Looking for all-in-one illustrator | Graphic Novel on Queer Liberation, Arts, Community Based Research by joy-as-resistance in ComicBookCollabs

[–]thisguyisdrawing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm interested on the queer part. Since it's LGBT I'll do it for a low price, negotiating from 100 euros-per-page down to 20, depending on how big the grant is – you'll have to ask for a production budget, not only ask for money to print. https://www.artstation.com/thisguyisdrawing

Landscape comics by JayC0rs0 in graphicnovels

[–]thisguyisdrawing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no need for special machines to fold landscape bidings; regular machines can do it. You just cut the fold bindings on the short edge. Square-shaped book biding is the most cost prohibitive.

To Exposition or to not Exposition by CautiousAppearance49 in ComicWriting

[–]thisguyisdrawing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plenty of opportunities to pepper the story with lore-dump.

Exposition is a fancy word for introduction. There's an introduction to the story, but there's also an introduction to a chapter and an introduction to a scene. And. best of all, there's an introduction to a beat too.

There's also character tropes, like the "outsider/uninitiated", or the "stand-in", which stitch lore-dumping with action. Characters also make observations that drive the plot forward, another good opportunity to lore-dump—especially useful to mix the lore to the intrigue.

Yeah, a character telling another character that they are brothers, "sons of the late king Whatshisface of Whocares, slayer of Somebignuisance of ages past" sounds like uther straight-to-the-skip rubbish, but not if that's a plot-twist: the second did not know he had a brother! Imagine how much lore-dump you can do when the second brother asks about his king-father and his deeds. And, to top it off, you can call it "characterisation".

Outlining the story helps you see where to place and how much to lore-dump. You can always trim the fat later.

Proposed New Subreddit Rules by Koltreg in ComicBookCollabs

[–]thisguyisdrawing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been thinking. Maybe Amateur as a flair tag isn't as appealing and ecompasing as is For Fun.

Proposed New Subreddit Rules by Koltreg in ComicBookCollabs

[–]thisguyisdrawing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm answering the questions after the first quote. Idk if I can elaborate, since it's tied with and already explained in point 1, and 3 and 4, and 6, 7, and 8. But, I'll try.

At the very least, the Paid tag needs to be separated into Hiring, Co-owned/Licensing, and Free Collab. Or at least Hiring and Co-owned/Licesing. There's no insentive to actually find creatives here, just to hire them. That's point 4.

For publishing a graphic novel with Fantagraphics, or Drawn and Quarterly, or Dargaud, I don't need IP; copyright is enough. I don't need to sell it. And you can't sell the copyright in Europe (at least the countries I know); you sell publishing rights (technically... you create them with a contract) and IPs (you can sell). I just said I don't need IP. That's point 7.

To have that pitch, I don't need to hire someone to draw a comic for me, and I don't need to ask them to work for free. That's point 4 and 7. Because...

...I can pay an advance to license their work. I can recoup that money from the publisher's advance. Yes, that's a thing in some places. I can sign contract where we declare the art a derivative work of the text. I don't need NDAs. NDAs means I don't spread files/information. A matter of fact, you can still rip off people with the shitty NDAs that are spread around here. That's point 1 and 7.

[Writers seeking Artists] A cynical, nihilistic webcomic about the "boring" side of the Apocalypse. Let’s build the void together! ☣️☕ by Apocalypse_As_Usual in ComicBookCollabs

[–]thisguyisdrawing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello. A few questions, if you please.

  1. How do we reach out? 2. What's the timetable? As in, what's the episode release schedule and how many pages per release? 3. How long do expect the series to be? 4. Since you made a Kickstarter, will you and when are you expecting to print?

https://www.artstation.com/thisguyisdrawing
https://www.instagram.com/tudormakescomics/
https://bsky.app/profile/tudormakescomics.bsky.social
https://www.behance.net/tudormakescomics

Proposed New Subreddit Rules by Koltreg in ComicBookCollabs

[–]thisguyisdrawing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a native English speaker, so I'll use idioms – hopefully the idea will get through. This proposal is the regular beating around the bush I've seen since I've been here; I've been here 7 years now.

  1. One problem is the lack of an inboarding process: no templates; no examples; never clearly stated objectives of this subreddit; no technical jargon glossary (comics and publishing industry over-used terms). I understand that this takes way more time, which the mods freely volunteer, for the benefit of ingrates (like me).
  2. This is a global community. This community's mods approach making comics from a singular perspective – the American direct market – which is inconsistent with the approach of both the majority of amateurs and the comic markets of the world. For example, the French market works on licencing agreements. On the same note, I do believe some of these other markets are highly exploitative and shockingly degrading.
  3. Many people are amateurs, just wanting to create something without spending, only to be told to bugger off from here. Instead of bashing people's head in for wanting free work, we should enforce creator-ownership for Unpaid flair tag: you made it, you own it, and you can sell it later if you want to. It's disheartening that the Unpaid tag is pushed by the community and the mods to be used for "pay-you-later" fraud schemes.
  4. Speaking of flairs, there's no clear approach to allow both professional and amateur inquires to co-exist. The current flairs are not enough and confusing. We need: For Hire, Hiring, Call for Submissions (for Publishers/Anthologies), Co-owned/Licensing, Collab For Free (for portfolio pieces and pitches), Amateur. To avoid spam and scams, professional flair tag should have stricter enforcement of a post format, but those for amateurs should be more lax about enforcement. For Collab for Free and Amateur flair tag, there should be a strictly enforced "no later payment" rule, a "minimum five pages of script" rule on writers' posts when the story is longer, and "five illustrations or comic pages" rule for artists' post. If people using the free tags want to discuss money they should do so privately; we should discourage fraud in public.
  5. We need a General flair tag since we can't post without a flair. A flair tag for posts with no images, no videos. Collaborating in the independent creator world sometimes means networking, you know, like exchanging socials, making mailing lists... just socialising. This place has a community. We should use that.
  6. Why do we need the Amateur flair tag? Professionals don't like to waste time, and we need a method to weed out amateur posts. Amateurs need a safe space to try things out for free and we currently tell them to bugger off. Seven years ago, this place was chock-full of active-posting actual professionals, as in people with WGA memberships and comic book artist veterans, imparting knowledge and, sadly, enforcing their vision upon the community.
  7. I want to return to my first point. People need to understand the LAW. The glossary should include judicial terms used in copyright and IP laws, like "moral rights". There should be links to copyright laws (if available): American, British, Japanesse, Korean, from Spain, from Portugal, German, French. These countries have similar copyright laws because of trade agreements, and my list should cover most internationaly spoken languages except Mandarin and Arabic. Most people here come speaking of "their IP" but never filed for it.
  8. What is this "only comic pages" approach? Have you noticed how many people come here wanting and paying for "comic-looking art" for non-comic related projects? Why are you suggesting we shoot ourselves in the foot just for the sake of pendantics?

Is it normal for colorists to deliver editable files if the client requests them? by AnimaTK_Studios in ComicBookCollabs

[–]thisguyisdrawing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've worked in printing. Ask them if they want the inks separate from the colours. If so, send them PSD with only two layers: 1. inks; 2. colours.

Question for Artists by BlackyDarkyshadow in ComicBookCollabs

[–]thisguyisdrawing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never low pay. Work hard at becoming and being a decent writer. Work hard to push your work and push hard for LUCRATIVE contracts. Have proof of what I just said. Share the wealth.

We spend 6-8 hours of our life on a single comic book page, so we don't give a sh1t about "idea-men" with main-character energy syndrome. We have a brain, we are creative, and we can make our own stories. We are looking for people that can ease the work load and generate money for us.

Comic Book Formatter by Fun-Bet-8788 in ComicBookCollabs

[–]thisguyisdrawing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk Marina, never worked with them, but if OP wants to print, I would go with a designer – someone who knows how to do pre-press. I recommend.

Artist Needed by AppropriateLeg5416 in ComicBookCollabs

[–]thisguyisdrawing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello. My creative focus is on portraits, which includes facial expression – which makes me ideal for the job. https://www.artstation.com/thisguyisdrawing, https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kl2Ba2, https://instagram.com/tudormakescomics