[PDF] How to Have a Lettering Glow-Up by Jess Ruliffson eBook
Jess Ruliffson is a senior instructor in our core online programs. She teaches everything from getting started in comics, to finishing off a graphic novel. This zine showcases just some of the many pearls of wisdom she brings to SAW classrooms.
“One thing I have been enamored by in students' early drafts is how everyone is approaching that old cartoonist's nemesis - LETTERING!! Lettering is WORSE than DRAWING!
We poke them over to the side of the plate while we devour more fun stuff like drawing and fantasizing about how much money our big book is going to make us....
But what if lettering were more like the MAC AND CHEESE of comics, that you looked forward to?
This isn't a perfect analogy, maybe insert your favorite food...LETTERING IS THE BRUSSELS SPROUTS OF COMICS...
Lord grant me the serenity to accept the LETTERING I cannot change, courage to change the LETTERING I can.” — Jess Ruliffson
5.5” x 8.5", full color, 14 pages. March 2024.
SAW is a non-profit comics school and artists community based in Gainesville, Florida. All our books are priced to cover the cost of production, printing and distribution.
Jess Ruliffson is a senior instructor in our core online programs. She teaches everything from getting started in comics, to finishing off a graphic novel. This zine showcases just some of the many pearls of wisdom she brings to SAW classrooms.
“One thing I have been enamored by in students' early drafts is how everyone is approaching that old cartoonist's nemesis - LETTERING!! Lettering is WORSE than DRAWING!
We poke them over to the side of the plate while we devour more fun stuff like drawing and fantasizing about how much money our big book is going to make us....
But what if lettering were more like the MAC AND CHEESE of comics, that you looked forward to?
This isn't a perfect analogy, maybe insert your favorite food...LETTERING IS THE BRUSSELS SPROUTS OF COMICS...
Lord grant me the serenity to accept the LETTERING I cannot change, courage to change the LETTERING I can.” — Jess Ruliffson
5.5” x 8.5", full color, 14 pages. March 2024.
SAW is a non-profit comics school and artists community based in Gainesville, Florida. All our books are priced to cover the cost of production, printing and distribution.
Jess Ruliffson is a senior instructor in our core online programs. She teaches everything from getting started in comics, to finishing off a graphic novel. This zine showcases just some of the many pearls of wisdom she brings to SAW classrooms.
“One thing I have been enamored by in students' early drafts is how everyone is approaching that old cartoonist's nemesis - LETTERING!! Lettering is WORSE than DRAWING!
We poke them over to the side of the plate while we devour more fun stuff like drawing and fantasizing about how much money our big book is going to make us....
But what if lettering were more like the MAC AND CHEESE of comics, that you looked forward to?
This isn't a perfect analogy, maybe insert your favorite food...LETTERING IS THE BRUSSELS SPROUTS OF COMICS...
Lord grant me the serenity to accept the LETTERING I cannot change, courage to change the LETTERING I can.” — Jess Ruliffson
5.5” x 8.5", full color, 14 pages. March 2024.
SAW is a non-profit comics school and artists community based in Gainesville, Florida. All our books are priced to cover the cost of production, printing and distribution.
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