Comments on: The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html The World Famous Comics News Room links you to breaking news, reviews and announcements on comic books, comic book movies and graphic novels. Fri, 07 May 2010 20:08:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Craig McMurtry http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html#comment-12 Craig McMurtry Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:09:32 +0000 http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html#comment-12 Mr. Williams' excellent book is the only one I've been able to find that provides a very detailed guide to adopting an all-digital workflow from rough sketches to finished art work. It deserves a much wider audience than only comic book artists. Rating: 5 / 5 Mr. Williams’ excellent book is the only one I’ve been able to find that provides a very detailed guide to adopting an all-digital workflow from rough sketches to finished art work. It deserves a much wider audience than only comic book artists.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Jeffery Morin http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html#comment-11 Jeffery Morin Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:33:30 +0000 http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html#comment-11 This book is a must read if you've never drawn comics digitally. I've been drawing them digitally for years now and I've developed a lot of my own techniques. For me this book was only partially helpful. It did give me some good tips to improve my current way of doing things and some insight into the way it's done by a professional working for one of the biggest comic companies. It's a better source of information on the subject than most websites so I DO NOT regret the purchase. Just be aware that if you've been doing comics this way for a while you may not be learning a whole lot of new information. If you've never done comics digitally before this is the book for you. Rating: 4 / 5 This book is a must read if you’ve never drawn comics digitally. I’ve been drawing them digitally for years now and I’ve developed a lot of my own techniques. For me this book was only partially helpful. It did give me some good tips to improve my current way of doing things and some insight into the way it’s done by a professional working for one of the biggest comic companies. It’s a better source of information on the subject than most websites so I DO NOT regret the purchase. Just be aware that if you’ve been doing comics this way for a while you may not be learning a whole lot of new information. If you’ve never done comics digitally before this is the book for you.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Lucas Nickerson http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html#comment-10 Lucas Nickerson Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:40:32 +0000 http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html#comment-10 I heard great things about this book and was not disappointed. Freddie goes through great pains to make this book a useful tool for any artist looking to transition into the digital realm of comic-making. I was a bit disappointed at the lack of a CD with helper tools. Typically when books go in-depth into any digital instruction, they will offer sample tools for you to try out. You can download various helper tools from the writer's own website, but most come at a pretty high cost. If you're willing to read through the book and not have any short-cuts handed to you, this is definitely the best out there! Sadly, there is no instruction on Manga Studio. His tutorials deal only with Photoshop and a bit of talk about Google Sketch-up. Rating: 4 / 5 I heard great things about this book and was not disappointed. Freddie goes through great pains to make this book a useful tool for any artist looking to transition into the digital realm of comic-making. I was a bit disappointed at the lack of a CD with helper tools. Typically when books go in-depth into any digital instruction, they will offer sample tools for you to try out. You can download various helper tools from the writer’s own website, but most come at a pretty high cost. If you’re willing to read through the book and not have any short-cuts handed to you, this is definitely the best out there! Sadly, there is no instruction on Manga Studio. His tutorials deal only with Photoshop and a bit of talk about Google Sketch-up.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Helene E. Logan http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html#comment-9 Helene E. Logan Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:37:28 +0000 http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html#comment-9 Mr. Williams has produced a very clear-cut and easy -to-follow guide for drawing digitally. He includes instructions from scanned-in comps & layouts to completely digitally-created illustrations including a hybrid approach, allowing you to understand best practices for each discipline. Along the way he offers tips & tricks to speed up processes, all written in an easy to follow, conversational style. <br /> <br />A very solid guide for both Photoshop intermediates and experts--while I would not necessarily recommend this book to newbies, it certainly would help them gain more knowledge as to how Photoshop works. Note that this book is best accompanied by the use of a digitizing pad (which should be a standard tool in every designer/illustrator's arsenal anyway). Highly recommended! <br /> <br /> Rating: 5 / 5 Mr. Williams has produced a very clear-cut and easy -to-follow guide for drawing digitally. He includes instructions from scanned-in comps & layouts to completely digitally-created illustrations including a hybrid approach, allowing you to understand best practices for each discipline. Along the way he offers tips & tricks to speed up processes, all written in an easy to follow, conversational style.

A very solid guide for both Photoshop intermediates and experts–while I would not necessarily recommend this book to newbies, it certainly would help them gain more knowledge as to how Photoshop works. Note that this book is best accompanied by the use of a digitizing pad (which should be a standard tool in every designer/illustrator’s arsenal anyway). Highly recommended!

Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: R. Coy http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html#comment-8 R. Coy Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:05:26 +0000 http://www.dublincomics.com/the-dc-comics-guide-to-digitally-drawing-comics.html#comment-8 I own almost all of the DC Comics Guide series. This one is informative and motivational. Step by step and easy to follow. Rating: 5 / 5 I own almost all of the DC Comics Guide series. This one is informative and motivational. Step by step and easy to follow.
Rating: 5 / 5

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