Hello people, welcome to CRASH! Comics.
So, about what we do, this program is dedicated to learning about the art of comic books. It’s a little more complicated than the general public thinks. While many people might think a comic book is some guys drawing pictures and putting in speech bubbles, they are WRONG. Well, not dead wrong, there is just a little more to it than that.
Just barely scratching the surface, there’s:
- scripting process – Ever read the setting portion of a real script? Imagine that on every panel.
- drawing process
- inking process – Look at a graphic novel and notice how all the lines and shadows aren’t the same size and shade.
- coloring – Harder than color by numbers.
- and typography – Speech bubbles and text are a challenge to put in tastefully.
That was just a short and microscopic description of what goes in a comic. Yes, mega-ultra-tiny-don’t-let-your-pet-ant-inhale-it small.
So, on our progress:
The penciling team started their certification processes in penciling on Tuesday and should get over that hill soon, to find the even bigger and more rewarding hill of the actual comic work. Mountain, forget the hill.
Pheonix was certified in research, character development and is working on his scripting certification.
About 75% of the proposal was completed Tuesday and should also be done soon. There’s lots of drawing training going on which from what I can hear from here is very interesting, even if you’re not all that into drawing. Character profiles were started and a good site for learning typography was found.
So, we had a very productive day and will have more of these as the weeks come during which I’ll be looking for a good way to organize the pictures and be updating this blog twice a week.
-CRASH COMICS Blog
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