Goldman'ed

That's fantastic compared to someone who can't draw at all.

I took a look at your comics. It looks like you can draw. You got some talent, but need to work on the craft. Nothing wrong with that ... just practice, practice, practice. Or you can trace other people's art.

In the meantime, I hope you saw my real Goldman meme entry. The second one I did was actually close to the way Todd illustrates. I opened Ive's comic in Photoshop, used the pen tool to basically ink the paths in. The lines are mine, but drawn over Ive's (since that was the meme). Then I "stroke" path to add a 3 pt line weight and then again with "simulate pressure" at 5 pts to get that hand drawn look. Add the solid fill and a pre-made line screen, viola. Anybody can do it.

In my art, I usually do not illustrate other people art, of course, but I do use similar techniques using photo references (usually ones my wife or I took). As the great Charles Schultz said, “Armature cartoonists draw comics about comics. Professional cartoonists draw comics about life.”

Indeed, it's all about practice. I wish I could make it to some drawing classes or something though, because there must be a way to draw perspectives easier...or perhaps I could just practice it out. Though I must say, I seriously could make my comics look better :P

Yeah I saw your real Goldman entry, it does look much like Ive's comic- I guess because it is based off it. Unfortunately I'm just fooling around with drawing in the midst of mind-clotting uni, so I don't even have Photoshop on my laptop. I do on my other computer but it confuses me so much I'm not sure what to do with it.

Photo references are definitely good to draw from, better than doing a Goldman of course. As for my art, I'm still not certain if I have a style or anything fixed as of yet. I know what I like when I see it though. :) And I noticed your entry about Australian comics. I'm Australian!

I am not sure wheat resources there are near you as far as classes. However, I can give you two books that would help.

While I have not read this exact book, ”Perspective! For Comic Book Artists” by David Chelsea comes highly recommended. It is actually written in the first person in standard comic book format. I have seen some of Chelsea's other work and it looks good and easy to read.

A book I have read over and over again is ”Making Comics” by Scott McCloud. This has a chapter on world building including traditional prospective and even a little bit on how to fake it. “Making Comics” has so many tools to storytelling, drawing and writing people that feel real, various illustrating techniques and more. Along with “Understanding Comics” (Also by McCloud) should be essential to any artist.

However the best class does not come in a classroom or in a book. It is the world around you. Keep on drawing!

Thanks muchly!