How To Draw Comics

In this episode of the How to Draw Comics Podcast special guest artist ModernDayJames (James Murphy) joins us to share his experiences as both a practicing artist and versed instructor.

James has lead an interesting path as an artist, exploring a variety of creative avenues and disciplines, to ultimately find what he was most passionate about - drawing.

What started out as a personal endeavor to educate himself on the fundamentals of drawing, turned into a rapidly increasing library of learning resources that he produced and shared with other aspiring artists.

Combining his analytical approach to learning and his past experiences as a lecturer, James has developed a highly tuned teaching style that gives his students a straight forward approach to learning the most important drawing principles such as form, shape, figure drawing and anatomy.

This episode is packed with an absolute loot of wisdom and insight - I hope you get a lot of value out of it. If you'd like to learn more about ModernDayJames and his courses, follow the links below.

ModernDayJames on Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/moderndayjames

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Thanks for listening and until next time - keep on creating and keep on practicing.

-Clayton

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Impatience comes hand in hand with any art form. When we set out to create something, it'll demand a significant amount of thought, time and energy to get it done.

Take a complex illustration for example, that features multiple characters and an intricate background. It might take hours, even days to complete, as you stroke in every last detail. Another example might be a comic or graphic novel. Such a huge undertaking could take months to see through to completion.

There's no shortcuts or fast ways around it. The only way to get there is a diligent work ethic and a lot of patience.

Having patience is extremely difficult when instant gratification is taken off the table. The rewarding feeling we get from finishing something worth while only comes at the end, and getting there means commitment and dedication. You get out what you put in.

Problem is our brains don't like going without that sense of gratification for long. We're like addicts, always looking for that next dopamine spike. It can come from a grand accomplishment, but it can also come from the quick fix social media, video games and impulse spending provides.

The only way around this is to delay gratification altogether and increase our ability to focus for an increased amount of uninterrupted time - until we've finished what we've set out to do. This is of course known as patience, and in this episode of the How to Draw Comics Podcast, we'll discuss some tactics to help you cultivate it.

I hope you get some value out of this episode and use some of the tips you've learned to fortify your work ethic and increase your productivity.

Thanks for listening. Until next time, keep on creating and keep on practicing!

-Clayton

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Every project you undertake will demand some level of commitment to see it through to the end. The final outcome will be entirely dependent on the amount of effort you put into it. In short, you'll reap what you sow.

This sentiment is all well and good, but in reality it can be extremely difficult to dedicate oneself to the often grueling task of producing your very best work. It takes time, effort, and discipline. We know that. But what we don't necessarily consider is the level of physical and mental fortitude we'll need to take our art to the next level every time pencil goes to paper.

In this Podcast episode we'll be delving deeper into this topic as I reiterate the importance of always putting your best foot forward when it comes to your art.

Every line of work wears thin after a time, and to keep on top of our game we've got to find something within it that reignites the fire and pushes us to continually give our craft 1000%. If we're unable to do this, we begin to take our abilities for granted, and complacency quickly sets in.

We've seen it happen to many of our fellow artists, who's passion becomes just another day on the job. Their work loses the vitality it once had and you can tell their heart simply isn't in it any longer. Nothing is more tragic than that, and in this talk I'd like to try and help you avoid the same happening to you at all costs.

I hope that you enjoy this episode and get some value out of it. If you find it useful, be sure to share it with your fellow art friends. They will be happy you did, and I'll be thankful to you for passing it along.

Until next time, keep on creating and keep on practicing.

-Clayton

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Finding your path as an artist can be tough. Sometimes we fall off track and lose our way. Other times we question our ambitions and wonder if we're going down the right road at all.

This doesn't just apply to artists either. Knowing which way to turn next is a decision many of us find difficult to make, especially when we inevitably arrive at a crossroads.

In this episode of the How to Draw Comics Podcast Ric Bulow and I get together after a long awaited reunion to talk about where Ric's been, what he's been up to and how to he got himself back on track with a little introspection and a much needed break.

What we'll learn in this episode is the importance of taking time to self reflect and asking yourself what it is you really want to go for in life - and most importantly why.

The 'why' of anything we set out to do is the key to understanding what makes us tick, yet so often we forget to find a good enough reason for doing what we do.

I hope you enjoy this episode of the HTDC Podcast and that you take away some insights from it. Thanks so much for listening! Until next time, keep on creating, keep on practicing and we'll see you in the next episode.

-Clayton

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Finding the courage to start your art is hard sometimes, no matter what level of skill you're at.

Feeling apprehensive, nervous or even scared of jumping in and taking action on your ideas can happen for a number of reasons.

Maybe you had an idea that began as something fun and manageable, but somehow it quickly got blown out of proportion the more you thought about it - to the point where now it seems impossible to accomplish.

It could be that you don't have a positive support system around you, to build you up, encourage you, and believe in what you're doing. When you feel like you've got no one on your team, setting out to achieve something great can seem impossible.

Or you might not feel like your skill-set is up to snuff enough for you to pull off your grand vision.

In this episode of the How to Draw Comics Podcast I'm going to give you solutions to all these set backs so that you've got no excuses left to not dive in and start your art asap.

I hope you enjoy this episode and that you take away a few nuggets of insight that'll help you along the way and give you the boost you need to get going on that next big project. If you enjoyed it, be sure to share it with your art friends. They'll be grateful you passed it along to them, and so will I!

Until next time, keep on creating and keep on practicing!

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As much as we love to draw, sometimes we're just not in the mood to put pencil to paper. When we feel lazy, tired, lethargic or simply uninspired it can seem almost impossible to get anything down onto the page at all.

And it sucks.

Because we know we're better than that. Ideally, if we could whip out a drawing at will whenever we liked it'd be game over. Just imagine how much more productive you could be? You'd triple your practice time, tear through your commissions and make real headway on your comic books.

The sad truth is, no matter how much ability you have, there are days where you'd rather do anything else but draw. So knowing how much more we could get done, how do we get around that?

How do we get in the mood to draw in the first place?

That's what today's episode of the How to Draw Comics Podcast is all about. You'll learn four nifty techniques to nip procrastination in the bud and pull yourself back on track to work toward the goals that matter most.

Best of all, you'll learn the surprisingly simple thing you can do to click yourself over into a drawing mood almost instantly!

I hope you enjoy this episode and that you get a ton of insight out of it. If you found it helpful, be sure to pass it along to your fellow art pals. No doubt they'll also find it useful.

-Clayton

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In this episode of the How to Draw Comics Podcast Ric Bülow and special guest artist Aaron Bartling talk about freelancing, and how you can use it to build up your portfolio and professional reputation to score bigger and better job opportunities.

We hope you enjoy this episode of the HTDC Podcast and take away loads of insight from it. Thanks for listening.

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This episode, special guest artist Deth Phimmasone joins Clayton Barton to talk about a creative dilemma most, if not all, aspiring comic artists face - Getting whats in your head down onto paper.

Oftentimes, the ideas inside our mind seem complex and intricate. But in reality, our brain stores information in a simplified manner, meaning that most of the mental imagery we might visualize is in fact symbolic, sometimes abstract versions of the idea we'd like to manifest on the page.

In a sense, that's the best way to approach an illustration - to think on a more macro level and build the composition from the ground up using simplified forms that are representative of what will ultimately become the finished art work.

Intuitively we have a natural tendency to tackle our art in the opposite way, attempting to incorporate the details and decorative intricacies without first having a solid foundation to build them upon. However without an accurate road map to follow it's very easy to lose your way.

In this episode we'll discuss our experiences, along with our favorite techniques and methods for overcoming this artistic hurdle.

We hope you enjoy this episode and take away a ton of value. Thanks for listening, and until next time - keep on creating and keep on practicing!

-Clayton

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In this episode of the How to Draw Comics Podcast Ric Bülow sits down with special guest artist Christopher Wilhelm to talk about developing a style true to you, and what it's like to delve into the world of freelancing for the first time.

If you'd like to learn more about Christopher Wilhelm and see some of his art, you can find it via the links below.

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When you're able to find a passion you can fall in love with, productivity becomes addictive.

Sadly, many of us haven't found one yet that truly fulfills us in that way.

Lets be realistic, we all have responsibilities and general house keeping to take care of in our lives.

Unfortunately that can get in the way of what our heart truly yearns for, sometimes to the point where we become blind to the thing we really want to do most.

It gets lost amid the mainstream narrative many of us fall into by default.

However, as you'll learn in this podcast episode, there are ways not only to find a passion you can truly fall in love with, but also to pursue it.

Funnily enough it's when we're in love with what we're doing that we're at our most productive. It's hard to stop. That's when you know you've found your purpose, when you become obsessed with the goal you've chosen to work toward.

At that point you become unstoppable, and that's the power of love - loving what you do. Because the truth is, that's what you were supposed to be doing all along.

Thanks for listening, and until next time keep on creating and keep on practicing!

-Clayton

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