Hitch It / Ditch It: The Daily Blink, Kiwi Blitz
The Daily Blink Hitch It: Attention to excellent visuals. It’s easy to dismiss a comic like the Daily Blink as a sprite comic, but Chris and Michael clearly put a ton of effort into the visual aspect...
View ArticleThree To Get Ready Hot Seat: Wintersuns, Fun Factory, Tomes of Atlantis
Here’s the third of several “Three to Get Ready” Hotseats. The rules are simple. I go to your site, post the three most recent updates below and list one thing I like and one thing I don’t. Members are...
View ArticleNate Piekos: 5 Amateur Lettering Mistakes (and 5 More)
Blambot’s Nate Piekos (whose lettering advice has been featured here in the past), has posted a fantastic primer of amateur lettering mistakes. The content you are trying to access is only available to...
View ArticleBanner Ad Hot Seat: Principal is an Alien, Cat Prentis and Deadeye Dick
The third installment of the 2012 Banner Ad Hotseat. Same concept as always: I talk about three banners from participating cartoonists and then open up the discussion to the group. Links to the comics...
View ArticleHitch It / Ditch It: Zombie Roomie, Graveyard Gang, Tomes of Atlantis
Hitch It / Ditch It Hot Seat: The rules are simple. I go to your site and poke around. I share one thing that I thing you’re doing great, and one thing I think could be improved. I post ’em […] ↓ Read...
View ArticleAmes Lettering Guide – user’s guide
The Ames Lettering Guide is a little daunting when you begin to use it. For general use, I’m going to suggest ignoring the holes on the left-hand side of the tool as well as the metric measurements....
View ArticleHitch It / Ditch It Hot Seat: Cow Texas, House of Madness, Sailors Freedom
This is the third installment of this year’s Hitch It / Ditch It Hot Seat critique series. The concept is straight-forward: I identify one element in the participant’s comic that is working really...
View ArticleBook Cover Hot Seat — Tiger Thighs
This is the first in a short series of critiques that will focus on book-cover design. There’s still time to sign up if you’re interested. First up… Andrew Fraser The content you are trying to access...
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