Scènes à faire. Ever heard of it? It’s an interesting concept that writers and artists encounter when they work, although they may not know what it’s called. It’s French for “scene to be made” or “scene that must be done”. In practical terms, it refers to a scene in a creative work that’s pretty much…
“Negative space, n. – empty space, space around an object or form; also called white space.” – dictionary.com Negative space as a concept, especially in graphic arts, is an important idea. It could perhaps be described as drawing where the object isn’t. It can define the object. I once heard an artist say that the…
http://pigeonbits.tumblr.com/post/90063280483/color-palette-tutorial-time-this-is-by-no-means Color palette tutorial time! This is by no means the Only Way To Pick Colors—it’s just a relatively-simple method I use sometimes. I’ve found it works pretty well, almost regardless of what colors you pick…
There are some days that I love being a writer. When the everything is cooking, when the words are flowing, when the characters are speaking to you, when you’re on the top of your game, it’s all magic. That’s not every day. Not by a long shot. There are the days when you’re staring at…
Embellishment. Is it a dirty word, especially when it comes to writing? Well, it depends. Simply put, there must be no embellishment when writing for a professional journal. The truth must be told. There is a big difference between writing for a professional journal and writing fiction, or even this column. Writing for a professional…
New Pulp author Jim Beard shared this press release with All Pulp. May 29, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEW BLOG PROMOTES AIRSHIP 27’S NEWEST TITLE The Official Sgt. Janus Spirit Blog is now active! SGT. JANUS, SPIRIT-BREAKER author Jim Beard announces that the blog will not only reveal behind-the-scenes secrets about the crafting of the…
Let’s talk about writing fight scenes. Nothing to it, right? In this corner we got character A, in that corner we got character B, the bell rings, and they proceed to beat the poo out of each other until someone falls down. Simple, right? You just point the artists in the general direction, tell them…
Here’s a tip that you may rarely need, but when you do, hoooo boy. Let’s say you’ve been flatting a page for coloring, or you’ve sent it out to be flatted. The page comes back, and it looks decent– except when you go to select an area, you discover that the page was created with…
Finding myself in an art creating deadline crunch this weekend, so I’m going to pass on some art tips for you. I just came across this tutorial on creating speed lines in Photoshop, and creating a brush to do the process. It looks to be one of the more useful techniques, and will be interesting…
And more to the point, can he do it anywhere else? After all, it might be easier to explain if we could point to another industry that uses inkers… Luckily, we came across this documentary that explains pretty well what an inker does and how the work applies to other fields… meet Garson Hampfield, Crossword…
Last Friday, Mark Verheiden posted on his blog that he has moved from Battlestar Galactica, now completed, to Universal’s other big hit, Heroes. “I have made a lateral shift in the NBC/Universal universe and joined the show Heroes as a consulting writer/producer,” he revealed. “So far I’ve been catching up with the show’s wonderful mythology…
There’s something effortless about the comics of Jaime Hernandez. Both in storytelling and art, his Love and Rockets books glide smoothly, seamlessly along – perfect little vignettes into imagined lives. This isn’t to say Hernandez doesn’t work hard at his craft. Take a deeper look at efforts like his latest collection, The Education of Hopey…
