CAN YOU DRAW 3 PAGES IN ONE DAY? PRO Comic artist secrets!

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When I tell people that i can draw 3 pages in one day, they call me a fibber! But let me share some of my techniques with you so that you can also do more than you thought you could.
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[@scottgerloffs6148]

Page speed going from 1 page per day to 3 pages per day would literally make the difference between a 200 chapter manga in Shounen Jump taking 4 working years versus a little over 1 working year.

[@greensaintjester6392]

Yup

[@mikeoppart]

Literally gonna pin this on the top of my Playlist and rewatch daily as I muscle through the comic I'm currently working on. Thanks for lighting the fire under our lazy butts Trent!

[@doryahdoryah8114]

What is it about?

[@Daviddzxl]

What is it about kind sir or lady

[@heartstevenson7654]

GOOD MORNING ART TEACHER 😇💚

[@TrentKaniuga]

Morning!

[@sparkspark2314]

This is good advice for anyone…including pros. If you want original art…use this method as preproduction they blow up those pages to final size and ink everything. If you draw in black ink digitally too, you’ll see more more clearly what you need to refine in the final real world original art. That will help your eyes/thinking process of what needs to be fixed/done. This is actually a great video for all aspiring comic book artist. Well done!!!

[@RobDrawsPictures]

Approaching it as a sequence instead of focusing on page count is really good advice. Personally, the way I like to approach it is, rather than commit to a specific page, I'll rough out an entire chapter then jump from page to page to work on the panels I'm really feeling that particular day. Sometimes that means I finish no pages in a day, completely, other days it means I'll bank up to 10.

[@furwerkstudio2057]

It is something I learned from the old pros on how to burn through pages because they had a hell of a deadline, it is how I wound up with 350+ page buffer with my webcomic. Also people don't want to hear this, but old pros use to have a day job or a part time job because comics didn't pay that much even back then.

[@artmin100]

I can testify to what Trent is saying, I'm a big John Byrne fan who is famous for doing three pages a day, back in 94 I pushed myself to produce three pages of panel art, for the first few days the pages were basic, but over the next few weeks I began producing detailed final layouts, I managed up to two and a half fully detailed pages a day, they do say if you want to reach the moon you should aim for the stars.

[@dawoodilyas8093]

How many hours a day did it take you to draw the pages and did you do it all alone?

[@Badboybarz]

Really nice advice here sir.. started taking commissions and drawing for local and indie publishers last year.. I'll definitely be putting this into practice

[@the_guy_who_cant_draw2216]

I've been practicing making pages and my initial instinct is always to plan a full chapter in a day and then do 2 - 3 pages a day.

[@kayaeki]

Trent is such an inspiring artist! Your work is amazing!

[@alexielmarquay]

You actually made me believe I can manage to make a comic book. Thank you!

[@freddytownstowns9686]

I can't draw three pages in a day, but I can sketch out 16 and lose my flow the next day if that counts

[@chidoliro9118]

You are amazing!!!! Thanks fore shearing and so much!!!!

[@andygorman858]

Dude, that was awesome! I feel inspired to tackle something I would never have tried earlier. Like the idea of using pre rendered scenes to start new scenes, makes a lot of sense in not re-inventing the wheel so to speak. Thanks man!

[@fanartfanatic4345]

this video was a blessing in disguise, thank you for posting this. i think I'll be re-watching this video until i can figure out a schedule for doing my comics, THANK YOU

[@chaotic_tired5066]

The OP comic artist, i need two days to make like 2 panels right now but he has a point

[@dezzdinn]

I like the days when I go from Color with Kurt to your vid and keep the learning and art talk going

[@albinothunderbuns1997]

1:37-2:21 I take the same approach to writing. If I get stuck, I give myself a time limit to work through it. If I'm still stuck, I put that page aside and work on something else. I'll return to that problem area later, when I have a fresh perspective. My productivity increased quite a bit after trying that method, and I stopped feeling like I was wasting time on those pages where the problem's solution kept eluding me.

[@Lobollipop]

Everytime I see a video of yours talking about being an artist in general I always think "men that's a lot of hard work I dont want to do...", but I must, and I'm starting to belive that I can do it. I dont know how to be a concept artist but I think that's what I want to do and I'll try hard to be one. I'm currently working as a comic artist and not sure if I want to be a concept artist or an ilustrator, but I'll figure it out and I'll do what is needed to have a healthy life being a professional artist

[@caitlincrady8876]

People used to think it was impossible to run a mile in under four minutes. Mental barriers can be really powerful if we let them!

[@braingamer3321]

The real answer to drawing 3 pages in one day have the simplest art style lol jkjk

[@bjarkiskjoldal8344]

This Helps a lot Thank you

[@PlayWithFiliuce]

Love this Channel, realy helpful

[@snakemont]

Thank you!

[@yrkke_produkcija]

It's great to see you're still rocking CS2 :D Can't beat the simplicity.

[@dunkelgrau538]

3+ pages a day is a dream. I hope I can do the same someday

[@timpeterson87]

I turbocharged my speed as a storyboard artist. I can do 4 in one day blue line. I skip pencil and move straight to ink (all traditional) but since I am trying to do it myself I look at “Blueline” vs “This many pages” and don’t even count. I just draw. (yes I use storyboards to help myself know what to do ahead of time).

[@MonsterHobbieShow]

It gets very tricky when you are working on a client's script that has 9 panels per page and 6+ characters per panel and each panel has a description worth a few pages. -_-

[@Xerxyz86]

are you working for alan moore? jesus.

[@MonsterHobbieShow]

@@Xerxyz86 I think the author is a super fan of him... so, close enough haha :P

[@AnnaRaub]

Awesome work and great advice! Thanks Trent

[@xic777]

dang thats fire im turnt up!!!!

[@SaintLesbian]

I’ve been wanting to make monthly comics but I was worried that doing a page a day eat up too much of my time for each 20 page story… im gonna try doing three pages a day to see if I can get more stories done and keep more of my free time! 😄

[@Naimad319]

Hey Trent. I just stumbled upon this video. And wow oh wow it's insightful. I am now going through your KZbin catalog and your Gumroad. Have you ever thought of taking the content from this video and making a Free Educational Email Course for folks to sample your comic book course from your Gumroad? You have a good outline right here in this video. I can see the free course prepping students to ready themselves for the one day to draw 3 pages and then by the end of it the choose a day and commit to it. You can do so much with this. Just a few thoughts.

[@ultrakoichi]

I don’t know how he manages to three pages a day! Incredible.

[@Meantime_Creations]

it depends on complexity of your page.

[@Dacon]

Well this video is all about showing you how

[@caraashji]

I dont know why I take so long to make one page, usually 1 page a day is what I'm doing at the moment, bare in mind I'm also doing colour. Maybe I just need to get into that speedy flow but I've found it tricky. This video was pretty helpful

[@TrentKaniuga]

1 page a day is solid. I just wanted to find a way to tell more story in a faster way.

[@TwoJeremys]

Hey Trent, love the videos. Any tips on drawing ergonomically? Recently got a big boy tablet and I’m struggling to draw more than 45 mins without a sore back. Thanks!

[@kenmtran]

thank you so much! You’re so inspiring! I’m 13 and really want to start my graphic novel! I already finished my script and now I want to start the sketch! what do you recommend for digitally doing the panels and the art? I want to know how I can do like the word bubbles too. I use procreate!!

[@coreys2686]

This is a similar workflow that is taught in 3D modelling: rough out your scene with simple geometry to get camera placement, then add one level of detail to the entire scene before you move on to the next level of detail. This way you don't waste time on something that you throw away because that scene isn't working with your story. Hollywood could really learn from this: make stories, don't just throw a bunch of scenes together and call it done.

[@Corterri-Art]

I like how you're not drawing your line-art on a new layer above the sketch, you're just cleaning up your sketch and it gives me hope because my line-art is complete garbage when I retrace over my sketch.

[@AlwaysClimbing24-7]

Trent this is great work you should maybe join the war for Rayuba as a way to have fun with these quickly made comics

[@blustrike2427]

Thanks for the tip bro, tho I'm a traditional comic artist but it helps there too

[@sevens_october]

I tend to work on 5 pages a day traditionally

[@TrentKaniuga]

I tend to work on 10 pages a day, using a sausage and finger paints. Sometimes I draw upside down, just to challenge myself.

[@sevens_october]

@@TrentKaniuga I respect your workflow not knocking on you.

[@matte.309]

This was really cool. 🔥 Have you ever done the 24 hour comic challenge?

[@TrentKaniuga]

I haven't tried that. But it would be a damn good exercise! I would NEVER release it tho! lol.

[@dragon_nova_luna]

i did this www.artstation.com/artwork/3dnAy2 in medibang(on ipad) and it took me a while. i dont have a set number of pages i want to achieve per day, but i try to think how to arrange the panels. so i guess the questions are: do you pre plan what you put in the panels and how do you do the panels and those bubbles and effects in photoshop(im still learning photoshop so im not familiar with that part yet).

[@nighthawkwarriorcomics]

Thanks for sharing can you show the creed comics that you did? That you haven't shown before? Also have a great day

[@JaneMirrrol]

Hello! Thank you for you channel and you work, it's amazing. Can you tell me please, what size you use for page comics?

[@imnugget8085]

I been drawing atleast 1 hour a day and stop playing video games

[@doragon214]

I'll watch this as soon as I can, for some reason YT just can not load this video at all no matter how long I leave it or how many times I refresh, but every other YT video seems to be fine? KZbin please let me watch this video! :'(

[@imperialdelights1123]

"Here's how to do 3 pages in one day!" Me: -about to try and do 8 in one sitting- .... I may have bit off more than expected... eh, gonna go for it anyway, lol

[@fadel_rama]

Ahh yes KZbin art uncle

[@edwardtyler1456]

I use paint 3d thats why

[@charlology7219]

Can you do that because your more professional than this because I’m having trouble with it because I usually take my time when designing a page when in the sketching stage

[@TrentKaniuga]

I drew comic books for over 15 years, and was required to do at least 1 page per day when working at Marvel. When I switched to digital, i got even faster.

[@charlology7219]

@@TrentKaniuga ok but how do it More faster when using digital tools

[@432hecnsketch]

Gimme what you got!!!

[@PsychMandril]

Dude are there other uses for recording footage of you drawing other than youtube? I mean you started recording way before you started uploading... Was it some sort of productivity hack? I would like to do it but it takes up a ton of storage!

[@SteinerArts]

Why just three pages, why not five?

[@kayaeki]

why just five, why not nine?

[@SteinerArts]

@@kayaeki just make your 20 pages manga chapter in a day, bro

[@TrentKaniuga]

Why not in 1 hour?

[@UltimatePerfection]

Your art is great and I love that you can draw so fast. Unfortunately it's likely not achievable for me as I want my art to be in color and that, compounded with my undiagnosed lack of energy (I mean I know I have less energy than other people my age, but I don't know why) means that often a single panel of my manga takes several days (and my other stuff such as gamedev. youtube and my webcomic strip doesn't help either). Good thing I don't have any deadlines to worry about as I'm going self-publishing with that one.

[@dawoodilyas1998]

Trent, when you say you can draw 3 pages in 8 hours, did you mean you can do it alone or do you need to have a team or assistants?

[@androtaz2621]

Trent you're never gonna stream mgs3 are you?

[@TrentKaniuga]

Its been hard to find the time. I finally got a capture device so I'm set up. I just need to find a window of time to record!

[@shada0]

Not including speech bubbles & perspective grids, what else do can be easily recycled from project to project?

[@justcraziii]

Skylines like mountain ranges or cityscapes. Roads or street scenes. If you use 3D geometry for scene blocking, you can reuse the geometry.

[@wjcolclasure]

Can you teach EVS how to speed up, lol?

[@TrentKaniuga]

No way. I need him to stay busy publishing my books!

[@ahmedqb6409]

Do you draw story boards for the pages or you just start drawing till you get something you are satisfied with ?

[@funverses]

Ozamu Tezuka did 35 pages a day, watch his documentary ... LOL

[@baharejaberi6028]

Yeah and he died of stomach cancer

[@funverses]

@@baharejaberi6028 Yeah, watching Japanese manga artists, they are insane ! Nope for me ... LOL

[@jhonsmithy2873]

Manga artists can do 7 or more per day

[@TrentKaniuga]

why not 14 in one day?

[@Time_X_1234]

How long is this drawn in 10 hours?

[@mikenelson1624]

👍✨✌️💫

[@TrentKaniuga]

Thx Mike. I look forward to seeing your emojis on every video:)

[@dogkun20]

photoshop cs2 omg

[@EGRJ]

Is that...Photoshop CS2?

[@jd6473]

Now do it on paper.

[@sandwicheman9772]

If you can do 3 pages a day try doing 4 then in 5 weeks you have 20 pages .-. But your art might suffer

[@Houdini_Bob]

of course you can. look how many you did in six minutes. ;-)

[@kaise3573]

:) hai

[@oamioxmocliox8082]

;)

[@MukeshPanicker]

This is why American comics is dying !! Too lazy , too much comfort , Japanese manga artist complete 20 pages manga in one week , every week , for years !!!

[@TrentKaniuga]

Are you suggesting that its "lazy" to want to have evenings off from work? Or to have relationships? Or to enjoy free time? I propose that the answer to delivering on time, and finding balance is in working with a team.