CONVENTIONS AND SEMINARS - CREATING COMIC BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: THE ULTIMATE SEMINAR- GLASS HOUSE GRAPHICS, INC www.glassghousegraphics.com

Paranoidvin writes: "If you're going to ask me what I want to be, I'll answer, " I want to be a penciller." But i would rather like to start first as a pin-up artist because I'm still working on my perspective and panelling. I hope that I'll have a chance to work in the comic book industry. "

Some comments and suggestions for you:

* If you want a job doing pin-ups or covers, then DRAW SOME PIN-UPS OR COVERS! It's that simple. Show the right samples. Take established characters and design clever covers that have a great design or create a SCENE that is so interesting and compelling that the reader HAS to buy that book to find out what's going on. If yuor heart is set on simply, designy covers, check out the enclosed X-MEN pin-up/cover by Mike Deodato. Although this .jpg is in color, the artwork I'm showing you is PENCILS ONLY. It was not inked; it was darkened and colored, from pencils, in Photoshop.

* If you want to be a comic book penciller, then PENCIL SOME COMIC BOOKS! It's that simple. You get a script of plot with established characters, or make one up, and draw it. Use photo reference for a starting point, but create good storytelling and a saleable commercial style, and draw in on 11 x 17 paper (10 x 15 image area). Do it in pencil. * If you want to be a penciller, then DON'T INK THE WORK. Inkers don't use ball point pen; that is amateurish. They use brushes and dip pens and Rapidograph technical pens, and create a great finished look that establishes texture and depth. We can select more established inkers to inker for you.

-- David Campiti (email David for any question)






	Paranoidvin writes: "If you're going to ask me what I want to be, I'll answer, " I want to be a penciller." But i would rather like to start first as a pin-up artist because I'm still working on my perspective and panelling. I hope that I'll have a chance to work in the comic book industry. " Some comments and suggestions for you: * If you want a job doing pin-ups or covers, then DRAW SOME PIN-UPS OR COVERS! It's that simple. Show the right samples. Take established characters and design clever covers that have a great design or create a SCENE that is so interesting and compelling that the reader HAS to buy that book to find out what's going on. If yuor heart is set on simply, designy covers, check out the enclosed X-MEN pin-up/cover by Mike Deodato. Although this .jpg is in color, the artwork I'm showing you is PENCILS ONLY. It was not inked; it was darkened and colored, from pencils, in Photoshop. * If you want to be a comic book penciller, then PENCIL SOME COMIC BOOKS! It's that simple. You get a script of plot with established characters, or make one up, and draw it. Use photo reference for a starting point, but create good storytelling and a saleable commercial style, and draw in on 11 x 17 paper (10 x 15 image area). Do it in pencil. * If you want to be a penciller, then DON'T INK THE WORK. Inkers don't use ball point pen; that is amateurish. They use brushes and dip pens and Rapidograph technical pens, and create a great finished look that establishes texture and depth. We can select more established inkers to inker for you. -- David Campiti (email David for any question)
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