What size do we draw at?

Taiwanimation · Post by **Taiwanimation** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 3:09 pm

What size do we draw our comics at?

I draw on 8.5 x 11" paper, with long dimension roughly 11". This is so it fits in the scanner easily, and is also large enough for clarity.

McBean · Post by **McBean** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 4:33 pm

I do 3, 3.5 inch by 3.5 inch squares but I last month I started drawing the strip with 4-inch by 4-inch squares. It gives me more room for larger text.

ZOMBIE USER 12476 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 12476** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 4:37 pm

I use a 5" x 14" piece of bristol board (I get it in books that are 17 x 14, and chop it up and leave the extra 2 inches to try to make a heading for my comic). Each panel is 4 inches high and 3 inches across, with a .25 inch buffer zone between the panels.

For the lettering, I make about 5 pencil lines at the top and bottom of each panel, spaced 3/16 inches apart. Then I use them as necessary.

ZOMBIE USER 11268 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 11268** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 9:11 pm

Along time ago I ripped my dimensions off of a Zits comic, and then multiplied it as far as the paper width could go. Then I reduced it because it didnt fit in my scanner, so my cartoons go about twice the size that they're finished in. Of course, I draw all my cartoons in the same notebooks, and all I do is trace over the last background to start a new comic. This works.... but.... eventually you begin to stretch it little by little until its almost reached the whole width of the page.

-chris 'c'

Karlie · Post by **Karlie** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 10:38 pm

i do my pages 8.5x11, that's the largest scaner i have easy access to. sometimes i break it up so i can work bigger, whick makes it look much neater when it is shrunk down.

Taiwanimation · Post by **Taiwanimation** » Sun Jan 19, 2003 12:16 pm

ah yes, the shifting size thing, i used a template page to stop that problem.

For those of you who draw on comp printer paper, this is even better because you can print out blank boxes then.

ZOMBIE USER 12476 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 12476** » Sun Jan 19, 2003 4:54 pm

Yeah, I wish I could print out boxes onto bristol board... I spend way too much time making sure the boxes are aligned and straight.

Netrek · Post by **Netrek** » Mon Jan 20, 2003 2:00 pm

I use 8.5x11. Got plenty of it, and that works.

--Sij

Taiwanimation · Post by **Taiwanimation** » Mon Jan 20, 2003 4:02 pm

you need a big rubber stamp.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:52 am

Taiwanimation wrote:ah yes, the shifting size thing, i used a template page to stop that problem.

For those of you who draw on comp printer paper, this is even better because you can print out blank boxes then.

I work on regular A4 paper (210 x 297 mm / 8.27*11.69 inches) , I have a template with 6 squares, and a bit of margins on each side.
but I don't print the template on the page I'm drawing on- I have one printed, and then I attach the two pages with a sticky tape, so I can see the template through the paper.
after scanning I cut each frame separately, and paste it into another template.

MinnieMay9 · Post by **MinnieMay9** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:07 am

I draw on 11x14 paper, with about a 5. inch margin... I wouls have a template, but I pretty much make-up the comic as I go along ^.^;

Laxmastro · Post by **Laxmastro** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 3:39 pm

I draw Fiddly Bits on a 14"x17" sheet of bristol board. I get my margins by laying a straight edge along the four edges of the paper.( this gives me a little more than an inch of margin on all sides.) I then scan the finished comic in four parts and piece it together with Adobe.
I scan all images at 600 dpi. Then I reduce the size in Adobe to something I can better manage while I do any finishing work I may need to do.

Nekothekitty · Post by **Nekothekitty** » Fri Jan 31, 2003 10:07 am

I do the panelling and lettering in Microsoft Word, which gives me nine 3x3 inch panels to work in, I print it, draw in the art, and then scan it. It's pretty consistent