Second step: Inking in MyPaint using a Pen tool should be caught and corrected at this stage.įor comics, I usually draw the rough borders around the intended panel for a guide at this stage though the boxes will not be inked in the next step. Most mistakes in drawing, scene composition etc. Pencil stage is important because it is the guide with which I "ink" the drawing. This is usually done in the default layer. I fire up MyPaint and use the Pencil brush to create the rough pencils.
To follow this workflow tutorial, you need a working installation of (preferably) Linux or any platform that supports your Wacom (or similar) pen tablet and the following software: There are some great open source graphics software that closely resemble the expensive proprietary software that most digital artists prefer and use.ĭrawing an entire comic strip involves four major steps with a few minor steps which I will outline below. Luckily you don't have to blow a whole lot of money in order to get a decent set of tools for digital comic creation. What, however, is not so easy is to achieve a good and efficient workflow that allows you to forget the tools and concentrate on the actual product - which, in this case is digital comics. There are plenty of online resources for learning artists. In this workflow tutorial, I will share my tools and techniques to create an entire digital comic with nothing but free/open source software and a digital pen tablet like Wacom or WizardPen.ĭrawing a digital comic is hard work and I am not going into the artistic techniques of drawing or composing comics.
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