Drawing Comics vs. Fine Art Drawing

Shower Power: Arms & Ether (left) as cribbed from Dan Clowes' Ghost World (right).

In my first Arms and Ether comic I needed to draw a shower scene. To get a clue, I looked back at Dan Clowes' Ghost World. Ooh steamy. Here are a few of the many things I got from Clowes:

Miles' Web Comic From Start To Finish

Oft, I start with a scrappy sketch done in the doldrums of a faculty meeting or while fidgeting about the Beanery in caffeine-stoked reverie. Below is the initial sketch for a recent strip.

Comics Templates

Above is the template I use for creating the online Arms and Ether strip. Super simple. Click on the picture for the full size version, then right click to download.

Breaking Down The Story: Rough To Finished Page Comparison

Above is a side by side comparison of the rough breakdown to the finished artwork for the first Arms and Ether comic. This shows just how rough

Character Design

Getting Started: THE FOLDER

Germs of an Idea - the folder
Reading/Classes/Newspaper/
Sketch Books/Doodles/Love Notes
Diary/Journal/Love Notes/Free writes
Other work in your media
First fumbling attempts

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