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Hard Choices with Palle Schmidt – Comics for Beginners Podcast episode 16

by Palle Schmidt 2 Comments


Last week I taught a comics class at the Animation Workhop in Viborg. This week’s podcast is a summary of some of the things I taught – and learned myself! The main theme is choice: what kind of choices you need to make before you start drawing, and what you can do to make the process easier for yourself. As usual, your host is writer/artist Palle Schmidt.

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Filed Under: Podcast, Pro Tips Tagged With: choices, creativity, improving as an artist, learning, making comics, mind hacks, Palle Schmidt, planning, preparation, pro tips, productivity, storytelling, TAW-Denmark, teaching, thumbnails, tips for making comics, workflow, Writing

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  1. Michael Freely says

    March 4, 2014 at 11:01 am

    great stuff Palle. it was a little tough to hear the recording from your class but you did a good job repeating what the students said so the info wasn’t lost. The cooking metaphor was perfect and as a person who cooks and makes comics, it really “hit the spot”. Just try to cut up the ingredients you need for your stir fry after the meat is in the pan. Something’s gonna get messed up.

    i have recently started a new comics project and unlike my first one, I have the ending in sight before i began, plus an outline , a rough script, and lots of story boards. I am drawing my pages literally 4 times as fast with less erasing and more satisfaction. Because i already have script and story boards, I can even skip ahead if i get hung up on a drawing so my progress can continue.

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    • Palle Schmidt says

      March 4, 2014 at 11:14 am

      Michael, it’s thrilling to hear your progress! So great to hear from someone who broke down a barrier and get some momentum and free flow in their process. Congrats!

      Yeah, I think the cooking metaphor really works. Nothing worse than having to run to the store while the roast is burning!

      Thanks for your feedback and support, Michael. Much appreciated.

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