Random Doom...
I'm very much an amateur when it comes to digital art. I originally planned to make stories like "Random Doom: HALO" and "Doctor Ross" into comics as well but....
As you see from my drawings, when I scan them into digital files on my computer the color is "washed out" and I am disgusted at my own drawings!
A solution was to use markers but I do have a few questions about that. Where do I find that orange/brown color Ross is? How do I shade using markers?
....My head hurts trying to answer these questions.
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Oh man, thanks really, this is so enlightening! at least with you this seems simple. Now I wish I knew how to do backgroundsΒ Β
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Thank you for sharing! This is very helpful.
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Wow... This made me realize how complicated the process of making just one good drawing is. Not to mention all of the groups that Tammy's in, and all of the drawings for them.Β
Β Tammy, you are truly a professional. It will probably take me a lot of practice to get even close to this... But that just sets my goals even higher! I am gonna work on my drawing skillz for days!! (Until I get my grades up that isΒ Β )
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Thank you!
Good luck with your own projects too!
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This tutorial!!! Thank you sooooooooooo much!!!!!!!! I can't even explain how many thing I've been struggling with just clicked into place with this, and how many more things this has opened up for me!Β Β
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Glad to hear you found this helpful. I've learned some better tricks after this and I hope to make a new tutorial someday but this will get you going too.
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It's so hard to make the paintbrush tool make straight curves without any bumps and mess ups. Then again, I am a beginner at this type of art.Β
How long did it take you to get a steady hand to make the lines so clean?
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Aah, I've been drawing digitally... 5-6 years. That might explain why I have really steady hand. Be sure to have a big canvas and resolution at least at 300 so you get the best results in smooth lines.
Also, if you feel your hand is not steady enough, pen tool is one option (if your drawing program has it). Here is a tutorial on how to use it on photoshop: fav.me/d2n82o6
I use pen tool pretty much the same way as shown in the tutorial and I've made some works entirely with it. Example: fav.me/d5kqrfo
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thanks 4 the tips Jenna!
I'm sure gonna be using the pen tool a lot for a while!
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Glad I could help and good luck.
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when you start adding colors, do you use the wand tool on the colors layer or the lineart layer? when i use the wand tool on the colors layer, it highlights everything and i cant use the bucket tool.
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I use the color layer. And I know your problem! On the top somewhat right when you have the wand tool selected, be sure to check the "sample all layers" box. This way it takes into account all layers and you can color using the wand tool much easier.
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i found it. whoo boy, do i feel silly. thank you so much for your help!
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Hehe, I had to learn these too back in the day. 
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A nice idea for a tutorial would be one on how you make the artwork for the bios, since they have a different style than how your comics and bios were in the past. Plus, some tips on things such as lineart and shading. I myself have trouble with shading the most; I either have too little, or too much, or it's all wonky and funny.
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This is quite helpful!Β Β cuz imma start a comic like next year as im Β trying to polish my skills (drawing and learning to master photoshop). So I am looking forward to the future
Thank You Very Much for this tutorial!
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Glad you found it helpful. I've learned more and do things slightly differently now so i hope to do an updated version of this in the future but you can still get good results this way too.
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Your Welcome. Β Β And also thank you for considering to do so (whether or not it was due to my comment), I Hope that You and I (as well as the rest of us) strive to continually improve our skills. Β
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o.o what size of a strip did you use for this one. o.o
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I use the international paper size (A4) that is one of the default sizes in photoshop. (that is also about the size you get when you scan pictures). Of course I re-size them once I am done.
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man ive always loved your comics!...........my head hearts..................bowl.......head.......e.hhh............ow.....ok whos hitting me hwith it.........blarg my ocs have broken out of my imagination again guess its time to call imagiation busters..............like ghost busters.........but imaginary ow i think my heads actually bleeding.....yep it is............stupid bowls! ............mmmmbudder oh yea I WUB YOUR COMICS! XD sowwie i wub comics
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Dang it you need to use a real pencil D=
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when i use the bucket...there's these edges that aren't coloured....not the point ones but...all around n general...help?
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Ah! That's annoying indeed. There is one way to get around it, at the up when you have bucket toll selected, there is a setting called "Tolerance" you can raise it and it should paint over those white dots better. Be warned though. You raise it too much and it starts to go over lines too if your line work is too thin.
Now, the BEST way to color (a method I learned later) is to use wand tool. Use wand tool to select the areas you want to color. Then expand the selected area by 1-2pixel (select>modify>expand) and then either fill or use bucket tool to color. That is how I color these days.
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it worked
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thank you so much
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That is great! Nice I could help.
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man......i wish i culd do all thsi in my gimp. (well i culd do it probobly BUT it wuld take some help from my tablet and i have NO idea how to get that litte layers things and transparency of layers i stink at it) man your comics rock XD
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I have NEVER thought to multiply the shadow layer asdfghjkl
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This looks very helpful and I thank you for your tutorial.
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