A while back I even bought a cute little book at Opus called "Indy Publishing" because it had really clear and easy to follow how to instructions on a variety of different binding techniques.
Well, today, because of a contest Guruubii was doing for a
marker blog hop thingy, I had to bind a little book for the first time.
I just used a single *signature pamphlet style binding method described in my book.
What I made was a tiny little lineart comic, printed on marker paper stock, thats meant for people to colour. I even included blank pages in the back for people to draw and colour in, so it's a mini colouring book and sketchbook.
It was totally fun to do, I cant wait to do more with some sketches or just blank cute paper with hand drawn covers.
Well anyway, you will be able to find this book I bound at conventions I go to and on the shop.
*A signature is a bundle of pages, for thicker books you need to make several bundles and stitch them in individually.
Yesterday at school was the first day we actually got to sit and work on our projects.
It was funny, It was weird to get critiques and instruction from someone who doesn't belittle you and insult you as they do it.
Deviantart is hideous for that, people have no clue how to critique artwork, they're so arrogant and disgusting and just plain rude. You can barely see their point through the crap they are spewing... that is even if they have something to say, I find more often now, people critique in a nasty way just to get attention or cheap page-views. Thankfully, you can block that kind of troll now.
Not that thats news to me, it's been a long time since I actually sought out a critique on Deviantart, and theres not much chance of me ever requesting a critique on DA again because of that. The community is not what it was 3 years ago, thats for sure.
Anyway, I got lots of good advice on my thumbnails, but I wasn't really fully done my script so it made it a little weird. Script and Thumbnails are both due next class.
But it really opened my eyes to weaknesses I have and where i need to start concentrating more. Putting more thought into areas like moments and timing.
It also helped assure me that I am on the right track with some of the decisions I've made in my comics as well. It's nice to know my instincts on some things were quite good.
I'm working on a teaser that will be for my next graphic novel project, The Bachelors and the Python.
Also, I bought the book "Making Comics" by Scott Mcloud and it's awesome. If you haven't seen it, it's actually a graphic novel, which is rockin'. It has lots of good information and it is really good for reference.
What I REALLY like about it is the fact that he is not arrogant or self important at all. He's quite humble, acknowledges other artists strength and most importantly his own weaknesses. He doesn't claim to be the end all authority on comics, and he doesn't glorify himself in anyway.
It's totally refreshing!
It makes the book way more easy to read and makes the information he's giving not seem so overwhelming.
I totally would recommend that book to anyone interested in making comics...
or to anyone who thinks making comics is easy!
Anyway, fun timez :>
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