Here's a link to my work with inkscape so far: http://www.sfrpg.org.uk/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 6738#p6738

It's "ad Astra!" and it's a traveller based SFRPG webcomic.

As you can see, I can do stuff with inkscape, some nice looking, but sheesh, I'm spending 15 hours per strip! I think I could speed things up if I leanred to do layers, and got some pointers on doing panels. Also, any ideas on reducing image filesize without losing much image quality?

I wanted to do a bunch of stamps for each character, maybe I need to do pages of the characters and save them, then select and copy the desired feature or pose and copy it to my work?

I'm doing stuff with IS, sure, I think I need to do it easier ways, if people see what I'm doing and offer me some tips on making it easier, using layers, setting up default pages with panels pre-defined I'd be grateful.

Inkscape gamer wrote:Also, any ideas on reducing image filesize without losing much image quality?

I believe you have a thread about that issues already. I remember a few people made comments.

I wanted to do a bunch of stamps for each character, maybe I need to do pages of the characters and save them, then select and copy the desired feature or pose and copy it to my work?

I'm doing stuff with IS, sure, I think I need to do it easier ways, if people see what I'm doing and offer me some tips on making it easier, using layers, setting up default pages with panels pre-defined I'd be grateful.

I think you've already identified effective ways to work more efficiently Those are all good ideas.

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I don't really know much about comics, except for reading them But I've always wondered how the artist can draw unique comics, every day (or more) and make the characters all look almost exactly alike. I mean, even if I'm drawing the exact same thing every day, it's impossible to make it exactly alike, every time. So I've always imagined that the artist must make up a set of each character, in commonly encountered situations, like facial expressions, body language, etc. Kind of like stock characters, maybe. Then they could just do cut/paste, and maybe make small edits to fit whatever the character is doing in that strip, rather than drawing it from scratch every time, every day, etc.

I really have no idea if that's how it's done. But I'm thinking if I were a comic artist, I might try this. It certainly would be a big time saver.

I think this was suggested in a reply to your 1st posting, although I have not re-read it to be sure. But I think someone suggested setting up kind of a template for the most common scenes/panels in the comic. The same thing as I suggested for each character, except this would be for the panels. Then you just pull out the template, copy it, and maybe do a couple of small edits to fit the scene exactly. Again, I would expect this to save a lot of time.

Just a couple thoughts

I got out of this for a long time, and now am getting into it having forgotten a lot in the interim. (My own damn fault..)

Anyway, coming back with some fresh perspective and not being so burned out might be advantageous after all.

My current plan is to more or less standardize the format as a landscape with 12 panels, like issues 8-9. I think, if I can do it, the way to go might be to have a standard page laid out with the titlebar in place sans issue # and a landscape with 12 empty boxes, then make it a layer. I fill in the issue # and then do each panel. That might keep me from "reinventing the wheel" every fraking issue...

Have to dig out my old inkscape manual and look up layers now. BTW, has anyone come out with any new, useful PDF manuals for inky lately?