Thunder Punch Daily 150 – What Tools Should You Use?

For the 150th episode I break format and answer an email rather than come in with a formulated essay on comic-making. But I think there’s an essay in there somewhere as I give a report on what tools I use to make comics as of September 2013.

Links mentioned:

• Manga Studio
• Ray Frenden’s Manga Studio brushes
• CAG 46 with Stephen McCranie – Manga Studio demo
• The bpelt flatting plugins
• My video demo of inking with a crow quill
• CPTN SRSLY and the Super Master Sentinels
• Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire
• Cap’n Cat: Former Shark Hunter
• The big He-Man and the Masters of the Universe piece
• Captain Falbo and the Bird Troopers – Digital Pencils|Brush Pen Inks|Video of the coloring process
• Little Guardians
• Dresden Codak
• LayerPaint (Android app)
• Papyrus (Android app)

If you decide to purchase some of the pens I mentioned, you can use these referral links to support TPD:

• Pentel Pocket Brush Pen
• Pentel Color Brush
• Speedball #102 Pen Point 12-Box
• Crow Quill Dip Pen Holder, #102
• Higgins Black Magic Waterproof Ink, Black, 1 oz Bottle

Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing and IndyPlanet Digital
Voiceover by Tara Platt
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Thunder Punch Daily 149 – Why He-Man has that Mysterious Smile

Today I explain my thinking process behind the design of He-Man in that big Masters of the Universe pitch I recently put together, and use it as a modeling exercise to highlight the various elements of communication in character design. If, as Dan Mishkin once said, everything in a comic is unreal, making everything real, then everything you use in your design is an opportunity to express something about your characters, their world, and the story’s worldview.

Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
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Voiceover by Tara Platt

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Thunder Punch Daily 148 – Respecting the Work

We often look back on our old work and groan. Why is this? Is it humble to talk our old work down, even when someone is responding to it positively? What changes when we approach our body of work (big or small) with a sense of respect?

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Joan Didion on Self Respect (via Brainpickings)
• Rob Paulsen’s Talkin’ Toons podcast
• Thunder Punch Extra 1 <– tip the show, get a show!

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Thunder Punch Extra #1 – Flipping Weakness

Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
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Thunder Punch Daily 147 – Avoiding Urgency

TPD returns with some thoughts on writing in the medium that works for you and how urgency can be the inspiration killer!

Links mentioned:

• The Lean Into Art Cast with David Seah
• Young-ha Kim’s Ted talk: Be An Artist, Right Now!
• David Seah

Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
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Voiceover by Tara Platt

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Thunder Punch Special 03 – Conventioning Punch

TPD is back! I took advantage of Richard Stevens’s visit to the United States (and his recent convention experience at Kids Read Comics) to get his perspective on tabling at a convention for the first time. Together we turn his hard-won knowledge into some useful tips for the first-time exhibitor.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Josh Elder
• Diana Nock
• Chris Hougton
• Dave Roman

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Thunder Punch Daily 146 – Not “Cheating” Again…

Working on one of the locations for the new Front comic. I’m a cheater! #sketchup jerzydrozd.tumblr.com/post/174536452…

— Jerzy Drozd (@Jerzy) February 11, 2012

 

I asked for it! I made a joke about “cheating” at my art, and it got some folks rising to defend or dispute the question of whether or not one can cheat at making comics. I give what can only be described as an affirmation for anyone who has ever been called a “cheater”, and try to explore where this misconception comes from.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Lean Into Art Cast 23 – Leveling up Through Play
• My explorations of Google Sketchup as a means for set design
• Some of my warm up sketches I’ve been doing in Manga Studio
• How to get 5 Million People to Read Your Website – Ignite Talk by Matthew Inman
• Google Sketchup

Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.
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Voiceover by Tara Platt

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Thunder Punch Daily 145 – Thumbs of Terror

But when I start?I’m a beginner who knows nothing.Which, come to think of it, is a very good thing.⁰

— J.M. DeMatteis (@JMDeMatteis) January 24, 2012

Today I share some of my experiences in thumbnailing the new Front story I hope to start updating on Sugary Serials in February. I borrow some wisdom from J.M. DeMatteis to help make my points more lucid, but the big idea is that there’s no escape from the terror of thumbnailing a story.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Lean Into Art Cast 09 – Look at my Thumbs
• Sugary Serials
• Thunder Punch Daily 98
• Comics Are Great! Episode 01
• Kids Read Comics
• Voice-Over Voice Actor: What it’s Like Behind the Mic

Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.

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Voiceover by Tara Platt

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Thunder Punch Daily 144 – Back on Track

In this extra-sized episode of Thunder Punch Daily I catch up on where I’ve been, how I’ve been playing Don’t Tip the Waiter for the last month, how I’ve tried to fix that with the help of David Seah, and a few new thoughts on using Tumblr and Posterous as a part of your balanced comics publishing.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• David Seah’s Emergent Task Planner
• Rob Stenzinger
• Lean Into Art Workshops
• Kasey Van Hise
• School of World
• Nozbe
• Evernote
• Wunderlist

Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.

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Voiceover by Tara Platt

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Thunder Punch Daily 143 – Surprised by Style

Today I share some thoughts on how a simple nudge from Kim Holm faced me with an inner demon that I suspect comes out of my history with mainstream comics. I don’t land on an answer to the issue, but I ruminate a bit about what my options are.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• My series of re-imagined versions of characters from The Front: Rebirth
• Kasey Van Hise
• Boulder & Fleet: Adventurers for Hire
• Kim Holm on Twitter
• Lean Into Art – An Online Art Center

Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.

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Voiceover by Tara Platt

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Thunder Punch Daily 142 – 3 Roads to Character

Today I follow up on a discussion started in Comics Are Great! episode 30 with some thoughts on character design from a writing standpoint. I share three different aspects that I oscillate between when creating characters.

Music for this show is by Eliott Drozd.

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