Drawing Comics: Tips, Tools & Hacks to Save Time & Money

I share my 30 years of comic artist experience tips and tools and the little hacks I've develped to save money and time. And, how to choose the right tools for the comic conventions... and a small tip on how to recycle scraps to make something everybody likes to find at your table.
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[@andyb.rodriguezart6558]

Always a treat to see other artist's supplies and hacks, thanks Terry! I hope the Moore Family has a great Thanksgiving!

[@matthewkeating-od6rl]

Electric erasers are great also.

[@Buddhabellie]

That did help. I'm gonna puck up a light box and give it a go. Thanks

[@gunsmokeandghouls]

That scoring a line on the triangle is brilliant, great time saver and super easy. thanks!

[@TimKapow]

Cool to stumble onto this video. Rachel Rising is one of my best "indy" standouts of the past few years!

[@ericgomez7506]

Brilliant. Thank you for these great tips. I've said this before, but your channel really is a treasure trove of drawing lessons. And that cover for PG #6 looks awesome. PG#3 hits LCS tomorrow. Sweet.

[@someuser4166]

I love the style of your sketches

[@DogfatherTim]

Love you guys. Love your books and I watch your videos every week. Have a very Happy Thanksgiving!!

[@nemesiscomix]

These are great tips and some great art. I knew a few of those from trial and error but none the less useful.

[@chiefrockerwakida2789]

Thank you so much. Please do more of these. You are a great teacher. 🙏🏼

[@TerryMooreArt]

Thank you.

[@whiskerbiscuit6674]

In regards to 11:11 with the blue staedler pencil. The metal end that you pull off to refill the pencil, it's actually a sharpener too. You don't need to bring any sharpener with you. Took me too long to figure that out.

[@AndrevwZA]

So many users does not know that. Everyone that I show is shocked.

[@TimKapow]

The problem is that those sharpener aren't always as good as one you can purchase separately, I use the rotring 800 2mm and that does not have the sharpener and I appreciate it even more for that reason. I use the Mitsubishi 2mm sharpener, used to use the staedler rotary but I hate that it was creating premature wear on my expensive drawing pencil so found a better solution.

[@strelny]

The sharpener in the pencil is a great fallback but not very comfortable.I mostly just carry a piece of sandpaper and it works perfect and i have so much control over the tip I’m gonna get.

[@tonicmole5447]

I was behind on a deadline and missed Terry Moore Live!😭

[@TerryMooreArt]

If you watch it you may make your next deadline!

[@tonicmole5447]

@@TerryMooreArt My wife is already beating me with all her might!

[@tomjohnson4922]

I'm just wondering if you did more of an "adult" search you could probably find a reference for the reclining woman.

[@kimbaxley7595]

About the lead holder. You do not need to bring a sharpener with you. There is a sharpener in the end. Pull of the silver end and the silver piece that comes off is a sharpener.

[@TerryMooreArt]

Yes, isn't that clever? I should've mentioned that!

[@starlytesherice9648]

That’s a nice light box where did u get it form???

[@TerryMooreArt]

Amazon. It’s ComicMaster Tracer LED -A4. Cheapest light box I’ve ever found and works great!

[@ecksdog]

Great tips. Have you tried a Uni Kuru Toga mechanical pencil? Every time you touch the point to paper it rotates slightly giving you the original sharp edge.

[@TerryMooreArt]

Never heard of it. I'll check it out!

[@PekkaSalonen]

Kuru Toga needs very short lines and kinda firm pressure to do its thing. So ok for disconnected writing, western or Chinese/Japanese. But sucks at sketching.

[@vikasupadhyay1398]

Very informative..my heartfelt thanks to you . One thing I wish to know whether the likes of Jack Kirby and Buscemi used light box or did they simply redraw their finished pencils on fresh paper instead of finishing the artwork on the first draft rough sketch.? I mean were their rough comic sketches (the first draft ) and final pencils done on different sheets. If yes then did they use xerox to blow up their roughs before going over on the light box?

[@TerryMooreArt]

I never heard of people with copy machines in their studio until Schulz in the 70's. Very expensive and not that good of reproductions back then. What I did see a lot of were the school projectors, where you put the paper under a lense and it reflected up onto the wall. Those were the kind of tool a pro artist might have. That was def the routine in the 1950s-1980 or so. It's a method as old as daVinci but it works. Also, the grid method: place a 1 inch grid over the original art and redraw it onto a larger grid. Tedious but I still see it done by painters like Frank Cho.

[@vikasupadhyay1398]

@@TerryMooreArt thank you a lot, it's enriching to hear from a pro. Actually what got me thinking that I am still curious about is Buscem and Kirby, because I read yesterday that Buscema referred to Neal Adam as a "lightbox guy" so if it was not the lightbox then what was Buscema using .I could not find the process of Buscema and Kirby

[@TerryMooreArt]

@@vikasupadhyay1398 I don't know. But the art collectors on CAF might be able to offer some insight. They really know stuff like this about the artists.

[@vikasupadhyay1398]

@@TerryMooreArt thanks Terry, for all your help and the informative videos. Best wishes !

[@TerryMooreArt]

If you watch it you may make your next deadline!

[@ModernConversations]

O. I just use an iPad.