#making comics
Waiting for boxing day.
(I do have the paperback slipcases for the BICP Master’s Edition in production! Guess we’ll see how they pan out…)
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Palette for various tint layers I use in Leif & Thorn, plus some samples of how they affect a strip in practice.
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The secret artistic backstory for this Leif & Thorn stair scene!
Twist ending: this is what finally convinced me to pay for the Clip Studio Paint EX upgrade. Now I can buy a 3D model of a spiral staircase, arrange it in the right position for each panel, and automatically convert it to clean background lineart.
It doesn’t solve every “artist was too ambitious when planning out this scene” dilemma, but it sure does a lot of heavy lifting.
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taking pages from roughs to pencils
wrote about how I take comics from rough scribbles to legible penciled pages for all my patron tiers! featuring sneak peeks from Deep Forest, and how I expanded this running sequence into a whole page ✍ Here’s a direct link!
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We are very excited to announce our original fantasy webcomic Messenger To Gevurah will now be mirrored and updated weekly on flowfo.me
>HERE:flowfo.me/artwork/MessengerToGevurah/Messenger-To-Gevurah—
FlowFo is new multi-format webcomic platform with a fantastic desktop & mobile reader. If you want to enjoy the comic on mobile in it’s original format, this platform’s app is a great option! I highly recommend this platform for any comic artists or content creators looking for good alternatives to the webtoons format.
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trying out hairstyles and colors for a little project with an awesome girl - I like 2a my partner in crime 1B and 1D :’D
opinions?
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The secret artistic backstory for this Leif & Thorn stair scene!
Twist ending: this is what finally convinced me to pay for the Clip Studio Paint EX upgrade. Now I can buy a 3D model of a spiral staircase, arrange it in the right position for each panel, and automatically convert it to clean background lineart.
It doesn’t solve every “artist was too ambitious when planning out this scene” dilemma, but it sure does a lot of heavy lifting.
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I got this far in the last 2 panels of page 54 when I realized I’d drawn Tre and Olly facing the wrong way, so I screencapped them looking cute before I started over
Stream!
Comic stream today Thursday 5/12 2:30-5:30 pm US Central time. Taking Shot and Chaser page 53 from tight pencils to finish. SFW, mic on, music on
Twitch.tv/ekweaver
“Beyond.”
Ben Reilly returns as Spider-man this year and I am so excited I couldn’t help but draw this, I dig the spider coming from his heart.
Hey yo! My new comic THE PULL is now available for pre- order from TKO Presents! Steve Orlando,Triona Farrell, Thomas Mauer and myself poured our hearts into this one and it really shows. Snag a copy for yourself, your friends, your lovers and your enemies right here and now!
https://tkopresents.com/products/the-pull
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All Might commission
Hey all! I usually don’t time it this well, but I have stuff for WIP Wednesday! lol
Today I’m working on the“Fifth-Year Fantasies” page for my Ko-Fi where Baz remembers this as a very treacherous time in his life. Mainly when he couldn’t decide whether he wanted to kiss Simon or kill him. And which of those would be a worse idea. The angst is real here, imagine a no-win scenario where no matter which poison you pick, it’ll still kill you. I really feel for Baz here, so I want to do the lighting justice.
I’m playing with the colors on this one, because I have a very tricky, but specific mood I want to evoke. I penciled this as a panel where Baz is sitting in their room at Wattford at that time of evening where outside is vibrant and golden, but inside can be quite dark and dreary. Maybe when you’ve just been sitting there so long you forget to turn on the lights because it was sunny when you sat down.
The walls are a more sunset-like orange and brown tones, but Baz pops in the foreground with cooler tones of purple. Dunno if the posters on the wall are working, but I figured they’d be for his sports team or something :/
Also, a BIG thank you to everyone who bought me a coffee this month! You helped me make my book budget so I could get a new read for my birthday!! Thank you so much!!
Have page 2 of “Golden Destiny” as a birthday gift from me to you :) Pardon my messy speech bubbles, I usually clean them up once I go digital. I get the best product still with good old pencil and paper, though!
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FINISHED THE FIREPLACE SCENE!!
Wow, look at a half a year’s difference between the two pages O.O I think I’ll touch up the first page to match the second, but what do you guys think?? :D
Who else here feels a redraw is in order? Just me? Alright then, it’s unanimous.
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A new #ComicsSchool video where I cover a couple storytelling techniques unique to comics- page turns and panel size/configuration for dialogue:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NtEhwzLK9G0
Examples from Max Dunbar, Cory Smith, Steven Cummings, and Djibril Morissette-Phan.
A new #ComicsSchool tutorial video!
One of the most common problems I see with new comic writers/artists – clear dialogue order.If you find it useful, please share:
http://www.jimzub.com/making-comics-dialogue-order-and…/
Page art in the lesson by Cory Smith, Max Dunbar, Roberto Poggi, Israel SIlva, Travis Lanham, Sebastien Cheng, Neil Uyetake
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Two of my recently finished commissions. Had fun with both!
Due to some sudden issues, I’m opening up my commission list again. My fiancé, kids and I are kind of being fast tracked to get into getting our own place. So yeah, if anyone is interested in something feel free to contact me.
Life/Commissions/Patreon Update:
- Hey everyone! Writing this to fill you all in on some things happening currently. I know there’s a few of you waiting on commissions and I’m sorry about the wait, and they are coming! But I’ve got some pretty big news over the past few days, and it turns out my fiancé and I are expecting a child! So obviously this is pretty huge and important, and unfortunately it more than likely will affect my work schedule. So I just wanted to let you all know what was going on and let you know your work is coming. While I’m filling you all in, I thought I’d tell you about my patreon! I haven’t officially launched it yet, but I guess this is me doing that. It has some cool perks for those of you that are fans of my work and would like to follow it a bit closer and get cool rewards for doing so. And it’d definitely help with this baby coming and help us get our own place and so on. the link if anyone wants to do that is Patreon.com/kalhuset. Anything anyone wants to send is greatly appreciated. Thanks to every one of my followers and I’ll try to keep y'all updated!
This was a fun commission! I’m taking one or two more commissions before closing my list for a little while. Feel free to message me if you’re interested!
X-Men day sketch! One of my favorites.
I’ve made my first YouTube video! It’s a four-minute rundown on how to bring emotion, action, rhythm, and clarity to bear in writing for comics.
Folks who follow me on Patreon know this came about because I’m working on a graphic novel called Seacritterswith my friend Kate right now and it’s her first time moving from prose to comics. I DO NOT ENVY HER. Most of what I learned while putting this together had to do with remembering just how many factors there are to consider in telling stories visually. Hopefully this makes it a bit less overwhelming.
(If you want to learn more, I originally delivered this information to Kate in a much more expansive, 54-slide visual presentation. I’ll be uploading that for Patreon subscribers at all levels later today. An excellent time to join.)
I miss going into Helioscope and getting to enjoy these kinds of conversations around the lunch table, but a nice side effect of the Pandemic is that we’re making more of them available online. (I say “we” but what I really mean is Leila, who’s been a champion about recording, editing, and uploading all kinds of content to the studio YouTube channel. Go take a look around if you like this sort of thing!)
