​Part of the Prime Vice Studios mission is to share knowledge about the sequential art medium and encourage artists to always develop their talent. With this in mind I’ve established the Seqa Dojo™ (Short for Sequential Art Dojo).

The SEQA DOJO Web series

This web series is a continuation of the Prime Vice Studios tutorials proudly sponsored by plash’s Comic Draw app. Please enjoy, participate, and share. 

Your scroll is your personal practice book. Also commonly called your sketchbook, journal, and/ or black book- It’s a space where you capture your ideas and practice your craft.

It is not a gallery of your best and finished work- that is what your portfolio is for. you may have finished pieces in your scroll but unfinished processes should outweigh the ratio of completed works.

Your scroll is a space to play, practice mark making, work on studies, and explore new techniques for your artistic development.

The habit of keeping and making scrolls serves several functions:
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Just like any training regimen keeping a scroll helps keep your skills sharp & fit for action.

The habit is not limited to just one book at a time. Setup designated files in your tablet and carry a portable sketchbook with you for impromptu opportunities. You can then bring in your sketches into your digital file and continue to build on your ideas.

Challenge yourself to constantly raise your drawing chops. Try new styles, draw things you haven’t drawn before, analyze and dissect other artist’s work but always be prepared to draw!

Use as a tool to pool your ideas, pull from life around you, collect scraps of your interests. Your scroll is your personal playground.

Keeping a scroll is for practice and processes not necessarily creating finished art products.

Reflect on your patterns. What do you notice about the things you capture and their essence?

Make as many scrolls as you want. Even fill multiple ones at the same time for different reasons. Don’t discriminate between traditional, digital, hybrid or even unconventional methods of working. Let the purpose dictate the path.

Share or publish your works. You can take your best pieces and compile them into collectable anthologies or just upload your favorites on social media with your friends and followers.

Thank you for checking out this tutorial. I hope you’ve found it useful and inspiring. Below you’ll find a downloadable cheat sheet of this tutorial and additional resources that you can purchase through Amazon.com which will help support the creation of this information.

Peace,

Loso Perez, MFA

@loscomic
@prime_vice


PS. Prime Vice Studios is available to book for private lessons and workshops.

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Part of the Prime Vice Studios mission is to share knowledge about the sequential art medium and encourage artists to always develop their talent. With this in mind I’ve established the Seqa Dojo™ (Short for Sequential Art Dojo).

The SEQA DOJO Web series

This web series is a continuation of the Prime Vice Studios tutorials proudly sponsored by plash’s Comic Draw app. Please enjoy, participate, and share. 

Whether you are working directly from a writer’s script or your own notes page layout is all about rhythm and pacing. 

Effective page flow demonstrates your abilities as a good sequential artist. You are going to want to frame the action in a manner that guides the reader in a smooth way.

Comic Page flow is about laying out a sequence of panels to convey a series of moments to  tell a story.

Think about the flow of your panels before drawing them in. Divide your page up in a rhythm that     reflects the flow of the story. Storytelling first, artistry second in sequential art.

The most important & impactful image stands out as the largest.

* After setting up the flow with the panels think about what is happening in each panel.

Consider where the reader’s eyes need to focus in each panel. Think visually first when composing. Show over tell is the best policy.

Look over your page and ask yourself:

* Is the storytelling clear?
* Does the Rhythm of the panels go with the pace of the story?
* Are there elements that need to be included or taken out?

Thank you for checking out this tutorial. I hope you’ve found it useful and inspiring. Below you’ll find a downloadable cheat sheet of this tutorial and additional resources that you can purchase.

Prime Vice Studios is available to book for private lessons and workshops.

Peace,

Loso Perez, MFA

@loscomic
@prime_vice

Part of the Prime Vice Studios mission is to share knowledge about the sequential art medium and encourage artists to always develop their talent. With this in mind I’ve established the Seqa Dojo™ (Short for Sequential Art Dojo).

The SEQA DOJO Web series

This web series is a continuation of the Prime Vice Studios tutorials proudly sponsored by Comic Draw. Please enjoy, participate, and share. 

Freestyle drawing is an excellent exercise to get started in the creative process.

Sometimes getting started is the hardest part of making comics. We get caught up with our ideas in our head instead of working through them in tangible forms. Freestyle drawing helps you get started. 

How to get started:

1. Set up an uninterrupted time slot for art time.

2. Set your ritual. Have a place to draw and collect everything that you need and prepare to play. 

3. Have a surface & tool.  You can’t do any drawing without something to do it with and something to do it on. Open up your Comic Draw app or at least have a pencil & pad to scribble on. 

4. Fill the surface. Get your hands going and don’t stop until the page is filled or time runs out.

Some suggestions...

This is a good opportunity for abstract mark making and/or working through an idea.

Look at something or someone and draw it from observation.

Jot down letters, thoughts, ideas, phrases or words.

Sketch out geometric shapes and patterns. This is useful for figuring out rhythms and designs.

Understand and push the limits of your tool.

5. The last and most important step. Have Fun! If you are not having fun you are not doing this activity right.

After you’ve filled a page or two please feel free to share your work with me. I’d like to see what you come up with.

Thank you for checking out this tutorial. I hope you’ve found it useful and inspiring. Below you’ll find a downloadable cheat sheet of this tutorial and additional resources that you can purchase.

Prime Vice Studios is available to book for private lessons and workshops.

Peace,

Loso Perez, MFA

@loscomic
@prime_vice