Comments on: Comic book page sizing guide http://www.phillipginn.com/index.php/comic-book-page-sizing-guide Phillip Ginn - artist, writer, musician, educator Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:40:52 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Phillip Ginn http://www.phillipginn.com/index.php/comic-book-page-sizing-guide/comment-page-1#comment-46382 Phillip Ginn Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:40:52 +0000 http://www.legendhouse.com/index.php/comic-book-page-sizing-guide#comment-46382 The easiest suggestion I have is to draw a 6.625" X 10.25" border, then within that draw a 6" X 9" border. When you scan in your artwork, you don't have to do any reduction. You only have to trim the canvas to 6.875" X 10.5". This is a pretty small area to draw in, but it requires a lot less math and is more direct. Art Spiegelman of <i>Maus</i> fame drew his comic on 8.5 X 11 paper because he felt it was a more direct communication with his reader - no reduction was involved so the reader was getting a reproduction of his exact artwork. If you want a bigger size, you'll have to employ some math by expanding the borders, scanning in the page and then enlarging the canvas size to a 2 X 3 ratio, then reducing properly from there. The easiest suggestion I have is to draw a 6.625″ X 10.25″ border, then within that draw a 6″ X 9″ border. When you scan in your artwork, you don’t have to do any reduction. You only have to trim the canvas to 6.875″ X 10.5″. This is a pretty small area to draw in, but it requires a lot less math and is more direct.

Art Spiegelman of Maus fame drew his comic on 8.5 X 11 paper because he felt it was a more direct communication with his reader – no reduction was involved so the reader was getting a reproduction of his exact artwork.

If you want a bigger size, you’ll have to employ some math by expanding the borders, scanning in the page and then enlarging the canvas size to a 2 X 3 ratio, then reducing properly from there.

]]> By: Will http://www.phillipginn.com/index.php/comic-book-page-sizing-guide/comment-page-1#comment-46381 Will Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:51:34 +0000 http://www.legendhouse.com/index.php/comic-book-page-sizing-guide#comment-46381 How do you resize it if you are drawing on regular sized computer paper (8.5 X 11)? How do you resize it if you are drawing on regular sized computer paper (8.5 X 11)?

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