Comics Artists Information

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• General Comic Art Sites • Art Supplies • Comics Art Guides and Courses • Buying Comics Art • Printers

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General Comics Art Sites

• 2D Artist Magazine
Link: www.2dartistmag.com
A Downloadable PDF Magazine for Concept Art, Digital & Matte Painting creatives around the globe. 2DArtist Magazine will focus on techniques, tutorials, interviews, articles, project overviews and galleries. The magazine will have news and reviews too but says they find that these topics are best covered by the online news and CG sites that thrive on daily updates. The magazine will focus on becoming more of a timeless resource for artists to turn to again and again whether you view it from your screen or choose to print it off.

• Art 4 Comics
Link: www.art4comics.com
Features a huge Jungle Girls gallery, Daredevil gallery plus scans of art from a huge number of artists

Comic Art Fans
Link: comicartfans.com
This amazing site is a collection of art held by fans which they've taken the trouble to publish online. There's a wealth of both familiar and rare work here, well worth a visit.

• Comic Book Artist
US-based magazine devoted to celebrating the lives and work of the great cartoonists, writers & editors

• Cartoonists.co.uk
Link: www.cartoonists.co.uk
This site features many cartoonists from the UK, all hoping for work

• The Cartoon Classroom
Link: www.cartoonclassroom.co.uk
A British website which aims to provide a means of centralising all information available on the study of cartooning and sequential art in the UK and Ireland.

• Cartoon Stock
Link: www.cartoonstock.com
CartoonStock is a searchable database of over 40,000 quality gag cartoons, political cartoons, cartoon pictures and illustrations by over 250 of the World's best cartoonists. Their work appears in leading newspapers and magazines including Reader's Digest, The New Yorker, Maxim, Punch, Private Eye, The Spectator, The Times, The Guardian and many others.
With instant cartoon search, purchase and downloads, we offer a convenient and affordable way to license cartoons for use in print or web publishing or for presentations. We also sell custom cartoon gifts and merchandise and act as an agency for you to commission new illustrations for such uses as ad campaigns and book illustration.

• Comic Creators' Index
Shizuka Abe's links to comic creator's official web pages.

• Comic Book Resources
RECOMMENDED Database-driven general News and resource site with hundreds of links -- far better than you'll find here!

• David A. Law's Creating Comics Site
Link: www.members.shaw.ca/creatingcomics
An invaluable guide to comics resources on the web for writers, artists, self-publishers and anyone interested in creating comics.

• Doctor Who Comic Strip maker
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/comicmaker

• How to Draw Manga
Link: www.howtodrawmanga.com
More than 1 million "How to Draw Manga" books have been sold worldwide.
"HTDM: Getting Started" has been used at UCLA and two other major universities.
Glenn Kardy, author of "Kana de Manga," is also the editor of 7 "How to Draw Manga" books.
Professional manga artist Chihiro Hattori uses Manga University Art Paper exclusively.

• I Draw Girls
Link: idrawgirls.blogspot.com
A blog maintained by Xia Taptara which includes the online strip Dogs of War. How to draw: step by step and Learn to draw & paint video tutorials.

• Itchy Animation
Line Work Tutorial Link: www.itchy-animation.co.uk/lines.htm
Artist Kev Hopgood came across this site about digital inking which might be of interest.

• Lambiek
Link: http://lambiek.net
An invaluable guide to comics, including European creators. Lambiek is Europe's first comics shop, and the finest of Holland. Founded in 1968, the name is derived from a popular Willy Vandersteen character, and now it's probably the oldest comics shop in the world. As publisher and editor of two comic encyclopedias and other related books, it's widely recognized for our expertise on all matters concerning comics and sequential art.

• Learn to Draw Cartoons
Link: learntodrawcartoonsonline.com

Roland Bonay loves to draw but has always wondered why some people believe that drawing is a talent that some people are born with. "I don’t believe that to be 100% true. What I do believe is that anyone with the desire to learn how to draw can do so. For proof, or to get started right away, read his article "Learn to Draw in One Hour".

In addition to “Learn to Draw in One Hour”, Roland has also written several other article that are intended to walk you, step by step, through the process of drawing cartoons. "They are geared specifically to beginners and habitual doodlers with a little or no talent who’d like to improve their artwork without investing a lot of time and money," he says. "I promise that you will be amazed by how quickly you will improve if you follow the instructions I provide."

• Rok Comics
Link: www.rokcomics.com
Turn your comics strips into comics for mobile and earn money from sales

• Scott McCloud
Link: www.scottmccloud.com
In addition to various guides to creating comics, opinion and more, Scott, writer of the excellent Making Comics, also offers a handy visual guide offering tips and tricks to creating web comics at: www.scottmccloud.com

• Splash Pages
Link: www.splashpages.com
Site dedicated to Wally Wood and Classic Comics

Art Supplies
Dip Pens
• Hans Presto: hans.presto.tripod.com
This Swedish (with English translation) site apparently stocks and sells just about every dip pen ever made. It also has sections on Lettering, Comics and Handwriting. (thanks to artist Kev Hopgood for this one)

Art Guides and Courses
• Joe Kubert's Comic Art Courses
After several queries about postal comic art courses for would-be UK artists, I contacted the Joe Kubert School to find out if his world famous Correspondence Courses were avaialble to people outside the US. Joe Kubert kindly wrote back to tell me that his famous comic art Correspondence Courses are open not just to North Americans but also to residents of the UK. "In fact, we have a tremendous amount of students participating in our courses from all over the world!" he says. "The cost of an initial course [as of May 2003], complete with art supplies, is $325.
"After the purchase of the initial course, there is a $50 reduction for each subsequent course because subsequent courses do not include art supplies. Thus, the first course you take is $325 and every subsequent course is $275. There is also an additional shipping cost of $51 for us to send the course package and to return the 5 critiqued assignments to the UK.
"The videos are also available in the PAL format (European version) for an additional $8. Otherwise, a VHS video will be included in each course package at no additional cost."

• Itchy Animation
Line Work Tutorial Link: www.itchy-animation.co.uk/lines.htm
Artist Kev Hopgood came across this site about digital inking which might be of interest.

• Larry Dempesey's Comic Book Inking Survey
Larry conducted interviews with many comics artists to find out about their inking techniques. All the results are posted on this site, including responses from luminaries such as neal Adams, Brian Bolland, Gary Erskine, Dave Gibbons and many, many more.

• The Art Instruction books of Andrew Loomis
Link: www.saveloomis.org
Downlaodable versions of books by this highly-recommended artist, regarded as the premier commercial illustrator of the '40s and '50s. . He was responsible for numerous print ads, billboards, and calendars; his romantic and imaginative style inspired artists throughout America.
You can also find a downloadabe version of his works Creative Illustration here (www.fineart.sk/index.php?cat=13); Drawing the Head and Hands (www.fineart.sk/index.php?cat=14); and Successful Drawing (www.fineart.sk/index.php?cat=15)

• Human Photo References for 3D Artists and Game Developers
Link: www.3d.sk

Buying Art
• Artdroids
Link: www.artdroids.co.uk
Run by the brilliant Rufus Dayglo, this site offers art from Dave Gibbons, Cliff Robinson, Carlos Ezquerra, Henry Flint, Arthur Ranson, Garry Leach and others.

• DMOZ Comics Art for Sale Directory

• For samples of a huge number of artists work, all with the theme of something do with cliff's, check out Walt's The Cliff Guy site. You won't regret it.


Printers
• Printers UK Directory
If you're thinking of publishing a fanzine, here's a comprehensive list of UK litho printers who embrace the Internet and  online business. Printing firms are ranked below in order of user popularity. In each case their service response and quality has been anonymously checked by the site's directory team.