Why You Need a Style Guide - Creating Comics Start to Finish

Art by Galen Guide 4 years ago

Descrizione

One of the things you may not even realize you need when making your own comics is a style guide!
So, what is it exactly? It's a collection of various photos, pieces of art, and other assets that serve as inspiration for you while making your comics. It's also meant to help keep you within a particular visual style or vibe when you're creating your pages.
Here I share some of the things I keep in my own style guide so I can reference them when I'm making my comic book, Baku: Dreamwalkers!
All opinions and views in this video are my own.

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