Whether it be for a panel background or your website, a repeating background might be just the touch you need. Here’s a tutorial to help get you started. The tutorial is based in Illustrator, but the techniques therein could potentially apply to your graphic editor of choice as well.
[[ How To Create a Trendy Seamless Pattern in Illustrator (http://www NULL.blog NULL.spoongraphics NULL.co NULL.uk/tutorials/how-to-create-a-trendy-seamless-pattern-in-illustrator) ]]
This tutorial goes a bit more in depth than what most people would do for your every day comic, but the techniques included therein may interest you, especially if you are someone who usually works in grayscale looking to colorize your work. This alternative coloring technique uses adjustment layers and masks instead of hand brushing the color. (Not as scary as it sounds.)
[Use a Tablet to Create Stunning Comic Book Fan Art Illustrations (http://psd NULL.tutsplus NULL.com/tutorials/drawing/use-a-tablet-to-create-stunning-comic-book-fan-art-illustrations/)]
You can find this and a bunch of other useful items and references for webcomicers on our WSG Wiki.
Webcomics.com (http://www NULL.webcomics NULL.com/home/2010/4/22/the-facebook-like-button NULL.html) told us how to add a Facebook Like button to our web pages, but what if you wanted to display how many people liked you without using their default, and in my opinion, very boring template?
Hongkiat.com (http://www NULL.hongkiat NULL.com) has a quick tutorial on how to display the number of fans you have in text (http://www NULL.hongkiat NULL.com/blog/how-to-display-facebook-fan-count-in-text/). Because it’s outputting in text and not locked into a plugin, you can style it to look however you want with CSS, javascript, or whatever else you happen to use. You do need to move a couple files and code snippits around, but it’s mostly copy and paste so it’s not a hard technique to wrap your head around. How you use it after that is up to you.
[How to Display Facebook Fan Count in Text (http://www NULL.hongkiat NULL.com/blog/how-to-display-facebook-fan-count-in-text/#ixzz0rmIh4aJx)]
You can find this and a bunch of other useful items and references for webcomicers on our WSG Wiki.
(http://psd NULL.tutsplus NULL.com/tutorials/drawing/perspective-basics-a-draw-through-technique-with-a-spaceship-basix/)
Another tutorial that takes a fundamental concept to the next level. If you haven’t gathered by now, I love that kind.
Everyone that has studied the very basics of drawing knows about perspective lines. And those first lessons in perspective drawing are great… if you really love drawing cityscapes and cubes. What this lesson teaches you is how to take an irregular and non rectangular object, like say a spaceship, and use the basic concepts you’ve learned to draw it correctly in 3 dimensional space.
[Perspective Basics: A Draw-Through Technique, With a Spaceship (http://psd NULL.tutsplus NULL.com/tutorials/drawing/perspective-basics-a-draw-through-technique-with-a-spaceship-basix/)]
You can find this and a bunch of other useful items and references for webcomicers on our WSG Wiki.
(http://www NULL.itchy-animation NULL.co NULL.uk/light NULL.htm)I watch a lot of the Food Network. (Bare with me, I’m going somewhere with this.) I typically don’t go for many traditional cooking shows. There is one in particular however that is a must have for my DVR. If you know anything about food, you know what it is. Good Eats. What makes that show different from others is that besides just telling you the process, Alton Brown actually takes the time to actually tell you why it’s done that way. You come away with a complete understanding of the subject, rather than have just memorized a list of instructions.
This tutorial on lighting takes the extra mile to tell you why lighting affects its environment the way it does, and why you should not rely on the traditional 3-point lighting model.
[Drawing Light (http://www NULL.itchy-animation NULL.co NULL.uk/light NULL.htm)]
You can find this and a bunch of other useful items and references for webcomicers on our WSG Wiki.
