tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336541872024-03-07T10:41:09.653-08:00SmallkeedtimeKimberly Robello's Art Blog. Comics. Designs. Drawings. Paintings. Musings.Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.comBlogger765125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-43745585616173890432020-07-14T15:28:00.001-07:002020-07-14T15:28:47.458-07:00Where my Smallkeedtime and Planet Kimberly blogs are goingWhen I originally started this blog, it was just to post my artwork. I started participating in Illustration Friday, so I mainly posted illustrations for that. <div><br /></div><div>I started novel and short story writing and thus created a separate blog for writing called Planet Kimberly. After writing a novel, a middle grade book, and a kids book, I discovered that to marry my loves for writing and art, it would be best to create comics and graphic novels. </div><div><br /></div><div>Years down the line, I have a comic called Smallkeedtime Hawaii taken from the name of this blog. I also create designs for fabric, shirts, and other products at my shops on Redbubble and Zazzle called Planet Kimberly.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, I decided to separate the topics on these blogs. From here on out, I am going to post comic related stuff on this Smallkeedtime blog. Design related stuff will be posted on my Planet Kimberly blog.</div><div><br /></div><div>This may seem like an obvious choice to other people, but I haven't thought much about these blogs in years since I have been juggling a lot of other things. It will take some time for me to dedicate changing the design/layout format of these blogs, but as far as posting, that will happen right away.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for sticking with me!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-7246597477313195802020-07-10T15:09:00.000-07:002020-07-10T15:09:48.394-07:00Retro Orange Floral DesignI did some floral designs when I realized that I needed to design something other than Bigfoot and aliens. Hahaha! So, I designed this digital orange floral before I started painting traditional watercolor flowers. I finally was able to put it up for sale today on Spoonflower, Zazzle, and Redbubble. <div><br /></div><div>Here are some sample of how they look on Redbubble:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgho4oHxGFPzE9qlwT0OhqycVT6OfaHOTxtGoSXaXgXEFlsbi77PKN9NVlpmSuEk9Emne99Frp2Cf_rFXyYh95qb_jlKtjn7P3HUhVm9HoiAJ_mwD_AUaQU2yLany7HMXalXb-JwA/s1042/Screen+Shot+2020-07-10+at+11.49.49+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="634" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgho4oHxGFPzE9qlwT0OhqycVT6OfaHOTxtGoSXaXgXEFlsbi77PKN9NVlpmSuEk9Emne99Frp2Cf_rFXyYh95qb_jlKtjn7P3HUhVm9HoiAJ_mwD_AUaQU2yLany7HMXalXb-JwA/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-07-10+at+11.49.49+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYVPy65McXV_PoPIZSxWDJjwCvRbSz42IXTG9620VD5OHIFlFXSQgJUo3aaqqMx9U5p7xhRBDj-8A0SltdueW-yG-uVquwKFubQCpjsV3uKsOk44n9IoDIrulzEm-Ibj_5yQ1IQ/s797/Screen+Shot+2020-07-10+at+11.49.11+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="797" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYVPy65McXV_PoPIZSxWDJjwCvRbSz42IXTG9620VD5OHIFlFXSQgJUo3aaqqMx9U5p7xhRBDj-8A0SltdueW-yG-uVquwKFubQCpjsV3uKsOk44n9IoDIrulzEm-Ibj_5yQ1IQ/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-07-10+at+11.49.11+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhPFcoihQw1U14ZKME85HycotnRSBOp4NjlHZohWtDmkD_u-iXEQXSzfVpoPiKG0zpN9o71CVvN6ZIMaLn6gInZPIAaV1LWXdWUTnbMtx95L9PIFwjiphmvrC80rXbGq9fhDQOQ/s507/Screen+Shot+2020-07-10+at+11.47.50+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="287" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhPFcoihQw1U14ZKME85HycotnRSBOp4NjlHZohWtDmkD_u-iXEQXSzfVpoPiKG0zpN9o71CVvN6ZIMaLn6gInZPIAaV1LWXdWUTnbMtx95L9PIFwjiphmvrC80rXbGq9fhDQOQ/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-07-10+at+11.47.50+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="color: #0000e9; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Redbubble: <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/PlanetKimberly/shop?asc=u">https://www.redbubble.com/people/PlanetKimberly/shop?asc=u</a></p></div><div><br /></div><div>Redbubble has LOTS of products you can get this design on. Really cute stuff!</div><div><br /></div><div>Zazzle has a lot of stuff, too, but not as quick to get designs up. I'm slowly putting my designs on products on that site. They have more than Redbubble, like invitations, paper products, sports stuff, etc., but to get each item up for sale is like working at a turtle's pace.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you can sew, you can make your own clothes, pillows, bandanas, book covers, etc. by purchasing the fabric on Spoonflower as well. They have wallpaper options, too.</div><div><p class="p1" style="color: #0000e9; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/planet_kimberly">https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/planet_kimberly</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #0000e9; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #0000e9; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;">Have a great weekend and stay safe!</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #0000e9; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-21973655193261612722020-07-03T12:40:00.001-07:002020-07-03T12:40:52.594-07:00Fashion Illustration for the Art of Fashion Illustration groupI found a fashion illustration group on Facebook called the Art of Fashion Illustration where you can post your fashion illustrations on the first Friday of the month. I recently joined just for fun. <div><br /></div><div>On the other days of the month, people post images of famous or successful fashion illustrators. You can learn a lot by studying professional fashion illustrations of any era.</div><div><br /></div><div>I had a couple of fashion illustration classes while pursuing my illustration degree in college. Our class was visited by Eva Roberts a couple of times and she taught us some great things.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fashion illustration is harder than it looks. The standard proportions that you are taught studying art are out the window. For me, that was hard to shake.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some preliminary sketches and my final illustration that I posted for the Art of Fashion Illustration group. The dress is based on a design by Monique L'Huillier.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEvFJAHUqbIENWn5WejTsRGZ7nsbpqL0ff_RWCqGhD5LMk9NCavAmRWyns8szkTfuqa4z7v8nX52hvehYJYPj8sZyPiGBeNaSnfX1CwPqPWRwAbw7276r3751NX1X51ie0tIUgQ/s615/106374482_2332638867031728_1242392034110247736_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEvFJAHUqbIENWn5WejTsRGZ7nsbpqL0ff_RWCqGhD5LMk9NCavAmRWyns8szkTfuqa4z7v8nX52hvehYJYPj8sZyPiGBeNaSnfX1CwPqPWRwAbw7276r3751NX1X51ie0tIUgQ/s320/106374482_2332638867031728_1242392034110247736_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-o0GVxER_QYABJXqjsvBdgWO2L77uKQZSDogd-v4WP2p4FtDi10n2UNua2_Ft6o_DU313lpzsNHypdqybPzeIzMzzPE6lA2BuMaPKcWzW0bHOEwZ65OOjUVn2Qy1s3v2quU35kg/s640/106757928_262889695013561_9187881627911107625_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-o0GVxER_QYABJXqjsvBdgWO2L77uKQZSDogd-v4WP2p4FtDi10n2UNua2_Ft6o_DU313lpzsNHypdqybPzeIzMzzPE6lA2BuMaPKcWzW0bHOEwZ65OOjUVn2Qy1s3v2quU35kg/s320/106757928_262889695013561_9187881627911107625_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjej-_RXXhVZjzjaK2P4lFIpIaiSj7yx00gEnjCSr02uvHqmiNCGbYjbQ8kO6RXeoxHUrxWTYuYp6yHJS9zn6UVZaY3Fn1SjeOY3Qt25uEwZi6OjVCwyNGD0sbSMU_OBRsYba2f9w/s560/106332781_264143351519723_8331650583231151380_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjej-_RXXhVZjzjaK2P4lFIpIaiSj7yx00gEnjCSr02uvHqmiNCGbYjbQ8kO6RXeoxHUrxWTYuYp6yHJS9zn6UVZaY3Fn1SjeOY3Qt25uEwZi6OjVCwyNGD0sbSMU_OBRsYba2f9w/s320/106332781_264143351519723_8331650583231151380_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FHaNdLmle_XZxiE_IkPCJCFYD3OTkA9bn4o673B1SHcRbQFfgjUphXbssX0Gm1JpZfTaVYoxY_sCP-g39DYAXZBh_OpkRnEp8mRjGgzXjFD-p7_Y4mLjs20Ej0gXmoeFNhIq2A/s621/106199061_307172337104261_8618854616116584367_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FHaNdLmle_XZxiE_IkPCJCFYD3OTkA9bn4o673B1SHcRbQFfgjUphXbssX0Gm1JpZfTaVYoxY_sCP-g39DYAXZBh_OpkRnEp8mRjGgzXjFD-p7_Y4mLjs20Ej0gXmoeFNhIq2A/s320/106199061_307172337104261_8618854616116584367_n.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-25781925175250781752020-05-29T16:48:00.001-07:002020-06-12T18:06:53.666-07:00RedbubbleI now have a Redbubble shop that I just started a few weeks ago. I have 10 designs up that are on over 76 products. Below are some of the items my work is printed on. Please check them out! I hope you find something you like!<div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); color: #0000e9; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/PlanetKimberly/shop?asc=u">https://www.redbubble.com/people/PlanetKimberly/shop?asc=u</a></span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97MwT5enBi5JxgLrjX9mfuYtej2dTgabi8LeBquclJXbqgFUSvZIfG_eoL5jmEuRHwTGzCzWkxiAZE23Z0skAx2fKSra31H60MNz3djOx7kDM-ucOtXGJhj8QkvINZoy3gyTl3g/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97MwT5enBi5JxgLrjX9mfuYtej2dTgabi8LeBquclJXbqgFUSvZIfG_eoL5jmEuRHwTGzCzWkxiAZE23Z0skAx2fKSra31H60MNz3djOx7kDM-ucOtXGJhj8QkvINZoy3gyTl3g/" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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WEBCOMICS UPDATE:<br />
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This is a quick update on what I've been doing.<br />
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There is a major glitch with my site on Line Webtoons, so I don't post there anymore. The glitch prevents me from posting there and the administrators don't know how to fix it. I post on Tapas instead.<br />
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I have two webcomics now. My original digital webcomic Smallkeedtime Hawaii which is still ongoing and a journal about my life called Diary of a Tiny Asian Mom which is hand drawn. Links below:<br />
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Smallkeedtime Hawaii https://tapas.io/episode/1239684<br />
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Diary of a Tiny Asian Mom: https://tapas.io/episode/1354687<br />
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My hand drawn comic is experimental, so you have to bear with me. I wanted it to look like an art journal which is very colorful with mixed media and collage elements, but it didn't turn out that way. It became more of a problem to have all those color patterns in the background. It's kind of an eyesore, too, so from here on out it's going to be more of a traditional comic. I still want colorful backgrounds, so we'll see how that goes.<br />
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I just wanted to do something quicker than my digital comic. Digital takes forever. I can get a hand drawn comic done in a fraction of the time. It might not be as "cleaned up," but it'll get done. The journal has snippets of events. It's not one long story.<br />
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FABRIC DESIGN:<br />
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I also started doing fabric designs for Spoonflower. They should be posting in about a week or two. I'm hoping to get some passive income from it while I work on my comics.<br />
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Designing fabrics is so much fun! I enjoy it almost as much as I enjoy making comics. I had no idea how to make patterns, but I learned a lot in a couple of weeks. It's tricky and frustrating at first learning how to make a seamless repeat pattern. I was so discouraged! BUT, I watched a lot of YouTube tutorials and searched websites. Now I have 42 finished designs that are so cute! I love them! I have one ugly one that I ended up taking out of my collection. People were underwhelmed when they saw it, so I got the hint. It was a geometric pattern. I learned to stick with my strengths and that is drawing people, not abstract shapes.<br />
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If you have PhotoShop and Illustrator, you're good to go with pattern making, but I don't have those. I use Clip Studio Paint since that's what I do my comics on, but it's not ideal for making seamless patterns. I found a great tutorial using the Sketch program and downloaded the trial version. I do the layout of the pattern on it then switch over to CSP to color it. Sketch is for graphic designers, so you can't draw anything beyond geometric shapes with it. I read that there isn't any one program can to it all when it comes to seamless pattern making, so I just have to live with switching between Sketch and CSP instead of switching between PS and Illustrator.<br />
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I liked Sketch so much I bought a year's subscription for $99. I heard that Affinity is really good, but I haven't checked that out, yet. Sketch saves me hours of time making a seamless pattern. You can make a pattern in a few minutes. If you're interested, do a search for seamless pattern design on YouTube and watch Jesse Showalter's video on it.<br />
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Once my patterns are ready for purchase on Spoonflower, I plan on posting them on my other blog http://www.planetkimberly.blogspot.com so people can see what they look like. I'm juggling many things in my life, so they may not be up right away.<br />
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SOMETHING I LEARNED:<br />
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In doing textile design, I learned more about the difference between Raster and Vector. If you do a drawing in raster form, it will get blurry when you resize it. Since I was moving drawings between CSP and Sketch and resizing them, I noticed that the drawings went blurry. If you draw in vector form, you won't get the blurry look when scaling up or down. PS has a button to correct this, but as I stated, I don't have PS. They say you can do it in Gimp and Inkscape, but I tried that and it didn't work. So, I draw all my patterns and comics in vector now.<br />
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What is really sad is that I drew my webcomics up until this point in RASTER! That's like over a hundred drawings! Harakiri! Aaagh! So, when I finish my comic and want to shop it around as a graphic novel for print, I'm gonna have to REDRAW all of those! I want to cry, but I'm pushing it out of my thoughts right now. I'll deal with it when I'm done with my comic.<br />
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PERSONAL:<br />
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We had several deaths in the family so far this year including two cousins ages 1 and 2. How heartbreaking to lose a child so young. One had a congenital heart defect and the other a virus. I heard that when the doctors don't know how a child died, they say it was a virus.<br />
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My cousin who is a year younger than me also passed away. He's in my comic as the character, Devin. It feels like a glitch in the matrix when you think of someone how they used to be and then remember they aren't on this earth anymore. Or you want to ask them a question and realize you can't.<br />
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UKULELE<br />
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My oldest son started teaching himself how to play the ukulele and joined the ukulele club at school. I decided to learn with him so it's something we can do together. I ended up really liking the ukulele! We practice every day. I'm learning the basic beginning songs like Hey Jude, Riptide, Hallelejah, Happy Birthday and practicing the strum for Over the Rainbow. The next song I have my sights on is Jason Mraz's I'm Yours.<br />
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That's it for now. Take care! 'Til next time!<br />
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<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-51267860623145507202018-10-03T11:38:00.001-07:002018-10-03T11:38:41.278-07:00Inktober Days 1-3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are my first 3 posts for Inktober 2018. The Lynda Barry drawing is also for Girltober. I think Girltober is a new thing that I just found out about yesterday. People were posting drawings of inspiring women. Several people drew Malala.<br />
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For me, Lynda Barry is inspiring. She is the reason why I started to make comics. When I run out of ideas or just want to read her comics, I pick up her book and read a few stories. I have them within view at my house so I can grab them anytime. I recently read, The Good Times Are Killing Me which might be one of her latest books. It's dedicated to her childhood friend/bully who passed away.<br />
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This has been a bad year for us, but when I told some family members what we were going through, they told me about the experiences that they went through that were much worse than ours. It doesn't change the bad feelings, but it does make you feel grateful that things are not worse.<br />
<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-81205036134629536272018-07-02T12:57:00.001-07:002018-07-02T12:57:45.856-07:00Smallkeedtime Hawaii webcomic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I haven't been able to update this blog because I'm doing a webcomic contest until September 13, 2018.<br />
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My comic is called Smallkeetime Hawaii. It's based on events that happened in my childhood, mainly funny, but a lot of it is made up so I'm calling it fiction. As Lynda Barry says, it's an autofictionalbiography. So far, I've posted over 80 panels of my comic.<br />
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Episode one is called Boring Summer. It's below episode 2. The most recent will be on top.<br />
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Please hit the heart icon to give me a "like" to boost my position up.<br />
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Thanks so much!<br />
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This is the thumbnail icon for episode 2:<br />
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I posted the first episode of my short webcomic today on Line Webtoon! It's called Latchkey Kids. If you would like to read it, it's in the Discover section under Comedy. Here is the link:<br />
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I'm posting the second episode next week which will be the last of that short "series" but I will be posting a longer series after that with the same characters.<br />
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Line Webtoon is having a comic contest starting on June 11, 2018. It's coming up really soon! I want to enter my long series, but I'm not sure if I can keep up with the amount of panels they are requiring people to post. In the category I want to enter, I will have to post AT LEAST 40 panels per episode with a minimum of 6 episodes by September. Aaaaaaggghhh! Harakiri!<br />
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It took me hours to put together my panels and upload them to Webtoon today and they were already colored and inked! I watched Jason Brubaker's tutorial over and over on how to format the panels. It's very useful. Here it is:<br />
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<br />He didn't say anything about dpi/resolution, but you don't have to worry about that if you size the canvas the way he did in the video which is 800px x 30,000px. You have to open a New Canvas in Clip Studio Paint. I somehow was in manga format/binding which did not allow me to size the height at 30,000px. I saved it at 300dpi and didn't have a problem uploading it to Webtoon.<br />
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I did have to add a page within the 800px x 1260px or lower requirement to my CSP file and copy/paste my panels into it one by one, the export (single layer) as a jpg to my desktop. Sorry, that sounds very confusing.<br />
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This is what I did, although there might be a faster way:<br />
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<li>Create 800px x 30,000px canvas (btw, this was not long enough. I created 3 of these)</li>
<li>Save as a Clip Studio Paint file, not a jpeg file</li>
<li>Arrange your drawings/panels into this long canvas</li>
<li>Go to Story + Add Page</li>
<li>Using the rectangle marquee tool, I drew a 800px x 1260px rectangle and cropped it to that size. That's the Webtoon requirement. You can go smaller, but not bigger than that.</li>
<li>Since my panels are all 4"x4" or smaller, I cropped the rectangle to fit my panels just right. </li>
<li>I copied the first panel and pasted it into that rectangle/square</li>
<li>File + Export (single layer) + jpg + desktop</li>
<li>Go to the desktop and drag that file into Webtoon (You should already have created an account and gotten to the part where you add the episodes.)</li>
<li>You don't have to worry about dpi or resolution at this point. That's taken care of when you convert the file to jpeg.</li>
<li>Go back to CSP/Manga Studio and repeat the process by copying and pasting</li>
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If I decide to do the contest, I may not be posting here until mid-September when it's over.<br />
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Take care!<br />
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Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-79780991300345949332018-05-16T13:27:00.001-07:002018-05-16T13:27:57.697-07:00LINE WEBTOON & TAPASTIC panel specsI just found out yesterday that Line Webtoon's specs for posting a comic is:<br />
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800px wide x 1280px long for each panel<br />
File size 2MB or lower<br />
JPG format<br />
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Tapastic's specs are:<br />
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940px x 4000px per panel<br />
2MB<br />
JPG, GIF, PNG<br />
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Since my webcomic panels are all the same size, in an ideal world it won't be too much of a problem to resize them. Fingers crossed.<br />
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BUT...my graphic novel is formatted to a graphic novel page. UGH! I'm guessing that resizing them to these cell phone size specs is going to be a major pain! *banging head on wall* Why does life do this to me!<br />
<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-82064036986836707572018-05-16T13:16:00.002-07:002018-05-16T13:16:45.140-07:00Some Creative Every Day Blog Hop DrawingsI've been posting drawings every day for the Creative Every Day blog hop, but I've been posting them on my other blog which was geared more toward my writing. Since I'm combining my art and writing into comics now, I have one for art and one for writing that I've sort of melded into both.<br />
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These are some of the drawings that I posted on my other blog, but not all since I deleted them from my phone and don't want to retake them again. All of them except for the first one are drawings of characters for my comics that I'm trying to get the right design for. I haven't found the right look yet, so I'm not going to use any of these designs.<br />
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<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-55794235673458222172018-05-15T12:39:00.000-07:002018-05-15T12:39:08.198-07:00First 4 Colored PanelsI printed my webcomic in black and white to show some friends and kids to get their opinion on the ending. There were several spots I could have stopped the comic and I needed feedback, especially from kids.<br />
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Many of the panels were unfinished, but most of it was complete. I just had to go back in and draw smoke and teeth. Small stuff like that.<br />
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I had two different fonts to see which one they liked better. After getting their feedback, I didn't use either one. I re-created another font based on their feedback. I used Calligraphr.com to create the fonts.<br />
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I didn't think it would take a long time dropping the color in and adding the fonts, but it took hours! I had to resize the fonts, create new bubbles, choose the right colors that fit the 70s, but still went well together, etc. I didn't like the standard oval speech bubbles, so I used the curve balloon tool in Clip Studio Paint to get a more uneven bubble. It looks much better. Every bubble is different.<br />
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This is what the first four panels look like:<br />
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I might go back in and add hair shine. The couch might be a little dark, so I'm thinking of muting the color. I don't want it to get too close to the color of the kids because I want to have a contrast so the kids stand out more.<br />
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This is not what the page is going to look like. This is going to be on Line Webtoon, so the panels will be displayed individually since the reader will swipe up for the next panel. The number in the bottom right corner is only for my reference. It won't be displayed in the final version.<br />
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I like the way it's turning out so far! I decided not to use all caps for the font because instead of bolding the font for emphasized words, I'm going to use all caps. It's easier for me to do it that way than to go in to physically bold the letters. The program I use doesn't allow me to bold my font unless I create another font. Time is of the essence, so it's easier not to switch fonts anyway.<br />
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Once the colors are established for sure, I'm hoping the process goes quicker. Otherwise, I won't be able to churn out many panels to post every week.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-46772856989078160202018-05-10T11:43:00.001-07:002018-05-10T11:43:27.465-07:00Free Comic Book day lootDid any of you go to Free Comic Book Day?<br />
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These are the comics I got for free that I'm looking forward to reading. I already read Casper. I chose most of them so I could look at the drawings for reference. They are not too far off from the way I draw anyway. Some of the drawings of today remind me of the Casper style in some way. Chris Sanders, the Lilo and Stitch artist, has a style that I was reminded of when I was reading Casper. He draws sexy girls that are very roundy and I wondered if he drew Casper as a kid.<br />
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These are the books my husband bought me while we were at the comic shops:<br />
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I already read The Lunch Witch. I like the whimsical writing and the way the drawings are put together. Deb Lucke has a YouTube video where you can see her process. She doesn't draw in panels the traditional way. She just draws on pieces of paper and then puts them together digitally. For the backgrounds, she throws food and drinks or whatever on the paper to give it a unique look. After watching her video, I realized that I don't have to stick to a precise panel size or even draw in a panel. It's a very free-ing idea and process.<br />
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I already read most of the Moomin comics from the library, but this is the first time I've seen a Moomin comic in a store. I like studying them to figure out the magic of their success. It seems obvious that Miyazaki got a lot of his ideas for Totoro and Princess Mononoke from Moomin. This book is one of the more popular Moomin stories. It highlights how irrational people can be during a natural disaster. <br />
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I have never seen The Short Con before but the drawings look appealing to me. I kept picking this book up, putting it back, then picking it up again. I did this about four times. The story and reviews sounded interesting, too. I haven't read it yet but I'm looking forward to it. It's small and easy to get lost among the larger books around it on the shelf, but I'm glad I found it.<br />
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Okay, I've got to get back to working on my comic. It's almost ready for coloring! I can't wait. I have to draw one more panel, ink 6 panels, and then it's color time!<br />
<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-78540290059151158972018-05-07T00:00:00.000-07:002018-05-07T00:00:07.293-07:00My Webcomic Process or Stuff I'm Figuring Out - thumbnailing, ink brushes, panel templates, Lunch Witch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Above is an example of my thumbnailed roughs. I section the panels this way. I'm not getting fancy with the size of the panels because I plan on posting this to Line Webtoon where the majority of their readers will read it on a mobile device and swipe up to read the next panel. I'm just using old, yellowed paper that my uncle gave me when he was cleaning his house. It's throw-away stuff, so it works for me.<br />
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If I want to add panels in between others, I just write "insert" where I want to add a panel and draw the panel on another sheet. I letter the panels to indicate what order they should be in. Here is an example: <br />
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I've been using different brushes for inking. I guess I haven't settled on any one particular one, yet. I recently found an old Japanese brush pen that I've had for ages, but hardly ever used. So far, I like working with it on my comic. The ink never flowed very well, but I cleaned it out and also dip it in Speedball ink. I replaced the red sable brush tip a few years ago, but since I never used it, it's still good.<br />
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In the picture below, it's in the center. I don't remember the name, but I think it started with an O. I couldn't find it online, but the one it closest resembles is the Kuretake.<br />
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The Pentel pen on the top has a very fine tip which is hard to control. You have to work very carefully with it or else you'll get a squiggly line every time it touches the paper. You have to lie it flat and pull it along the paper. If you can get used to it, it can draw very fine details.<br />
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The brush on the bottom is, of course, the Winsor & Newton Series 7 sable brush size 0 that most comic artists seem to like to use. I think the size <br />
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I've been drawing on 4"x4" panels for my webcomic, but for my graphic novel the panels are much bigger. I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but I use a 4"x4" illustration board cutout to draw the borders in my roughs. I got the idea from Lincoln Peirce who does the Big Nate comics. His brother made him a wooden template that he uses instead of measuring all the panels out.<br />
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I don't have a way to cut a template in wood, so I use illustration board. The problem with using a frame cutout is that paper boards move when you trace in the center. I was getting crooked borders until I figured that it wouldn't move if I used a solid shape and traced around the outer edges. This is what I use:<br />
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I hand ink the borders and resize them on the computer.<br />
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Deb Lucke, author of The Lunch Witch, has an interesting and inspiring video of her process on YouTube. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cIeGlChrNo<br />
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Up until a few weeks ago, I had never heard of a Lettering Guide. I posted about getting one a few weeks ago. I used up a whole pad of Bristol board for my webcomic and look what I found on the cover! There was a picture of the lettering guide right in front of my face this whole time! It's right next to the grasshopper. Weird synchronicity!<br />
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My dad passed away a few years ago and he was an engineer. I took home some of his drafting supplies and kept them in a drawer. While I was looking for something else, I found his old drafting pencil and sharpener along with red pencil lead. I had just switched to using red lead instead of blue. Score! Maybe he's helping me from beyond the grave...<br />
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<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-66704549365941988432018-04-27T00:00:00.000-07:002018-04-27T00:00:12.168-07:00My Graphic Novel/Webcomic Process - Paper, Ink, Drawing Style<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To clarify, the graphic novel I'm working on is a separate story from my webcomic, but using the same characters. Instead of trying to find a publisher for my graphic novel, I'm going to post it as a free webcomic. I think publishers want to see if you have a following before they invest in contracting your graphic novel.<br />
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Right now I'm going to write about my webcomic. I'm drawing it on comic strip style Bristol board. It's 5"x17" Strathmore 300 series Bristol board. It's hard to turn the paper around on my small desk, so I now cut the paper in half to fit just 2 panels per sheet. I took this photo a few weeks ago, but am showing it for size comparison. The panels are 4"x4". It doesn't matter that it's not in a graphic novel or comic format/layout because I plan on posting these on Webtoon where the reader will swipe up to view each panel.<br />
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The drawing on the lower right corner doesn't have an inked border yet. You can digitally add your borders if you want so you don't have to ink them. I chose to ink my own borders because I want the shaky line look as opposed to the clean, even digital lines. I want the thick and thin line variation. It's just more visually interesting to me.<br />
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In the photo above, the pile on the left contains finished, inked panels. In the pile on the right, I inked them with the Micron PN#49 pen, but am going to go over the lines with a Winsor & Newton sable Series 7 size 0 brush and Speedball India ink. The Micron pen is thin, but good for small details like the face, hands, and feet. I don't go over all the lines with the brush. I just go over the parts where I want line thickness variation and the borders.<br />
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My intention was to draw quick, sketchy drawings so I can get the comic done faster, but I can't seem to be okay with leaving my drawings like that. Right now, I'm averaging about 4 inked panels per day. Another reason why I'm not leaving my lines sketchy is that when I go to color it, it'll take longer if I have to compensate for the gaps not being closed.<br />
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I wanted my comic to look more like my drawing below because that's how I normally draw, but it's the coloring that's restricting me. If anyone has any advice, please let me know in the comments section. If I didn't color my comics, I could draw it this way, but well, I like color.<br />
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I'm learning as I go along and posting my experience. Everybody goes about it differently. If you have any tips or advice, please feel free to share it in the comments.<br />
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<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-42346187581310408562018-04-19T00:00:00.000-07:002018-04-19T00:00:28.337-07:00My Graphic Novel/Webcomic Process - Colored pencil transfer, ink<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since the Saral transfer paper I'm using is blue, I decided to use red pencil on the tracing paper so that the lines show up better when I'm transferring my drawings.<br />
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I found a tiny ~2" jam jar that I had around the house and used it to put my ink in. I have a small desk, so space is limited and I don't want to spill a huge jar by accident on my desk. I bought a 16 fl. oz. bottle of Speedball India Ink because I read that a lot of people ink their comics with it.<br />
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I have # 0, 2, and 4 sizes of Winsor & Newton Series 7 sable brushes, but the 0 size works best for me on 4"x4" panels. I wish I had a size 1 brush. I think that would give me a thicker line for the borders without having to go over the lines to make them thicker. The art stores around me don't carry the Series 7 brushes even though I live in a big city, so I had to order them online.<br />
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In the picture above, before I had the Ames lettering guide, I drew a fence on tracing paper. I went over it with ballpoint pen so that it couldn't be erased. The reason I did this is because I was planning to use the same fence for different panels and drawing characters in front of it. When I transferred it, I didn't add the wood grains or blemishes in the wood because I'm planning on adding those digitally.<br />
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I figured out later that I didn't have to draw the fence in pen. I just use another sheet of tracing paper to draw my characters over/in front of the fence. Also, I don't have to re-draw the fence in another panel because I'm going to copy or move it around digitally later. I can draw the characters on a panel without the background and then just superimpose it over the fence. They can be resized digitally as well.<br />
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If you're not that digitally savvy, like me, it might be faster to just Saral transfer the fence to another panel, then transfer the character in front of it the way you like it. All you have to do after that is ink it. You'll save time rather than trying to digitally move everything around. In a sense, it's moving the images around with tracing paper versus doing the same thing digitally. The good thing about doing it digitally is that you can shrink or enlarge the images.<br />
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When I first started inking my comic without much experience with inking comics, I used a Micron PN#49 pen. I went over the lines with a Pentel brush pen to give the lines some thick and thin variation. I'm still using the Micron pen, but I just saw a tutorial yesterday where a guy said the tips on those don't last very long. He recommended using Copic pens.<br />
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The tip on my Pentel brush pen is so thin and sharp that when I touched the paper, most times I'd get a squiggly line or little "tails." I love the pen for sketching because of that thin point, but for inking my comics, I think I need more practice inking with it. That's when I switched to using the Series 7 brushes to go over the lines with ink.<br />
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The borders in the picture above were done with the Pentel brush pen. When I scanned the drawings in, they were too thin. Now I make the lines thicker which I will show in a future post.<br />
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Comic on!<br />
<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-87698015876064178272018-04-13T12:23:00.000-07:002018-04-13T12:23:06.716-07:00Lettering Guide For Drawing Parallel Lines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week I discovered the Ames Lettering Guide. Have you seen this before?! I don't remember ever seeing this in art school or seeing it in my high school drafting class. I had to draw three different kinds of fences in a panel for my webcomic. It took me probably over an hour with all the measuring and stuff.<br />
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AFTER all that, I heard someone mention it on a podcast. It's for drawing straight letters and words for comics, drafting, and other architectural type stuff. You can draw parallel lines with it for FENCES. I watched a tutorial on how to use it and was amazed. It was like the clouds were opening up above me and angels were singing.<br />
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My late father was an engineer, so I was sure he must've had one, but when I called my mom to see if she could look for it, she was on her way out the door. (Argh #1) I called the art store near me which is about a 5 minute drive from me, but out of all the days in the week, they were closed that day. (Argh #2)<br />
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I looked at my thumbnails and there were more fences I needed to draw. I thought of drawing a closeup of the character and eliminating the background, but realized that it would confuse the reader and mess up the continuity, so (Argh #3) I had to drive to the next city over to get it at the art store there.<br />
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I was able to get a good parking spot (yay!) and the guide was cheap ($3.35), but I took the one on the top of the pile. My gut was telling me to choose another one in case it was cracked, but I ignored that feeling and just took the one on top. When I got home, I discovered that it was slightly cracked so the wheel was hard to turn. (Argh #4)<br />
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The next day, my mom told me that my dad actually did have one that she found. (Argh #5) I told her I would take it anyway because the one I got was cracked. So, that's a yay. It's exactly the same, but that one is a Staedtler brand. I love their products, so that's a yay!<br />
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None of the tutorials I found explained what the fractions on the right side of the tool are, but everything else is explained. I didn't understand the explanation on the instruction sheet.<br />
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After I bought the Ames lettering guide, I discovered that the last fence I drew was crooked, so I erased it and re-drew it using the guide. It took half the time or less.<br />
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I didn't use a T-square. Instead, I looked for the angle I wanted and taped a ruler down at the bottom. I placed the guide on top of the ruler and slid it in equal increments to the width I wanted to draw each section of the fence. I used the angled side, but you can use the perpendicular side as well.<br />
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The tool is small and doesn't take up much space on the desk which is a plus. I use it as a straight edge as well and it helps that it's transparent.<br />
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If you have trouble writing words evenly across, this tool would help you keep your lines straight and keep the height of your letters consistent.<br />
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To help me with keeping the height of my characters consistent, I drew this size comparison chart. I drew it on tracing paper. To add characters, I just overlay another sheet of tracing paper over it and draw on that.<br />
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I didn't do a turnaround model sheet for each character because I have a lot of characters and it would take too much time. What I mean by "turnaround" is a sheet of one character that shows them from each angle (front, back, and sides, and three-quarter views) as if they are turning around in space on a swivel.<br />
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Instead, I drew each character on a sheet of paper smaller than 4"x6". I just cut an 8.5"x11" sheet of paper into 4 pieces. This way, I can refer back to my drawings to make sure I don't change the way they look from panel to panel. I pay attention to hair length, hair style, type of clothes they would wear, and overall look. Since the sheets of paper are small, I can prop them up next to my drawing board to refer back to as I draw each panel. It's a space saver. Once I'm done with that character, I switch it out with the next character. They're like cards.<br />
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They're very rough. Just an indication of what I'm going to have them wear sometimes or a reminder of their hairstyle. Not necessarily in proportion. lol I fix that in the final drawing. Sometimes I'll draw them more than once on the same sheet. Whatever I need to refer to.<br />
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As I stated before in a previous post, I draw my final panels on Strathmore Bristol Board, 300 series, smooth surface, 11"x14".<br />
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I started out drawing directly on the board with a light blue Col-erase pencil, but I was erasing so much that I was damaging and staining the surface. At the time, I didn't know how to drop out the blue pencil digitally later on, so I laid a sheet of tracing paper over the board and drew on that. Even though I know how to drop that background color out now, I still draw on the tracing paper.<br />
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I transfer the drawing to the board with blue Saral transfer paper. Using the tracing paper allows me to make changes to the drawing before the transfer. If I want the neck shorter, I can just move the character's head on the tracing paper down before I transfer the drawing. It also helps with transferring repetitive patterns. If I want to move an object somewhere else, I can do so easily and quickly using this process without having to erase and redraw it on the board. <br />
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If I just have to draw a face or two on a panel, I'll just draw it directly on the panel because I'm more confident with drawing faces. After drawing these characters over and over ad nauseum throughout the GN, I'm sure I will get confident enough to draw them directly on the board without using the tracing paper. I definitely need the tracing paper for the backgrounds since that is not my forte.<br />
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I also use the tracing paper to retrace the panel borders so I don't have to measure them again. In the final, I will draw the borders in digitally, so they don't have to be perfect.<br />
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Here are some examples of my tracing paper drawings:<br />
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By the way, the Saral paper goes a long way. I use the same sheet of paper over and over again countless times.<br />
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I don't include the word bubbles or text on the board because I'm going to add those in later digitally. Sometimes I'll write the text on my tracing paper to remind me what's going on in the panel to keep the expressions consistent with what the characters are saying and to make sure the story is sequentially consistent. If I change the dialogue, I'll write it there because I will refer back to these sheets when I add the text. I also number the sheets of tracing paper so I can find them easier later.<br />
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I hope this was useful in some way. Everybody works differently and my process might change later. Follow whatever procedure is most comfortable for you.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-45835599096427535702018-03-23T16:18:00.000-07:002018-03-23T17:50:44.069-07:00My Graphic Novel Process 4 - Webcomics and WebhostingThe plan for my graphic novel was to find a literary agent who would shop it around to publishers. What I've discovered is that publishers are reluctant to sign someone who has no online following for their comic. So, I started working on thumbnails for a webcomic that I intended to use to drum up a following and get my name out there while I continued to work on my GN. Once I got a good following, I thought it would be easier to shop my graphic novel around. It made sense to me before, but not now.<br />
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What I decided to do is to post my graphic novel online for free, a page per week. This would get it out there right away while I'm still working on it. The plan now is to get half a year's worth inked and colored before I start posting them. That's 26 pages. There are 52 weeks in the year, so 26 pages will cover half a year of posting once per week.<br />
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Just about all the cartoonists I researched that got published by big name publishers had posted webcomics for free. They got a following, were discovered, and offered publishing deals. If I'm not mistaken, Raina Telgemeier started posting Smile as a webcomic on a paid comic site. That site would offer the current page for free, but in order to read the previous archived pages, the readers would have to pay a low monthly fee of around $2/month. She got very few readers there. The site had a one-day special where the archives were free, but just for that one day. Her readership spiked to the thousands. She moved her webcomic to a free hosting site and gained a bigger following which led her to a publishing contract for The Babysitters Club and later Smile.<br />
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After learning that, I decided to post my webcomics on a free site. I like these two web hosting sites: http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/ and http://www.smackjeeves.com/. They seem to handle graphic novel page layouts the best. SmackJeeves has nice looking templates for your personal webcomic page. So exciting! I'm planning on signing up for both sites.<br />
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LINE Webtoon will probably get you the most amount of readers and feedback/comments than any other webhosting site for webcomics out there right now. The drawback is their formatting. Standard graphic novel layouts don't work well on this site. The majority of its readers read webcomics on their phone. They like to swipe up to read each panel. So, they would be reading the comic vertically as opposed to reading from left to right or right to left. You have to post your webcomic with this in mind.<br />
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If you are chosen to be featured on LINE Webtoon, they will give you a monthly salary, give you free marketing and publicity, and you could possibly get a deal to turn your comic into a movie or TV show. However, if they feature you, you have to agree to post only on their site. If your webcomic is on other sites such as The Duck Webcomics or SmackJeeves, you will have to remove them from those sites. You would have to post exclusively to LINE Webtoon.<br />
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I plan to post to these three sites and hope for the best. As long as you're not featured on LINE Webtoon, you can post anywhere you want.<br />
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As I was saying, I wrote and drew thumbnails for a webcomic intended to introduce the characters of my graphic novel and tie my other comic ideas together. However, I love the characters and stories I created for this "secondary" webcomic! So, I'm going to do a whole series on them. I'll continue to work on them while I post my GN. They are going to be friends with my GN characters, so they will be under the same umbrella/series name. Like how Archie comics characters have their own comic book series. Archie, Betty and Veronica, Jughead, etc.<br />
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As usual, this post is getting too long, so I'll post more later. I hope I've given you some helpful information.Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-92185321501706751292017-12-15T12:10:00.000-08:002017-12-15T12:10:01.065-08:00Shecember Day 12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I really like the way this one came out. I used Conte pastel pencils and a little bit of colored prismacolor pencil on a cheap pad of marbled paper that I got from Michael's Arts and Crafts Supply for $1 a couple of years ago. The Conte works really well on this paper.<br />
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I missed a couple of Shecember days because I ran out of ideas that would be interesting enough for me to draw. A few years ago I painted an ACEO card of a plump lady in an old fashioned striped bathing suit. It came out really good and I want to draw something like that. I have to find a good swimsuit and think of an interesting pose.<br />
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I've been listening to dogman podcasts (Dogman Encounters and Dark Waters on YouTube) while I draw. Land Between the Lakes and Taylor, Mississippi seem to be scary places to be after dark. Yikes! I shall remain in the city.<br />
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<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-71283321668829971962017-12-12T16:21:00.001-08:002017-12-12T16:21:15.398-08:00Shecember Days 8-11Shecember day 8, done with blue Crayola pencil which was too light for my taste. Prismacolor is better.:<br />
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Shecember day 9 done with crayons and pencil:<br />
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Shecember day10 done with red and blue pencil on marbled paper:<br />
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Shecember day 11. Vintage swimsuit:<br />
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Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-50388596171634313082017-12-08T17:20:00.001-08:002017-12-08T17:20:11.579-08:00Shecember Days 6 & 7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I tried to turn Marilyn Monroe into a Fred Moore style drawing, but they didn't really turn out that way. They didn't turn out bad, but I have to keep at it.<br />
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I still have to do my Shecember drawing for today. But first, I have to make dinner...<br />
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<br />Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-11207183817143231032017-12-05T00:00:00.000-08:002017-12-05T00:00:01.543-08:00Shecember Day 5 - Looking Through The Rock Wall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I drew this with crayola crayons and white pencil. She had a mass of wavy hair, but I thought it was more interesting just to show her face because it looks as if she could be looking through a hole in a rock wall.Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-38500251962625231022017-12-04T17:25:00.001-08:002017-12-04T17:25:20.482-08:00Shecember Day 4 - Morticia Addams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's hard to find interesting things to draw. I go with what I'm in the mood to draw and Morticia Addams was it for today. I kind of made her less sinister, but that was not intentional. I don't think people would know it was her unless I stated it.Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33654187.post-73628982185401323892017-12-03T20:21:00.001-08:002017-12-03T20:21:25.120-08:00Shecember Day 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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No crayon today. Just the flat pencil lead. Trying something different today. Sort of trying for the Justin Sweet style. Kimberly Robellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259370472581431767noreply@blogger.com0