Comic++Tutorial



This tutorial relates how to create a comic page on the computer. . The following programs are used:
 * GIMP** - used for all bitmap manipulation of the image.
 * InkScape** - used for text and frames
 * MyPaint** - used for painting/drawing the comic itself.

You need to have an idea for a comic, and some rough feeling for the style you want to draw it in. You will use a welll-known short children's book, or story, for this assignment.
 * Planning the comic:**

There are basically two ways to write the comic's script. The first way is to do it in classic script form. This is the "time honored" style and a common one.In such a script you define in words how each page should look. The second way is to do a //graphical script//. This means that you sketch each page on a small scale and scribble down the text directly on the sketch. **MyPaint** can be used for this purpose. Click [|here] for the tutorial on using MyPaint. You do not need to use MyPaint - You can choose to use paper and pencil for sketching. //Submit your sketching for credit before moving on to the next step.// You have already used Inkscape and as you know, it is quite different from both MyPaint and GIMP. Probably the most important object you will use is the //Fill and Stroke//. It allows you to edit the color, outline, transparency, etc. of the currently selected object. Click [|here] for the tutorial explaining Inkscape. You may want to refresh yourself on these object that you may use in creating your comics.: //Fill and Stroke//, //Drawing// //Tool// for rectangles (panels/captions) and speech bubbles.
 * The script:**
 * Inkscape for frames and lettering:**

//Warning: Since we want to import this into GIMP later, there is a text incompatability you should be aware of: when adding new text, do NOT pull out a text area with the text tool before you start writing. If you do, it seems GIP will import that text area as solid black. to avoid this, just click a single click with the text tool and let the text area expand as you go.// Once you have placed all frames, text and captions/bubbles, we need to export this to a bitmap that GIMP can read. Use the //File>Export Bitmap. . .// to save the page at a high resulution. Using PNG may be the best option.

Next, close Inkscape and open GIMP.

Click[| here] for the tutorial on using GIMP. Again, you previously used GIMP and, therefore, are familiar with it.
 * GIMP for prepping the page**

Once a page is done, save your image as PNG for printing.

Good luck with your comics!