In Comic Artist 3 you'll learn the skills to start painting amazing comic art with the help of the best in the business. Follow the professionals, like Dylan Teague and Julian Totino Tedesco, and their step-by-step workshops and you'll soon be painting Thor, Black Panther, Harley Quinn and loads more awesome characters. There's also loads of features and interviews to get you informed and inspired.
WELCOME...
YOUR QUESTIONS • answered by our panel of experienced artists
STREAMLINE YOUR SKETCH PROCESS • Get to grips with SketchBook Pro’s Lagoon user interface and enhance your workflow in this excellent drawing program, says our seasoned expert,
GET TO KNOW THE BRUSH PALETTE • Next, we explain how organising your brushes and tools in SketchBook Pro and managing their properties will improve your creative workflow
CUSTOMISE AND SET UP BRUSHES • More is never enough when it comes to art! In addition to selecting the tools you want, you can customise any brush in SketchBook Pro or create your own. Here’s how...
TAP INTO THE POWER OF LAYERS • Think layers are a luxury? Find out how layers can help you take your work in SketchBook Pro from initial sketch to finished artwork
USING LOCK TRANSPARENCY • Take advantage of the power of SketchBook Pro’s Lock Transparency function and make life easier when you’re rendering or colouring your artwork
BRING YOUR ART TO ANIMATED LIFE • Learn the basics of the fledgling Flipbook feature in SketchBook Pro 7, and with a bit of planning you can use it to produce an effective animation
KEN LASHLEY • The comic book artist opens up his sketchbook and reveals how it helps him get out o f his comfort z one
DOES DRAWING COMICS PAY? • We ask indie comic artists about the industry and whether they’re able to earn a decent crust…
Randy Bishop • When he ’s not painting or storyboarding, R andy likes to sketch kooky characters…
The art of Conan the Barbarian
Patxi Peláez • Comic characters are trying to leap from the pages of this Basque Coun try artist ’s sketchbook
FIONA STAPLES • The hottest artist in comics today talks to us about Saga, her drawing past and her future prospects…
Tara Fern on • The appeal o f wildlife – both friendly and aggressive – comes across clearly in this artist ’s sketchbook
PLANNING A SUPERHERO COVER • Julian Totino Tedesco walks us through the process of creating an image that’s both appealing as an illustration and functional as a cover.
HOW TO PAINT A GIRL AND HER TANK
STORYTELLING TIPS FOR COMIC BOOKS
PENCIL AND INK A GAME CHARACTER • Dive into the intricate, brooding shadows as ANDY BRASE uses line and ink for a deadly version of Ezio, the iconic killer from Assassin’s Creed II
CREATE A COMIC PAGE IN CLIP STUDIO PAINT • Favourite 2000 AD artist Dylan Teague explains his process for creating a comic page in Clip Studio Paint
GIVE TINTIN THE FABLES TREATMENT • NIMIT MALAVIA combines traditional and digital media as he develops an engaging Tintin cover, painting the familiar while finding his own voice
PAINT HELLBOY CARICATURE ART • JEAN-BAPTISTE MONGE shares his thought process for recreating a comic classic, with a younger, cuter version of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy
WAYS TO WATCH THE WORLD... • SOMNATH PAL talks about learning through observation and empathy, to create art that’s emotionally engaging and has a strong personal voice
BRING COLOUR TO BLACK PANTHER • KEN LASHLEY’S Black Panther is brought to life by JUAN FERNANDEZ, a pro colourist who passes on a decade’s worth of comic industry advice
BRING YOUR COMICS SKILLS INTO FILMS • Storyboards for film sequences, just like comics, interpret and visualise a script. JIM CORNISH...