Mark Crilleyさんのイラストまとめ

Day 17 of 31! When I'm working on a book I'm always trying to imagine how it will appear in final printed form. This is especially important when doing double-paged spreads, where the spine of the book will inevitably swallow up some artwork in the middle of the image.

It's hard to say which of these 31 tips is the most fundamental, but this one is in the running, for sure. For me, making everything "readable" is job #1 as an illustrator. And beefing up the contrast is almost always a key part of how that is achieved.

Day 8 of 31! Here's another technique I've been using in comics pretty much from the very start of my career. I especially enjoy deploying it in a dialogue scene, to show a character's facial expression changing from, say, surprise to anger.

Day 7! Human beings psychologically associate certain colors with certain seasons, so you might as well take full advantage of this in your illustrations.

Day 5! This one relates to using color to make something "pop", but if you're restricted to black and white, I'd say either the darkest or brightest part of the image is likely to catch the viewer's eye.

Here we are with day 2! Having trouble making a cartoon character look young? Try shifting the facial features-- eyes, nose, everything-- a little lower on the head. (Thanks to everyone who retweeted yesterday-- much appreciated!!🙏😊)

Okay, here we go! This is the first of my 31 "tricks of the trade" I'll be sharing, one per day, every day this month. Today it's related to comics and speech bubbles. Tomorrow...
...well, you'll just have to wait and see! 😁

Here are some of my personal highlights from this past year, during which I launched my Patreon, The Comic Book Lesson hit bookstores, and I got to return to Norway for the Raptus Comics Fest. Here's wishing you the very best for 2023; may it be a great year for us all! 😊🙏

Artwork from MASTERING MANGA, from the section on poses. Which is your favorite of these three?
https://t.co/ZuC514fSD3

Here's the 6th of my online cartoons. I guess people were a little divided on this one, depending on the degree to which they have any "grammar pet peeves." I had fun playing around with the colors and the handwriting to pump up the contrast between the two panels.