CAROUSEL BY JESSE HAMM Carousel 033: J.P. LEON: An Appreciation It is with a heavy heart that we present the last blog post from Jesse Hamm. It is a testament to his talent and legacy that his passing was mourned by so many individuals and organizations in the industry of which he was such a […]

CAROUSEL BY JESSE HAMM Carousel 032: Cropping Panels Among the flaws that most often mar the work of amateur cartoonists is poor cropping. That’s when the panel borders either hew too close to the subject, cutting valuable information out of the panel, or fall too far from the subject, leaving information in the panel that’s […]

CAROUSEL BY JESSE HAMM Carousel 031: Drawing What You See Artists are often given the following advice: “Draw what you see, not what you THINK you see.” This may sound profound, but what does it mean? How are we supposed to distinguish between what we think we see and what we actually see? Truthfully, there […]

CAROUSEL BY JESSE HAMM Carousel 030: Preparing the Script Welcome to my 30th Carousel column! This month marks three years of my columns here on Comic-Con’s Toucan blog, and I’m glad to have you all aboard. Today I’d like to describe six steps that will help you, the Artist, prepare a comics script to be […]

CAROUSEL BY JESSE HAMM Carousel 029: Composition Aspiring comic book artists are often admonished to work on their perspective, their anatomy, and their storytelling, but I don’t often hear “composition” listed among those admonitions, and when it is mentioned, it’s rarely well defined. “I like the composition in this panel, but not in this panel,” […]

CAROUSEL BY JESSE HAMM Carousel 028: Timing Your Efforts I once read a book on drawing in which the author described, in detail, how to draw highly realistic figures. I followed along, applying his lessons to my own figure drawings, but was frustrated to see that his drawings were far more refined than my own, […]