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You Are In Demand If You Can Draw (Cartoon SNAP!)

I think the Divide Text Frame would be useful when working with sound effects or shouted dialogue.

With this script you can divide multi-line text fields into separate text frame objects, making it easy to separate lists, navigation items, and more.

Speeding up the chopping up of a block of text could come in handy.

Another on that might cut down on some fiddling and CMD-Zs is the Metaball script.

This script will create connecting arcs from shapes you have drawn. Very useful when connecting basic shapes to create more complex shapes for logos, icons and illustrations.

I can see using this to create a more organically shaped balloon, much like the final balloon this week’s The Winchcombe strip.

But I like these scripts. Seeing stuff like this always makes me wish that I had learned how to do this myself when I had more free time.

By the way, I think I got this link from a post on Art Geek Zoo a while back. Check it out.

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10 Free and Extremely Useful Illustrator Scripts(vectips.com)

Art Geek Zoo

But the point is that putting aside a little time to think about your audience and your medium of choice is a good idea.

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Eight Questions for Comics Creators

Interesting walkthru from Nate Piekos, a very inspiring creative pro.

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How I made the HAUNT HAVEN logo!

New York, NY (April 22, 2010): Archie Comics, home of the famous Riverdale High students Archie, Betty, Veronica, Reggie and Jughead, is about to welcome a new classmate this fall! On September 1st, Kevin Keller, Archie Comics’ first openly gay character, will be welcomed into the town of Riverdale.

“The introduction of Kevin is just about keeping the world of Archie Comics current and inclusive. Archie’s hometown of Riverdale has always been a safe world for everyone. It just makes sense to have an openly gay character in Archie comic books,” stated Archie Comics Co- CEO, Jon Goldwater.

The times, they are a changin’.

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ARCHIE COMICS INTRODUCES KEVIN KELLER (PLUS ARCHIECOMICS.COM EXCLUSIVE ARTWORK)

Impressive stuff. Click some of the links at the bottom of the page to see some more.

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Zain7 – Lady Illustrator from Japan

I’ve gotten a painter app or two for my iPad and iPhone and I’m not real impressed by it.

I’m no painter, but I just don’t feel the same kind of control over the medium. Using my stubby fingers on a non-pressure sensitive piece of glass just feels awkward.

And I’ve tried a Pogo stick, but the one I have is incredibly crappy. So bad that I must have a bad one. But I’m not willing to go buy another one just to see.

My main motivation for purchasing an art program for iPad would be to study the use and manipulation of color, something that I have very little understanding of right now.

Other than that, with the current tools available, I can’t see having the patience to WRITE a comic on the iPad, let alone drawing one!

But I’d love to have that change.

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iPad Wizardry: Jim Lee Sketches Wonder Woman

Over at The Daily Cross Hatch, Brian Heater took a look at what the iPad might mean for comics.

I’m not suggesting that print comics and comic shops are going away any time soon, of course. They’re not. I am, however, suggesting that this is the time to (to quote Mr. McCloud again) re-invent comics. And the iPad and its ilk will almost certainly serve as a primary conduit toward such innovation—if not through the App Store, through the Internet itself. Do not forget, after all, Web browsing is one of the device’s strongest suits.

Sounds good to me.

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What Apple’s iPad Could Mean for Indie Comics

Classic stuff.

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Stormtroopers Have Lightsabers And C-3PO Has Breasts In Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars Art

Pretty cool.

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Model Sheets: Tex Avery: The MGM Years, 1942-1955 > Various

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