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Question: How to draw webcomic!?
Guys need some help!. I want to try post web comic, but I dono the first thing :P I can draw by hand!. I need to know do you need certain program to process the picture on computer or do you need to draw comic using a drawing program completely!? Either way, can you guys suggest the program that will do the job!? THanks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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There are any number of ways you can make a comic strip, from drawing it entirely with a pen or pencil on folded pieces of paper, to drawing it and then scanning and doing clean-up digitally, or doing the entire thing digitally!. You can use any tools to string together sequential images in any way to make a comic!. There are no rules, there are no limits!.

If you're really interested in making a comic, you should definitely buy or take a trip to the library to take out Scott McCloud's "Making Comics!." It's a great book and sequel to his "Understanding Comics" which not only goes over some of the tools and techniques of making comics, but deconstructs the concepts, theories, standards and practices of visual storytelling!.

Best part is, the book about comics is a comic book itself!

http://www!.kk!.org/cooltools/archives/001!.!.!.

also, any Digital imaging suite like Adobe Photoshop can be used to make comics!. Some free alternatives are Paint!.NET and Gimp or Gimpshop!.

http://www!.getpaint!.net/

http://www!.gimpshop!.com/

ArtWeaver is a free alternative to Corel Painter:

http://www!.artweaver!.de/index!.php!?en_ver!.!.!.


Kazu Kibuishi has a step-by-step tutorial on how he makes his webcomic, "Copper," on this site:

http://www!.boltcity!.com/workshop/copper_!.!.!.


There are also some programs you can use that try to help making comics easier!. Manga Studio is a popular choice for black and white comics!. However, it's pretty pricey!.


There's also TokyoPop's Manga Creator:

It's much much cheaper than Manga Studio, and easier to use!. The dowside is that it has less features!. It's up to you what you'd want to spring for!.

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There's also Comic Book Creator 2, which is fairly cheap!. Which usually means, easy to use but low on advanced features:

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It's up to you to find out exactly what these programs can do and decide whether it's worth paying for that extra functionality!.

If you're on a Mac, there's Comics Life!. It should already be on your Mac, I think!. If it's not, you can download a demo here:

http://www!.apple!.com/downloads/macosx/im!.!.!.
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I draw webcomics and print comics myself - most webcomic artists use a graphics tablet, which is a large, flat tablet that you can use a special pen or mouse with to draw into Corel Painter or Adobe Photoshop!. I use Corel Painter Essentials myself, which is a cheaper option!. A totally free software that will do the same job is ArtRage!.

If you're drawing by hand and scanning it in/digitally photographing the paper, you could use Photoshop or a free image-editing program like Photoscape to clean up your images before you post them!. If you're going to photograph a drawing, pin it to a white wall in good daylight and try to rest the camera on something!.

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Option 1!. hand drawn then scan it onto the computer
Option 2!. buy a tablet, they have a program with itWww@QuestionHome@Com