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The Ins and Outs of Webcomics, comic page. "Writing & Scripts" a dip pen writes out the text "There are a few different ways you can be the artist for a webcomic, each with different levels of writing and workloads." Three consecutive panels in a row showing the different ways to be the artist. "Co-Author Collab, when you and a co-author work together to create comics" where Jey and Max are in a high five and carrying different workloads. Bullet points read "Able to bounce ideas off one another" "Shared responsibility and work load" "Shared profits" "Client Work, when a writer commissions you to do art for their story." Jey is shaking hands with a writer and money is being passed over. Bullet points read "Writer takes on everyone except for the art" "Not much freedom" "Paid for your labor" "Do it yourself, when you do it all yourself." We see Jey buried in the work load of it all but giving a weary thumbs up. Bullet points read "You have complete freedom" "You have to write, thumbnail., sketch, ink, colour/tone, promote and print all by yourself" Jey gestures to two samples of their scripts and says "When scripting I use Obsidian, a text editor that allows for multiple plugins." A thorough script is shown with the text "For professional paid work I write full scripts." An outline is shown with the text "For personal work I just write outlines and work out dialogue on the fly." A text written tip is at the bottom of the page that reads "Tip: Always be sure you're getting paid accordingly if you're working for or with someone else. Write up or ask for a contract and ensure you're getting fairly compensated for your work."

Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 2

Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 2 published on 3 Comments on Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 2

Page 2 and what scripting and writing a webcomic can look like. I’ve done all three methods here and all have their pros and cons.

I switched this page around quite a bit and added what scripting looks like for me when I do it. I’m quite pleased with this new version of the page!

The scripts used as examples are from my OJST comic on T-Gel and The Curtain Falls.

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Excited to see what new info is in this revamped version! What Obsidian plug ins would you recommend?

Ohhh hi Jonnie! I won’t talk your ear off too much about Obsidian (maybe I should do a comic on it, me @ me), but my current plugins are: Dataview, Full Calendar, Kanban, and Style Settings.

I’ve moved my comic writing exclusively over to the Kanban plugin so I can drag and drop scenes really easily! So in the example here “Lupin Solo” would be it’s own card, and then “Fujiko (flashback)” would be another card.

For my OJST comics each 5-page comic is it’s own note, and then each note is a card in an OJST kanban board. Since I write the OJST scripts more like a real script.

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