LIA Cast 148 - Composition and Paneling Comics in Manga Studio

Talking about comics paneling on the Lean Into Art Cast!

Many of us have dabbled in Manga Studio and observed how more and more illustrators and storytellers seem to be using it, especially for comics. Some of us such as Jerzy have immersed themselves for a few years in Manga Studio and it’s proven to be a reliable and even fun to use.

In this episode of Lean Into Art, Jerzy will teach Rob about page and panel layout in Manga Studio. Lots of live drawing in this one!

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LIA Cast 147 - Javascript for Artists

Talking about coding on the Lean Into Art Cast!

It’s easy for us creative types to talk ourselves out of learning new skills like coding. Our brains don’t work that way, we don’t have time, everyone knows that learning a new language is hard, and how do you even know if you’ve chosen the right coding language in the first place?

In this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast Rob and Jerzy make coding more approachable with a discussion on the value it can bring to your workflow, followed by a demonstration where Rob will teach Jerzy how to code in Javascript.

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LIA Cast 146 - Get Data and Insights From Your Journal

What makes self interviewing worthwhile? Can it help to get more data out of the process?

You’re already in the habit of journaling. From time to time you jot down notes, doodles, and capture moments. Whether you journal frequently or once in a while, you’re capturing experiences over time. Over the course of a year, that can add up.

No what do you do when you want to look back upon all that? In this episode of the leaning to our cast we will be exploring how you can go through your notes and capture inexperience inventory which can help with exploring patterns and finding new insights and ways to summarize your journal.

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LIA Cast 145 - Printing Your Comics

Talking about troubleshooting your projects on the LIA Cast!

Whatever comics project you’re working on, you’re undoubtedly exploring a multitude of potential formats to deliver your story. If you post it to the web, you have to decide whether the story will only be available on your site or if it will be posted natively on various platforms and social media.

Then there’s print--! Is your story more suited to a magazine-style edition or a perfect-bound collection? Should you print color or black & white? Should you use print-on-demand or offset printing? What’s a good page count and price point?

Join us for a Lean Into Art approach to these questions, where we’ll look at a variety of printing formats and discuss the problems each of them solve as well as the frictions they create.

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LIA Cast 144 - Finding Satisfaction with the Work, with Kasey Van Hise

Talking about finding satisfaction with your work on the LIA cast!

The downs of making art are numerous. It takes a lot of effort to level up, and it almost always takes more time than you expected. If your self esteem is bound in your artistic identity, there are plenty of opportunities to feel pretty rotten.

We want to end 2015 on a high note, though, so in this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast we're joined by Kasey Van Hise about finding those moments when the work is satisfying, and the unexpected places that satisfaction can be found.

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