Last of the Polar Bears

As I work my way through the creation of The Last of the Polar Bears, I will be periodically writing about the creative process of building a graphic novel from the ground up, such as how to develop a story, its characters, and the world they inhabit, how to work your concept into a script, and the process of creating the sequential art (page and panel layouts, penciling, inking, screen tones, coloring, lettering and ballooning).  I’ll be writing about these topics in no particular order, so if there’s a specific subject you want to know about, let me know.

General

• Breaking into Comics
• Artist’s Work Area
• Creating a Comic (Bare Essentials magazine – Issue 25, pgs 37-41)
• From Storyboard to Finished Page in 5 Steps (Peach Fuzz)

Step-by-Step Character Tutorials

• How to Draw a Polar Bear
• How to Draw an Arctic Fox
• How to Draw a Cheetah
• How to Draw a Snow Leopard Pirate

Storyboarding

• From Text to Art: Storyboards
• Comic Page Template

Drawing

• Conceptualizing an Illustration
• Improving Your Animal Drawings
• Finding the Right Pose (Archie Character Designs)
• Panel to Panel Action (ImagineFx June 2013)

Coloring

• Fraggle Rock Cover Illustration, Coloring Step-by-Step

Lettering

• Creative Lettering in Comics