Resources Creating
Below are some useful links about Creating on Resources:
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| Balloon Tales - Online guide to comic book lettering and production. Features tips and tricks, articles and newsletters. |
| Become a Cartoonist - Find out how to get hired to create comic strips, editorial cartoons, comic books, greeting cards, or animation. The Fabjob.com guide to become a cartoonist. |
| Blambot - Comic fonts and lettering. Some of the fonts are free. |
| Blazedent - Comic book writing, publishing, drawing, inking and coloring tutorials as well as message boards, and art galleries. |
| The Center for Cartoon Studies - The Center for Cartoon Studies offers a two-year course of study that centers on the creation and dissemination of comics, graphic novels and other manifestations of the visual narrative. |
| Comic Book Fonts - Comic, cartoon, horror, gothic, fantasy, sci-fi and futuristic fonts in Type 1 and TTF font formats for Mac or Windows. |
| Creating Comics Resource Site - The resource source of information for comic writers, artists, letterers, and self-publishers. |
| Digital Prepress for Comics - Information and sale of "Digital Prepress for Comic Books" by Kevin Tinsley. Also provides prepress and consulting services. |
| The Drawing Studios - Creative training of illustration and graphics to primary and high school students Auckland wide (adults are welcomed). Affiliated with Drawthat. |
| Dreamer Design - A graphic design firm specializing in Comic book lettering and fonts. |
| EEight - Gregory Kogan's articles and tutorials for every aspect of cartoon illustration. |
| Flickr: Comix - A forum to showcase and discuss your independent comic art. |
| Flickr: Manga and Comic Creators - This group focuses on the creation and promotion of comics and manga that you have created. |
| Flickr: Personal Comic Strips - Forum for posting your comics and getting feedback from others who draw/ create personal comics too. |
| Flickr: Photoshop Comics - Pictures transformed to comic books. |
| Flickr: Selfmade comic - Selfmade comics, made with paint program. |
| Flickr: The Comics Group - A forum for comic creators to show off their skills. |
| Funnybone Studios - Offers creative cartoon and promotional design for sales meetings, presentation and web sites. Broadcast toons and animations that move from storyboards to finished art that complete sales and tickle your funnybone. |
| Hollywood Comics - Agency assisting comic-book creators in selling and negotiating the rights to their properties and services. |
| Joe Kubert's World of Cartooning - Offers correspondence courses and a huge online supply depot. |
| MacMerc.com: Adobe Photoshop Tip: Comic Art Effect - Photoshop Tutorial about changing a photograph to a colored comic |
| Polykarbon: Comic, Manga Tutorials & Photoshop Tips - Tutorials on drawing males, females, mechs, effects and comics in general. |
| Scott McDaniel - Includes recommended books, drawing exercises, and tutorials on topics such as cover design, studio gear and perspective. |
| Small Press Comics FAQ - FAQ for self-publishing small press comics [minicomics]. |
| Suite 101: Graphic Novels/ Comics - Manga, superhero cartoons, DC and Marvel classics, conventions, appraising vintage editions, underground writers and artists, reviews, interviews and all things graphic. |
| Tools for Comics Creators - Tools for comic book creators, including the "Comic Ground" collaboration area, the Gutters and Closure mailing lists, and the FireBlade FreeForm. |
| Tribe: Comic Creators Invited - A place for comic book creators (artists, inkers, writers, publishers, and others) to come and talk and make connections. |
| Tribe: Comics Thought, Theory, and Practice - A place for cartoonists and comic lovers everywhere to exchange ideas and thoughts on the art of sequencial art (comics). |
| Tribe: Indie Comics - A group for those DIY, non-superhero-type comics. |
| Visual Reference for Comic Artists by Buddy Scalera - A visual reference CD created by comic book writer Buddy Scalera |
| WhizBang Comics and Comicbook Font - Whizbang is a computer font for professional comics lettering. Available in Type2 and TTF. From Studio Daedalus. |
| Witzworx - Comic book shareware font. |