Posted April 2, 2008 by jwebster45206
Just wanted to drop a quick note to announce that there?s a new and better Comic Artboard available. Professional artist Brian Denham (of Iron Man Hypervelocity), who runs a great blog full of tricks and tutorials for drawing comic lineart with Illustrator, has put together a new must-have resource.
His board has sizing guides for all the common formats, suggestions on how to organize layers, and a smart color-coded system for managing a comprehensive library of comic brushes. And get this?he even included some of my brushes!
Brian?s very generous to share, so give him some clicks and check it out for yourself!
Click here to get the Illcraft Comic Artboard template.
Posted January 12, 2008 by jwebster45206
This is the template I use when I’m starting a new drawing. It has the following features:
- Standard 10×16″ drawing space
- 1/2″ Gutter outside the drawing space, 1/2″ text-safe margin inside
- No unnecessary swatches, patterns, and symbols. Just Global Black, Global White, and a basic blue
- Preloaded with JW Inker Brushes
- Layer setup: One Guides layer, and a masked set of Art and Reference layers
- Compatible with Illustrator CS and later
To use, in Illustrator select File > New from template, and browse to my .ait file. Enjoy!
Click here to download the template
Posted November 2, 2007 by jwebster45206
The next release in the jwToon shader series is here! I’ve never seen any character take 2D shaders as well as MDP’s F202 Dollie. Hope you enjoy!
To use the eye reflections and makeup, you’ll need to apply UV mapping to the obj file. It’s the second link on MDP’s page. Instructions are included, and it’s not very difficult.
