3 Things I wish I did before starting my graphic novel

Name: 3 Things I wish I did before starting my graphic novel
Uploaded: 2024-09-15T15:30:00+00:00
Duration: 48 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: Ryan Maloney shares four lessons from making a graphic novel: pick a simple visual style early, create character turnarounds and brush stamps in…

15 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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Ryan Maloney shares four lessons from making a graphic novel: pick a simple visual style early, create character turnarounds and brush stamps in Procreate to speed up drawing, use a flat color palette, and expect the project to take years with heavy editing ahead.

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3 things I wish I did different before I started my graphic novel. First thing, I wish I would have figured out a style before I started this book. I dove right in and was more focused on finishing than getting the perfect simple style. Second, I wish I created turnarounds for all of my characters. I created brush stamps in Procreate so I can tap these down and then trace over them, which increases the speed of production, but I don't have all of the turns drawn. Third, I wish I would have simplified the color. I keep references on my desk and look at that flat, simple color. It feels like you could draw 20 pages a day keeping the style very simple like this. And bonus number 4, I wish I would have set my expectations on how long this book would take to make. It's years in the making, but I see an end in sight for the first draft, and then the real work begins, the editing.