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How to make your own Comic

ScarletX1969ScarletX1969 Posts: 587
edited November 2020 in The Commons

Has anyone bite the bullet and bought this yet?

https://www.daz3d.com/how-to-make-your-own-comic

I'm curious to know what you think of it.

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  • gsil247gsil247 Posts: 224

    I to would like to know if anyone has purchased this and their thoughts on it. Asking for a friend. Ok I'm really asking for myself, but I'm interested to see if its worth the purchase.

  • MimicMollyMimicMolly Posts: 2,211
    My problem with making comics (2D or 3D) is the panelling and lettering. Looks like this product would be the most useful to those who use Photoshop.
  • Twilight76Twilight76 Posts: 318

    I did try a few Windows Tools for Panelling and Lettering so far.

    My Favorites are 
    Comic Life 3 (love the Script Editor and the Panneliiing there ~29€)
    Manga Maker Comipo (pricy but not bad, Steam, ~45€ )
    KumaKuma Manga Editor (Steam, around 5-8 $

  • Ghosty12Ghosty12 Posts: 2,068

    For me it is:

    Comiclife 3 what I mainly use as it is very easy to use..

    Clip Studio Paint Pro/EX (formerly Manga Studio), very comprehensive but a steep learning curve to get the most from it..

  • LinwellyLinwelly Posts: 5,981

    already making my own comic so no, didn't buy it.

    for the lettering and panelling I recomment searching outside the 3d community, eg try this one, it's a classic: Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. Ther are others as well.

    Join the comic thread for more info: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/228061/3d-comic-book-tips-and-pictures#latest

  • GreycatGreycat Posts: 334
    ScarletX1969 said:

    Has anyone bite the bullet and bought this yet?

    https://www.daz3d.com/how-to-make-your-own-comic

    I'm curious to know what you think of it.

    Most of the knowledge for creating your own comic can be found online. Unless it’s some thing written by a well know published comic book artist, it’s someone opinion on how to create comics which is no better than anybody else’s opinion. 

     

  • GreycatGreycat Posts: 334
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    MimicMolly said:
     
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  • GreycatGreycat Posts: 334

    MimicMolly said:

    My problem with making comics (2D or 3D) is the panelling and lettering. Looks like this product would be the most useful to those who use Photoshop.

    Here’s a page from my comic. For panels and word balloons you can beat Clip Studio Paint. For text I use “Anime Ace” from Bambot. Bambot has a lot information on letter comics.

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  • ScarletX1969ScarletX1969 Posts: 587

    Okay, thanks.  I think I will pass on this.  As I looked at the contents, it really isn't anything that I don't already have access to from Digital Art Live.  His commercial is good though.

  • GreycatGreycat Posts: 334

    Sorry I really screwed the last post. here's some links:

    Clipstudio Paint

     https://www.clipstudio.net/en/

    Blambot fonts

    https://blambot.com/

    Lettering information

    https://blambot.com/pages/comic-lettering

  • genejokegenejoke Posts: 131
    Although I've been making comics with Daz for many years I checked it out as it was cheap. There's some useful stuff here, but much depends where you're at with making comics and what sort of style you go for. Definitely best for those starting out, for anyone else, read the summary of what it includes and see if anything sounds helpful. The zbrush stuff is mostly basic and can be done in other software easily enough. For comic beginners, yes I would recommend it. Anyone else, depends on how advanced your skills are. As someone who as been doing comics with Daz for nearly a decade I can't say I learned much from it beyond some alternative ways to do things, but it's a well made set of videos and will be more useful to others. If the creator makes more tutorials of things I know I'll benefit from I'll definitely check them out.
  • GreycatGreycat Posts: 334

    I’m writing a book on comic creation. You can find the pages I’ve finished in my gallery

     https://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/?uid=25411

     

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  • ScarletX1969ScarletX1969 Posts: 587

    It would be nice to do some stuff on different comic book styles.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,225

    I bought the product but have some complaints about Daz MP4 formatting.  Some of the MP4 files downloaded fine and are working.  Some are giving me a missing Codec error.  Says a missing Codec is for sale through the Windows store.  Makes no sense to me to format some of the MP4 files to require that Codec but not others.  angry

  • The Blurst of TimesThe Blurst of Times Posts: 2,410
    edited November 2020

    I like Comic Life 3. (It also includes various fonts, Word art, filters, etc.) There's the Win/MacOS version, but also a version for iOS (iPad, really, since doing a comic on a phone would be a non-flatbread PITA). They also have a Chromebook version. No native Linux version, however.

    The iOS version is $4.99 (at the App store). If you don't need the full Windows experience, I think the iOS version does everything you'd want. If you're hung up on the Windows interface, the iOS version will not do it for you. Maybe the Chromebook version would work for you, but I don't use that. I have the Windows & iOS versions.

    EDIT: VLC is another great app, and it's FOSS.

    It's available on basically any platform. I use it on Windows, Linux, iPad, Kindle Fire & Android phone.
    If it computes, and I want to watch videos on it, I probably have VLC installed on that platform.

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,225
    Diomede said:

    I bought the product but have some complaints about Daz MP4 formatting.  Some of the MP4 files downloaded fine and are working.  Some are giving me a missing Codec error.  Says a missing Codec is for sale through the Windows store.  Makes no sense to me to format some of the MP4 files to require that Codec but not others.  angry

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    SOLVED - As recommended in the sales issues thread, I installed VLC-MediaPlayer, which has the correct codec.  Can play the tutorials.

  • SasquatchIsCoolSasquatchIsCool Posts: 251
    edited November 2020
    ScarletX1969 said:

    It would be nice to do some stuff on different comic book styles.

    Helo...I thought I'd chime in on things.   I think this product could be useful as I myself have always wanted to make a comic and make it look good.   I tried so many different things and finally after much trial and error I  found various ways to make DAZ sing and make good looking comics that I'm happy about and funny thing is that this method I've been perfecting has allowed me to create different style and variations and just make something I'm happy with.   Plus the speed aspect.  I will be publishing my comic pretty soon....well graphic novel...you see DAZ 3d allowed me to tell a BIG HUGE story.  I'm already on page 60 of 64 within 2 months.   

    The tutorial will show you how to be able to just put it together and maybe have some creative ideas to make your comic look cool and then how to achieve different styles cause as artists we want to have our own style.   

     

     

     

     

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  • SasquatchIsCoolSasquatchIsCool Posts: 251

    Here is another style achieved

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  • SasquatchIsCoolSasquatchIsCool Posts: 251

    Here is the original as well and what I'm going to be using.   This is a double page.  It was a lot of work and I didn't know how I would make the destruction and pit.   

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  • SasquatchIsCoolSasquatchIsCool Posts: 251
    edited November 2020
    genejoke said:
    Although I've been making comics with Daz for many years I checked it out as it was cheap. There's some useful stuff here, but much depends where you're at with making comics and what sort of style you go for. Definitely best for those starting out, for anyone else, read the summary of what it includes and see if anything sounds helpful. The zbrush stuff is mostly basic and can be done in other software easily enough. For comic beginners, yes I would recommend it. Anyone else, depends on how advanced your skills are. As someone who as been doing comics with Daz for nearly a decade I can't say I learned much from it beyond some alternative ways to do things, but it's a well made set of videos and will be more useful to others. If the creator makes more tutorials of things I know I'll benefit from I'll definitely check them out.

    Thanks for checking it out and thanks for the critique.   I'll be doing a whole movie version soon.  I'm working on a movie and taking the comic and turning it into a movie using mocap, facecap, Blender, UE4 and DAZ.   I hope I'll be releasing that before Christmas.  :)

    I'm going to be doing poor man's mocap, expensive mocap and facecapture with the Iphone and going through a whole scene using DAZ and using Render farms going detail by detail...mistake by mistake...hopefully folks will like that one.  

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  • SasquatchIsCoolSasquatchIsCool Posts: 251
    Greycat said:

    I’m writing a book on comic creation. You can find the pages I’ve finished in my gallery

     https://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/?uid=25411

     

    Wow that is so cool.  Thank you for the font recommendation.  I would love to read and buy your comic once it is  done.  :)  

  • SasquatchIsCoolSasquatchIsCool Posts: 251
    ScarletX1969 said:

    Okay, thanks.  I think I will pass on this.  As I looked at the contents, it really isn't anything that I don't already have access to from Digital Art Live.  His commercial is good though.

    Digital Art Live is great.  They inspired me to make this.  Reason I made my own is because there were a few things missing and I think I was able to build on what I learned from them like pushing the style a little further.   But I  love Digital Art Lives work!  They are an inspiration.  I don't think I can fully compete with them but they did lay the groundwork and I think I bring my own thing to the table.   

    Like I said I built on what others before me have done and have clearly shown but I think there are a few gems in there that will share a slight way to push your work further based on that foundation.  :) 

     

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