When drawing comics d'you...

alexcat321 · 06-27-2009, 07:50 PM

When drawing comics that are being done for possible publication, d'you format the paper in any way? I was just curious as to the whole process or are there different processes? Can you draw directly onto the page, no bleeds or borders and are you free to draw however you want? Just clue me in on if you can do whatever or is there a way in which things have to be done when drawing comic pages. Thanks

JAQ · 06-27-2009, 08:28 PM

The only genuinely hard and fast "rule" is that the art has to be the same proportions as the page it's going to be printed on (usually 2:3). Other than that, most publishers don't really care how you create the work, only in the finished work itself.

It gets a little more complicated if you're working as part of an art team with one person penciling, another inking, another coloring, another lettering, because then there are some logistical concerns about how you get your work to the next person, but increasingly that method is digital (i.e. scan it and e-mail the file).

DJ Keawekane · 06-30-2009, 12:09 AM

Well there is a format for comics that are going to be printed. But what most people do is take a comic book and place it on a piece of 8 x11 paper and trace around the border. That gives you the correct dimensions to draw on. I've actually made a template from that and went on to mark lines on them so they're consistent across the border, sort of like eons artboards.

06-27-2009, 07:50 PM	#1
alexcat321 Gettin' somewhere!!! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: PA, United States Posts: 517	When drawing comics d'you... When drawing comics that are being done for possible publication, d'you format the paper in any way? I was just curious as to the whole process or are there different processes? Can you draw directly onto the page, no bleeds or borders and are you free to draw however you want? Just clue me in on if you can do whatever or is there a way in which things have to be done when drawing comic pages. Thanks

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06-27-2009, 08:28 PM	#2
JAQ Jason A. Quest Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Purgatory, Michigan Posts: 1,785	The only genuinely hard and fast "rule" is that the art has to be the same proportions as the page it's going to be printed on (usually 2:3). Other than that, most publishers don't really care how you create the work, only in the finished work itself. It gets a little more complicated if you're working as part of an art team with one person penciling, another inking, another coloring, another lettering, because then there are some logistical concerns about how you get your work to the next person, but increasingly that method is digital (i.e. scan it and e-mail the file).

06-30-2009, 12:09 AM	#3
DJ Keawekane shushubags alter ego Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 305	Well there is a format for comics that are going to be printed. But what most people do is take a comic book and place it on a piece of 8 x11 paper and trace around the border. That gives you the correct dimensions to draw on. I've actually made a template from that and went on to mark lines on them so they're consistent across the border, sort of like eons artboards.