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Yao XiaoThumbnails is an invitation into my studio, see work in progress, and read original comics.
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The Best Comic Training I Can Get
This week, I’m thinking about how the way I lay out my pages has evolved because of drawing a page of comics everyday.
Doing page layout has always been intimidating, I’ll admit! How many panels should be on a page, exactly? How do artist...
Why Am I NOT Drawing Daily Comics?
This week, I want to look back on something that surfaces every day: the distractions and doubts along the way of keeping up a long-term comic practice.
This post break this down in 2 parts:
- What are the obstacles to keeping going?...
How To Make Comics Everyday
Thank you for reading my last newsletter, What To Do With 365 Comics. I was really glad to connect with everyone on this fascinating topic, and that it provided some inspiration and ideas for doing diary comics!
I saw some questions about...
What To Do With 365 Comics
Last year in September, I started a daily practice of daily comics. Inspired by artists like Lynda Barry and Summer Pierre, I drew in a lined composition book. One page a day, no more and no less.
The composition book filled up, then I bo...
New Comics Coming To MICE This Weekend
Hi everyone, a bit of news for this busy end of year season…
I am going to table at MICE, Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo this weekend, December 6-7.
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NYC based cartoonist✏️ Work seen in The New Yorker, LA Times, Lit Hub and more. Author of Everything Is Beautiful, And I'm Not Afraid IG: @yaoxiaoart
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