Interview with Beautiful Creatures Manga Artist Cassandra Jean
- At May 15, 2012
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Beautiful Creatures and Land of Lions Covers by Cassandra Jean
This is Part 1 of my in-depth interview with Cassandra Jean, the talented and prolific artist of MangaMagazine’s Land of Lions and the artist adapting Beautiful Creatures for Yen Press.
Read More»Interview with Yen Press Talent Search Finalist Mira Cervantes
- At May 03, 2012
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Black Hole Lover by Mira Cervantes
The following post is an interview I conducted with a fellow Yen Press Talent Search finalist, Mira Cervantes. Earlier, I decided to be proactive and feature other artists from the first search on my blog. I think they deserve to have a spotlight shone on their accomplishment and hard work.
Read More»Resources: Kickstarter Guides
- At May 01, 2012
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For good or for ill, Kickstarter has been an incredible resource for creative individuals to help make their artistic projects a reality. Many comic artists have used the website to fund their work and some have met a phenomenal amount of success.
Here are some links I’ve compiled from artists who’ve completed successful campaigns. Not everything is exactly comics-related but I believe the mix is a good way to capture the many different aspects of crowdfunding. I wanted to keep these in one place for when I actually decide to launch one for myself.
Read More»Resources: Comic Lettering
- At April 17, 2012
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How do you actually go about putting words on a comic page the proper way? Here are some links I found useful and serve as guidelines for lettering.
Comic Book Grammar and Tradition
How to Letter the Comicraft Way
Balloon Tales – Lettering: Word Arrangement
Balloon Tales – Lettering: Making Word Balloons
From Nate Piekos – 5 Amateur Lettering Mistakes / 5 More Amateur Lettering Mistakes
Christopher Kosek’s Type Crimes – From MakingComics.com
Airy-m’s Resource Post– tons of excellent resources!
Interview with Yen Press Talent Search Finalist Lily Cernak
- At April 05, 2012
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Lily Cernak in front of her Farewell Feeling Mural
The following post is an interview I conducted with a fellow Yen Press Talent Search finalist, Lily Cernak. I decided to be a little proactive and feature other artists from that first search on my blog since I think they still deserve to have a spotlight shone on their hard work. This was quite fun and I hope to be able to do the same for other artists and future finalists.
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