Explore comic-making tutorials, artist tips, and creative resources from Matthew Childers. Learn how to plan, draw, and tell stories through powerful visual storytelling.
Finding the best brush pens for inking comics is really about trial and error. Drawing doesn’t require the greatest tools but inking well sometimes demands we find tools that fit
Comic book artists struggle with a strange paradox. A crazy struggle that occurs just by being an artist and wanting to try new things and get better, while making sure
Working in comics almost demands collaboration with other people. It’s just a fact. It’s extremely difficult to create, write, draw, ink, and letter a comic by yourself. Okay not impossible
You probably have Imposter Syndrome. Do you feel like you are faking it in the comic book industry? Are you worried you’ll be called out by your fellow comic creators
Comic book artists have one of the the hardest jobs in the creative field. As creators of stories we have a ton of responsibilities beyond just telling the story. We
Struggling to find people willing to read your comics is one of the most difficult challenges as a creator. I was never a popular kid in high school. I have
Time is the scariest word in a comic creators journey. I’m not going to lie. There are days where time just disappears. You literally don’t know where the day went.
Finding the right comic book paper can be a tough thing for a beginning or even a pro artist. Paper quality changes when the paper companies update their product, or
I grew up in Charlotte, NC. I got into comics at an early age and had a wonderful mom who was willing to feed my love of reading and comics.
Okay so let’s get this part out of the way. I admire and respect digital artists, but for me there is nothing better than drawing and inking my comics on
