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When I began planning to create a web comic, one of the early style decisions I had to address was whether or not I wanted to do a black and white “classical newspaper” look or whether I wanted to go to full color. My background and love of animated cartoons helped me to lean toward full [...]

This is my first post on this new blog. If you are currently doing a web comic or thinking that you might want to do a web comic, then you should find this blog interesting. I started about a year ago with the idea that I wanted to create a comic strip for publication on the [...]

As part of the layout process for my comic strip, Bug Pudding , I make character pose sketches. I work both traditionally with pencil and paper as well as digitally using SketchBook Pro , Illustrator, and Photoshop. (more on the process steps in future posts). Here are some recent sketches for the strip. These were drawn on paper and scanned into the [...]

Coming up with a concept for a comic strip is an interesting process and I’ll be discussing some of that here on the Sequentially Speaking blog. Today’s post is intended to give you some insight into the naming process for a comic. It certainly is not a formula or a science, but rather just an exercise [...]

Model sheets are important not just for animation projects but for comic strips too. Even if you aren’t working with a team of artists, it is very useful to capture, for reference purposes, the way that a character looks. Of course, characters evolve and change the more that you draw them, but with the help of [...]

Animators normally think of characters, props, and backgrounds as separate elements. These distinctions are less formal in a sequential comic. But none the less, in the age of digital production, it is possible to composite comic strip panels similarly to the way we composite shots in an animated movie.  To apply this approach in my own [...]

This article focuses on some general thoughts about publishing a comic on the web. I plan to add to it over time by posting additional thoughts in future linked articles. I laughed at a recent comment from a friend about the short attention span of most readers. That is never truer than on the Internet. You [...]

There are a lot of talented people who want to publish there own web comic. I want to share some insight about this type of  undertaking. If you are someone who wants to have your own comic or you have already begun trying to publish a comic, keep reading , because I want you to succeed.  [...]

One of the best parts of drawing a comic strip is doing panels that are just plain visual fun. I particularly enjoy drawing action poses or “in your face” poses. Here are a couple examples from a recent Bug Pudding strip. This was a really interesting sketch to draw. I wanted to capture as much of the [...]

One of my favorite forms of  humor is slapstick. A comic strip, like Bug Pudding , explores humorous situations and certainly plays around with words to create both humor and extra meaning, but occasionally all heck breaks loose and it just gets visually funny. Here are a couple of recent panels: In this first example Monroe, a turtle who [...]

I just updated the Bug Pudding comic site with an improved look and a new top banner. Part of publishing a comic on the web is constructing and maintaining your publishing platform. For many people this is a difficult task due to the “roll your own” aspect of customizing a website. I use a plug-in called Webcomic as [...]

My friend Bill Riling loves drawing comics and he is a master of the classical approach to creating and drawing a comic strip. His creation is called The Adventures of Lewis and Cluck . In this article, I’ve included some behind the scenes insight into Bill’s creative process. I hope you will pick up some valuable tips and [...]

When I began planning to create a web comic, one of the early style decisions I had to address was whether or not I wanted to do a black and white “classical newspaper” look or whether I wanted to go to full color. My background and love of animated cartoons helped me to lean toward full [...]

My friend Bill Riling loves drawing comics and he is a master of the classical approach to creating and drawing a comic strip. His creation is called The Adventures of Lewis and Cluck . In this article, I’ve included some behind the scenes insight into Bill’s creative process. I hope you will pick up some valuable tips and [...]