Top Ten Articles – August 2017

Well, it’s the end of the month and that means that it’s time for me to compile my usual list of links to my ten favourite articles about making art, making comics, writing fiction etc… that I’ve posted here during the past month. As usual, I’ll also include a couple of honourable mentions too.

This month was kind of a strange one, since there were far more writing-related articles than usual (mostly because, due to writing these articles in advance, I was also busy writing these short stories whilst preparing this month’s articles).

Likewise, thanks to being busy with other projects, I ended up using recycled title graphics quite a bit this month – although thankfully, the quality of the actual articles didn’t really suffer though. Plus, it also meant that my planned review of “Shadowrun: Dragonfall” has been pushed back even further, since I had been too busy to complete all or most of the game whilst preparing this month’s articles.

Anyway, here are the lists 🙂

Top Ten Articles – August 2017:

– “Three Reasons Why It’s Important To Be “Well Read” (In Written Or Visual Media) If You Are An Artist, Writer etc…”
– “Three Tips For Making Minimalist Art (Or, My Interpretation Of It)”
– “Three Tips For Finding Your Own Artistic Interpretation Of ‘Retro’”
– “Four Ghoulish Tips For Making 1980s-Inspired Horror Artwork”
– “Three More Tips For Making Better Paintings When You’re Extremely Tired”
– “Three Random Tips For Writing Cyberpunk Comedy”
– “Three Basic Tips For Coming Up With Cyberpunk Stories”
– “Three Basic Ways To Connect A Group Of Cyberpunk Short Stories”
– “Do You Need To Be Tech-Savvy To Write Cyberpunk Fiction?”
– “Four Tips For Writing Cyberpunk Fiction Quickly”

Honourable mentions:

– “Three Tips For Writing (Cyberpunk) “Flash Fiction” Stories”
– “Three Tips For Including Popular Culture In Your Webcomic”

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Top Ten Articles – July 2017

Well, it’s the end of the month and that means that it’s time for me to compile my usual list of links to my ten favourite articles about making art, making comics and/or writing fiction that I’ve posted here over the past month. As usual, I’ll also include a couple of honourable mentions too.

This month probably wasn’t the best month I’ve had in terms of articles. As well as writing more reviews than usual (which were fun to write though), I felt a bit uninspired during some parts of this month – so, a few of the articles were either kind of repetitive or not that great. But, well, occasional spells of writer’s block are one of the occupational hazards of daily blogging.

Anyway, here are the lists. Enjoy 🙂

Top Ten Articles – July 2017:

– “How To Change Art Mediums Quickly And Easily”
– “Three Fascinating “Time Travel”-Based Art Exercises”
– “Four Ways That Making Art Regularly Changes How You See The World”
– “Four Basic Ways To Downgrade Your Webcomic (To Stay Inspired)”
– “Three Things To Do When You Predict The Future Incorrectly In A Webcomic”
– “Three More Tips For Making Art That Looks Like It’s From The ’90s”
– “Three Ways To Make Something That Is ‘So Bad That It’s Good’”
– “Three Tips For Making Art When You Are Tired”
– “Four Tips For Remaking Famous Old Paintings In Your Own Style”
– “Four Basic Ways To Create 1990s Style Gothic Horror Art, Comics etc..”

Honourable mentions:

– “One Simple Way To Add Depth To Rainfall (Or Snowfall) In Digital Art/ Digitally-Edited Art”
– “You Don’t Need A Huge Budget To Make Art“

Top Ten Articles – June 2017

Well, it’s the end of the month and that means that it’s time for my usual “Top Ten Articles” post. This is where I choose ten of my favourite articles about making art, making comics and/or writing fiction that I’ve posted here over the past month and link to them. As usual, there will probably also be a couple of honourable mentions too.

All in all, whilst this month’s articles started out well, I had some mild writer’s block near the end of the month – so, there were a few badly-written and/or repetitive articles. Still, hopefully, this will pass.

Anyway, here are the lists 🙂

Top Ten Articles – June 2017:

– “Three Ways To Take Artistic Inspiration From Anime And/Or Manga (If You Don’t Use That Drawing Style)”
– “Two Ways To Find Your Own “Version” Of The Cyberpunk Genre”
– “Three Cool Art Tricks I Learnt From Films, TV And/Or Computer Games”
– “Three Ways To Make The Lighting In Your Artwork Look More Interesting”
– “Three Advantages Of Hyper-Detailed Art In Webcomics”
– “Three Ways To Make Better Filler Episodes For Your (Story-Based) Webcomic”
– “Three Ways To Make A Webcomic Update In A Hurry”
– “Four Basic Ways To Preview Your Art (or Webcomics)”
– “Four Awesome Advantages Of Watching DVDs Whilst Making Art”
– “Two Basic Ways To Learn New Artistic Techniques”

Honourable Mentions:

– “What GCSE ICT Taught Me About Making Art”
– “Two Basic Ways To Cover Up A Failed Painting (Or Drawing)”

Top Ten Articles – May 2017

Well, it’s the end of the month and, as usual, I thought that I’d post a list of links to my ten favourite articles about art, webcomics and/or writing that I’ve posted here this month. I’ll also include a couple of honourable mentions too.

Although there were more reviews and rambling articles than usual near the end of the month (and I almost missed including articles on two occasions due to scheduling errors when I prepared this month’s articles quite a while ago), I really like how at least a third of this month’s articles turned out 🙂

Anyway, here are the lists 🙂 Enjoy 🙂

Top Ten Articles – May 2017:

– “Three Ways To Find Your Own Aesthetic”
– “Three Ways To Blend Different Genres Of Art”
– “Three Things You Can Learn From Failed Comic Plans”
– “Four Basic Ways To Give Your Webcomic A Visual Upgrade”
– “Four Reasons Why Artists Don’t Always List Their Inspirations”
– “Four Reasons Why Shorter And/Or Segmented Webcomics Are Awesome To Make”
– “Three Sneaky Ways To Cram More Stuff Into A Webcomic Update”
– “Four Basic Tips For Making Detective Comedy Comics”
– “Three Ways To Make Better “Uninspired” Art”
– “Three Basic Ways To Get More Out Of Your Image Editing Program”

Honourable Mentions:

– “Five Free Sources Of Inspiration For Cyberpunk Artists, Writers etc..”
– “Why “Detailed” Art Is Often Less Detailed Than You Might Think”

Top Ten Articles – April 2017

Well, it’s the end of the month and that means that it’s time for me to create my usual list of links to my ten favourite articles about making webcomics, making art and/or writing fiction that I’ve posted here over the past month. As usual, I’ll also include a couple of honourable mentions too.

Surprisingly, there were a lot more writing-related articles in this month’s group of articles than normal, mostly because I was preparing last year’s Halloween stories at the same time as I was writing the articles that were scheduled for this month.

Likewise, this blog also celebrated it’s fourth anniversary this month too 🙂

Anyway, let’s get started:

Top Ten Articles – April 2017:

– “Four Things I’ve Learnt From Running A Blog For Four Years”
– “Two Very Basic Ways To Give Your Webcomic A Consistent Look (Without Being Boring)”
– “Three Ways To Deal With The Downsides Of Getting Better At Making Webcomics”
– “Three Causes Of Weak Endings In Comics, Webcomics etc…”
– “Four Important Things To Remember Before You Start Your First Webcomic”
– “What Does The Expression “Kill Your Darlings” Mean ? (Plus, An Exclusive “Deleted Scene” From One Of My Short Stories!)”
– “Four Reasons Why Stories, Comics, Films Etc… Can Have Alternate Endings. (Plus, An Alternate Ending To One Of My Short Stories 🙂 )”
– “Four Quick Tips For Writing Fast”
– “How To Take Inspiration From Other Things (Whilst Writing Fiction)”
– “Four Quick Tips For Writing Very Short Horror Stories”

Honourable Mentions:

– “Four Basic Ways To Recycle A Webcomic Story Arc”
– “Three Ways To Know When To Finish A Comic Or Story Project“

Top Ten Articles – March 2017

Well, it’s the end of the month and that means that it’s time for me to collect the usual list of links to my ten favourite articles about making art, making webcomics etc… that I’ve posted here over the past month (with a few honourable mentions too).

Although there were far more reviews than usual this month, I quite like how at least a few of the “proper” articles turned out.

Anyway, here are the lists 🙂 Enjoy 🙂

Top Ten Articles – March 2017

– “Four Freaky Tips For Addding 1980s/90s-Style Comedy Horror To Comics”
– “Three Tips For Making Art That Looks Like It Was Made In The ’90s”
– “Three More Tips For Remaking Your Old Art (Plus Two Art Previews)”
– “How To Recognise And Use Cool-Looking Colour Palettes In Your Art”
– “Three Easy Sources Of Artistic Inspiration”
– “Five Tips For Creating Realistic Dream Scenes In Comics, Stories etc..”
– “Three Simple Ways To Chart Your Artistic Progress – Past And Future.”
– “Three Simple Ways To Improve A Comic/ Webcomic Plan”
– “Three Ways To Deal With Production Troubles In Webcomics”
– “Three Instant Sources Of Webcomic Story Arcs (Plus, Comic Previews)”

Honourable mentions:

– “Five Basic Things To Remember Before You Use Watercolour Pencils For The First Time”
– “One Sneaky Way To Include Plot Twists In Your Comic Or Webcomic (Using Verticality)”

Top Ten Articles – February 2017

Well, it’s the end of the month, so that means that it’s time for my usual list of links to what I consider to be the ten best articles about making webcomics, making art and/or writing that I’ve posted here over the past month (and possibly a couple of honourable mentions too).

Unfortunately, due to being busy with a couple of upcoming webcomic mini series and due to the hot weather at the time of writing some of this month’s articles (I write them quite a few months in advance), the best articles posted here this month mostly seem to come from the beginning of the month. Still, here’s hoping that March’s articles will be better.

Anyway, here are the lists:

Top Ten Articles – February 2017:

– “Four Awesome Ways To Fail Properly At A Creative Project”
– “Three Inspiring Things To Remember When You’re Having A Totally Uninspired Day”
– “Four Very Basic Tips For Making Heavy Metal Art”
– “Four Reasons Why Tenebrism Is One Of The Coolest Types Of Art ( Both To Make And To Look At)”
– “Three Ways To Use The Backgrounds Of Your Webcomic To Stay Motivated”
– “Three Tips For Fine Tuning A Comic Idea”
– “Three Possible Reasons For Emotional Tone Shifts In Comics (Plus, A Comic Preview)”
– “The Five Stages of Making A Webcomic Update (Plus, A Comic Preview)”
– “Four Reasons Why The Noir Genre Is So Interesting For Artists”
– “Three Tips For Dealing With Moments Of Low Enthusiasm When Making Webcomics”

Honourable mentions:

– “Three Very Basic Tips For Compact Storytelling In Comics”
– “Three Reasons Why Webcomics, TV shows etc.. Can Go From Self-Contained “Episodes” To Longer Stories”