CyberRookies 3D Comic Design

Key features

• Teaches you how to create your own comics using Super heroes, Villains, Aliens, and more
• Thoroughly explains how to craft a story from plot ideas to naming your characters
• Details the design and creation of storyboards, page layouts, text balloon designs, font options, and more
• Provides a complete library of ready-to-use graphic elements and characters to use in creating a basic 3D comic without purchasing a lot of software
• Includes hands-on tutorials on how to use 2D image software (e.g. Photoshop) and plug-ins to create graphic effects with an emphasis on Layers, a critical comic design tool
• Explains how to organize and setup your own studio with minimal equipment and software needs and costs
• The CD includes the files for the complete comic, all the characters, props, balloons, environments, etc., can be used for your own creations.

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Getting Ready — Hardware and Software Needs
• Chapter 2: Book Basics — What this book Assumes/Provides
• Chapter 3: Your Story and Storyboarding Concepts — How to Think and Do it
• Chapter 4: Hero and Villain Character Development and Naming
• Chapter 5: Developing Background Resources — Scanned Image Customizing/Digital Camera and More
• Chapter 6: Panel and Page Design
• Chapter 7: Balloons and Text
• Chapter 8: Compositing
• Chapter 9: How and where to Publish Your Comics
• Appendix A — What's on the CD?
• Appendix B: Comics Resources on Web
• Appendix C: Software Suggestions and Contact Info
• Glossary of Terms.