techniques and secrects of Arsenic Lullaby

If you are making a comic book page as a "series of storyboards" you are doing it WRONG, and missing every advantage a comic book has.

Anyone who tells you otherwise does not understand the medium...these blogs might help you understand it.

This is not a "class", I am not a "teacher"...
BUT what you have here at your disposal is break downs of how, why, and with what tools I make my infamous work.

Maybe you learn something you can use...or get some insight as to what goes on behind the scenes.

 

Page layout basics


The very basics of how to lead the readers eye

 More basics

Figure 2

Page layout techniques
Making/planning a page
(from initial idea to final page)



https://hive.blog/comics/@arseniclullaby/arsenic-lullaby-short-comic-and-how-i-set-up-the-page-to-help-tell-the-joke
 
page layout

the fight scene



https://www.arseniclullabies.com/misctechniques4.html
Coming up with the page layout from a page of written script




https://arseniclullabies.com/misctechscript.html
Page layout

techniques to lead they eye




https://www.arseniclullabies.com/misctechniques3.html
page layout

for the purpose of a punchline




https://hive.blog/comics/@arseniclullaby/tooth-fairy-comic-and-how-i-constructed-the-joke-in-comic-book-form-and-why-i-made-it-in-the-first-place
 Breaking down a page layout

 leading the eye




https://hive.blog/comics/@arseniclullaby/arsenic-lullaby-short-comic-and-comic-book-page-set-up-how-to
 
COMEDIC WRITING CARDINAL SINS




Gags that didn't work as well as I wanted and why not.

https://arseniclullabies.com/nl20230831.html

page layout

leading readers eye with motion
and implied lines





https://hive.blog/comics/@arseniclullaby/arsenic-lullaby-version-of-casper-and-page-breakdown

3 point perspective and beyond



https://hive.blog/comics/@arseniclullaby/arsenic-lullaby-giant-monster-battle-illustration
          Making/planning a cover

 includes adavnce perspective tecniques




https://hive.blog/comicbooks/@arseniclullaby/progress-shots-of-inking-a-cover
advanced perspective techniques



https://hive.blog/comics/@arseniclullaby/arsenic-lullaby-vampires-sharks-and-vanishing-points
Page layout basics



Planning a cover

choosing an image from several


https://hive.blog/comics/@arseniclullaby/arsenic-lullaby-krampus-cover
 drawing circles in perspective



https://hive.blog/exclusive/@arseniclullaby/arsenic-lullaby-mercy-sparx-alternative-cover-sneak-peak-exclusive

Cover from start to finished ink

advanced perspective techniques




https://hive.blog/hive-148441/@arseniclullaby/exclusive-sneak-preview-comic-project
Cover from idea to final inks

 Advanced perspective techniques




https://hive.blog/hive-156509/@arseniclullaby/whale-kong-traditional-art-process-pics

videos (subscribe to our youtube channel for monthly* tips)

*may not be even close to "monthly"



video-basic how to on inking with a brush


video- breaking down how a comic book page was laid out to get the best flow