Drawing for Graphic Novels – 06 – Bonus Level

Websites, Portfolios, Social Networks!

My website www.mattboyce.com uses:

http://wordpress.com/ As a content management system

http://www.premiumpixels.com/wordpress-themes/ It uses a theme from PremiumPixels ( Gridlocked ) they have free themes.

and is hosted on

http://www.blackfoot.co.uk/

If you are hosting comics you can also use Webcomic a plugin for wordpress to manage your comics!

http://wordpress.org/plugins/webcomic/

Other website Content management systems for artists

http://www.indexhibit.org/

Portfolio Sites

http://cargocollective.com/

https://www.tumblr.com/

http://www.deviantart.com/

http://www.behance.net/

http://dunked.com/

Social Networking/Blogging/Micro Blogging

https://www.tumblr.com/

https://twitter.com/

http://instagram.com/

Webcomic Publishing

http://tapastic.com/

http://www.inkd.me/

http://www.smackjeeves.com/

Example of a Webcomic hosted on Smackjeeves “Tresspasses” by Maura Manninen

http://trespasses.smackjeeves.com/

Comixology submit – Comic buying/reading app for Android/iPad, you can submit your comics to be sold.

http://support.comixology.com/customer/portal/topics/350423-comixology-submit

 Print on demand

http://www.lulu.com/publish/bulk-printing/

Mary Deadly by Danny Noble http://www.lulu.com/shop/danny-noble/mary-deadly/paperback/product-21349321.html

Resources and Guides for making your own Comics!

World Comics Finland

Cartoonist Conspiracy guide making mini comics!

Jesse Acosta – Build your own mini comic

Mini Comics Day resources

Kickstarter – Crowd sourcing

Conventions to sell your Comics at! (or just to go to!). 

A list of more coventions in the UK can be found here http://www.comicconventions.co.uk/comicconventions/

 If you wanted to get a little more advanced – Desk Top Publishing /Image Editing/Digital Painting software 

Drawing Stylus