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I've read a lot of comics. A lot of people have read more comics than me. I've read comics where each panel was painted on a canvas and shrunk down with professional Comicraft lettering and all kinds of glossy pages and that nonsense and been bored to tears. I've read comics that were made with nothing but a sharpie and a pencil and printed at the authors home and giggled the entire time I read their 12 page mini. I've read a delightful silent comic about a wonderful orange dinosaur with gorgeous black and white art and just sat and stared at a charming page for 10 whole minutes. I've read comics by kids half my age who are just learning how to draw and figuring out their timing and pace but within the comic are these brilliant moments that make you go "I'm very curious to see what this person does in the future".
The comics that I always gravitate towards are ones that are written by people who understand their limitations as well as what they truly enjoy.
PASSION is the most important thing and I don't give a shit if you call that a cop out answer. I tried to weigh in my head what comics I love and how they stack up and I realized that my favorite comics are my favorite comics each for their own reason.
Not only that but how does one define interesting art or writing? I've had the plots of a particularly beloved comic author described to me in detail and I try not to scoff but god damn that sounds like something a ten year old would think is cool. Their are artists that people love that I don't find that special at all and vice versa.
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People talk like the only things comics are is pictures and words. Along with those two fundamental things comics require things like pace and design of page flow and all that other stuff you can read about in any instructional book written by Will Eisner. -
When I ink I use these. http://www.jetpens.com/index.php/cPath/625_165
and when I'm penciling I use either blue or red lead bought from the same website or I just use a regular wooden pencil. I used to use a stick of graphite and Reeeaaallly liked it. I also use Pilot Precise V5's for when I'm sketching out ideas or writing. It's my favorite disposable pen. I'm trying to use brushes more but I dunno.
Photoshop is also something I use a lot of but the way I use it will make people who've actually taken classes in design want to scold me like a bad puppy. -
eat shit and die, robot scum. I know what your game is and you'll never trick me again! Don't date robots online, kids! No one click this person's link either.
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yeeeaaaahhh. This is a terrible question for me to answer. I've been procrastinating for almost half a year now. Though, I don't know if it's fair to call it procrastination. I've just had other things on my mind lately and it's made drawing take a back seat to everything else. I've been making sure to keep my sketchbook with me and I even plotted out a gag strip on my last day off, but none of it has been truly significant. I'm holding off on putting out more Real Cane Sugar for reasons that I think will only benefit thee comic as a finished book. and I have a 12 page story and a 24 page story that are both unfinished because there's parts that I don't think are just right yet.
I used to say "just go ahead and finish it, and make the next one better", but that's bullshit. When I came up with my goofy little funny book I wanted it to be a very specific thing. If I just go and finish it now I could potentially fumble it in a way that would embarrass myself and all my friends who inspired it. I've got a long enough track record of producing dumb, embarrassing things.
When I was actually putting a shit ton of work on paper I had no responsibilities. I was really fortunate to be living in a nice big house iby myself. I had 3 days off a week to do nothing but draw. And since I was wired to the net I had constant access to numerous people who were all getting there work done, too. I could come home stay up all night drawing with folks and sleep all day the next day and just get up and draw some more. A lot of people would say that's sounds like nothing but distraction but what it did for me was create a virtual studio environment that I could afford and that's how I got most of my work done was by always working with other people who were working. Even then I could barely maintain a decent update schedule.
So yea, surround yourself with people who are also getting their work done and try your damnedest to set aside time every week to do nothing but that particular task that you've decided to always do. Starting something like that is way easier than it is to maintain for more than a few weeks. Maintaining it for years is the key, though. -
if you ever watched that episode of the Adventures of Pete and Pete with the character "Paper Cut" in it you wouldn't even ask this question.
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The next chapter is written and I want to go ahead and have the last two (maybe three) chapters written before I even start updating again but I have to scout out a location in charlotte before I move on to the climax of the story. As far as personal problems go I have been spending a lot of my free time helping my 80 year old grandmother do things that I take for granted everyday so that my parents don't have to.
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FUUUUUUUUUUCK YES! I'm gonna be at SPX this year. It's the best SPX to ever SPX a PX! I will be there and I will most likely be sharing a table with my fun and wonderful friend EVAN DAHM! and Dave Shabet will have a table there too and it will be AMAZING! SPX was SO crowded last year that I'm kind of wondering if there will be a year in the near future that it takes up two rooms instead of one (holy shit!). My one concern about having a table at SPX is having enough top notch stuff to attract the very discerning eye of an SPX goer (they're picky (I know, I was one)).
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Paul Cleland Smith’s Bio
Hi, how ya doin? my name's Paul Cleland Smith and you can call me whatever you like. Welcome to my Formspring. Leave a question regarding my comic, http://realcanesugar.cc, or any other thing that I've ever been involved with on the internet.
