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Quite a few have asked me this question: How do you get better at drawing comics? Tbh, I don’t have a definite answer to that.
However, what I can do is to share with you the early beginnings of my comic journey.
It all started when I was 11 years old…
![[Thread]Quite a few have asked me this question: How do you get better at drawing comics? Tbh, I don’t have a definite answer to that. However, what I can do is to share with you the early beginnings of my comic journey.It all started when I was 11 years old…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Esv5djrVcAAz1fD.jpg "[Thread]Quite a few have asked me this question: How do you get better at drawing comics? Tbh, I don’t have a definite answer to that. However, what I can do is to share with you the early beginnings of my comic journey.It all started when I was 11 years old…")
Quite a few have asked me this question: How do you get better at drawing comics? Tbh, I don’t have a definite answer to that.
However, what I can do is to share with you the early beginnings of my comic journey.
It all started when I was 11 years old…
It started off with a story (as it always does). As you can clearly see I struggled with converting the story into imageries. However, I was quite adamant to draw it into a comic and lo-behold! My first ever comic was born. Of course you can guess what influenced it heavily…
Manga inspired almost all of my comic style during my teenage years. Mainly because it was the only medium I could get my hands on for drawing reference. Slowly, I started experimenting with panelling, from the standard rigid boxes to more fluid movements
I continued drawing more and more, and even started playing with ink. However, I was still not confident to draw large images, thus keeping them in small thumbnail sizes. Unfortunately, this proves to be a hassle when there’s a lot of dialogues involved.
Slowly I was getting better at the panelling and having different shots for each image. I was also becoming more bold with my inking and experimented with a few techniques adapted from several comics which heavily referenced. If you recognised some of the styles then kudos to you
Throughout time, I’ve unintentionally developed my OCs and at the same time tried various genres for my story telling. As you can guess, fantasy is one of the few that I keep coming back to. I’ve also tried drawing full bodied figures and expanding them outside of the panels
You may find this tread a bore with my atrocious photos (apologies for the lack of quality in them) However, the point of this tweet is to show you the process behind the comics. It is not as simple as deciding to draw a comic one fine weekend. No, it is a much complex process…
These things takes years of learning, polishing, practicing, experimentation, leaps of faith and so much more. These comics which you devour within seconds took the artist many years, even decades to develop and perfect. From the story boarding, perspectives, anatomy… (cont.)
…line art, hatching, background, speech, grammar etc, all these takes time to develop..
So, the million dollar question. Why even bother doing it then if it is that much of a hassle with little to no return at all?
So, the million dollar question. Why even bother doing it then if it is that much of a hassle with little to no return at all?
My answer: Because I find happiness when I see others enjoying my art
My only hope is that in the future, you could appreciate the works created by others out there. As you can see, this whole process took me 20 years to develop and it is still nowhere near perfection
The end.
My only hope is that in the future, you could appreciate the works created by others out there. As you can see, this whole process took me 20 years to develop and it is still nowhere near perfection
The end.
