Custom Comic Strips

The first step when creating the comic strip is a rough layout of the content boxes, characters and the layout on the page.

This layout will be based on a story or brief provided by yourself, or as a conversation with myself.

This will allow us to get a flow for the page, an idea of where all of the key elements and frames will sit. At this stage we will also add in a rough pass of any text boxes or speech bubbles that will be required. This way we don't obscure any key details of the custom comic strip.

Once a storyline and layout have been agreed, I will refine the pencils, adding more depth and detail.

This will give you a better idea of how the final comic strip will look and will have more details in the characters and their situations.

From here we can fine-tune the story and layout and also ensure the characters in your comic strip are looking just as you'd like them.

This will also allow us to fine-tune the positioning of the text and ensure the strip has a consistent flow throughout.

Once the refined pencils have been approved, we can add in the inks. This allows for more detail to be added and also an idea of how the final bespoke comic strip is going to look.

I will also add in some defined outlines to each of the boxes. The example shown here has a wavy, hand-drawn styled added, but you can have a border however you wish.

Once the final inks are completed, it's a case of adding on the colours to the strip and, if requested/required, any shading and highlights.

This particular strip also has the addition of full-colour sky sections to break up the strip, and we've added some stars and clouds.