If a man wishes to become a comic strip or storyboard artist, how should he best prepare?
Even more important than making good likenesses, you need to be able to convey different moods, different camera angles, and emphasize different things. That means you need to know how to prioritize what people see and how they “read” the images. There’s a science and an art to composition, lighting and detail that all effect how the reader takes in what you’re showing. And for comics, for Pete’s sake learn to do professional lettering. It’s as important as the drawing, and so many artists ignore it at their peril. 5. Would you recommend going to art school? I would recommend getting exposed to as many styles, as many ways of seeing and drawing and painting as you can. Art school is a great way to do that, if you approach it properly, but it’s not the only way. I immersed myself in the parts of the craft I wasn’t so good at — composition and graphic design, typography, light and shadow — and then incorporated those new skills back into my comics work. And of course, art school can be a
