Producing a comic book series on your own requires a mix of several software tools. Here is a video that looks at the benefit of each program. Sketchbook. Working in this program feels a lot like drawing on paper. Brushes and pens behave like their physical counterparts. The interface is clean and unobtrusive. You can also tuck tools and palettes out of sight until you need them and focus on drawing. Early in the software’s development, there were a lot of user-contributed brushes. I created many of my pencil drawings with this app and nearly all of my inked panels. Clip Studio Paint. It is ideal for drawing, painting and inking. The program is easy to learn and has many tools and custom brushes. The library of content that can be uploaded into this program is amazing. It even includes 3D models of characters, items and backgrounds that you could pose and angle to use as visual references. Adobe Photoshop. Most people watching this video understand the value and capabilities it brings to creating art. I accomplished all my color flats and final breakdowns in this program. However, after working in Clip Studio Paint, that likely will not be the case much longer. Still, Photoshop excels at graphics for print production. One thing the latter still lacks. Adobe Illustrator. Perspective illustrations, vehicles, logo design, page layout, voice, dialogue boxes, and so much more. I could and will produce another whole video on vector vs. raster graphics and when to a program like Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Acrobat. Uploading to distributor sites like Amazon requires assembled cover and spreads set in an exact resolution. You can easily accomplish this task in Adobe InDesign or Acrobat. I use Acrobat for simplicity’s sake. All Adobe products require a monthly subscription cost. FontForge. You can purchase a lot of quality fonts for lettering comic books. It definitely would be easier. But I wanted to letter my own comics, so this open source editor was perfect for the job. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkKfSL78rII

Understanding the lines of the spine will help you draw more realistic figures in a variety of poses. The easiest way to understand how the head connects to the ribcage and hips is to draw them out as basic shapes. At this stage we leave the stomach area empty because it does not have a solid structure. The spine is the body’s support, also allowing motion in the torso. It is not a straight line, but a curve. Its shape makes the pelvis and the rib cage tilt slightly. We can divide it up into three parts to see it better: 1. The Cervical spine — which supports and provides mobility to the head Filled in the video drawings with a teal color 2. The Dorsal or Thoracic Spine — which supports the ribs. Indicated by a red section below 3. And the finally, the Lumbar spine, which is located a little before the pelvis, and connected to the sacrum. I show it in the video examples as s the lower blue section. The spine bends in a lot of different angles pending on the pose. Keep practicing drawing. See you next time. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TeiJbSUaMc

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