October 06, 2009, 01:55:52 PM

In light of my ongoing failure to get a web version of the tutorial up, I've compiled all six posts into a 40-page (3Mb) PDF document and tidied them up slightly.

You can download this document here.

I shall un-sticky the previous thread, and sticky this one instead. Any further questions, stick 'em up here.

Cheers!

Jim

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October 06, 2009, 02:08:42 PM

That's brilliant, Jim.

What a gent, giving away all your trade secrets (well, expert knowledge) for a better comics world.

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October 06, 2009, 04:24:31 PM

What kindness.

I feel I may almost owe you a pint now......  GRRRRR!

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October 06, 2009, 04:32:25 PM

Awesome, thanks for this!
Got a possible thing coming off soon and I've been pegged as letterer as its all being done on the cheap and nasty. Sure this will be loads of help and dont worry, I wont credit your help when my crappy efforts are done  Smiley

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October 06, 2009, 05:59:52 PM

Nice one. Appreciate you doing this.

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October 06, 2009, 06:05:53 PM

And then there was the day Jim Campbell began to be worshipped as a minor deity. 
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October 06, 2009, 06:08:16 PM

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Only if he helps the crops to grow...

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October 06, 2009, 06:09:02 PM

And then there was the day Jim Campbell began to be worshipped as a minor deity. 

Away now, and fetch my tributes. I'll still be here when you get back.

Cheers!

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November 05, 2009, 06:21:11 AM

Thanks for sharing this Jim, I'm doing a strip just now and  my lettering on the first three pages is amateur at best. This will be a great help on the rest of it.

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November 05, 2009, 09:27:32 AM

You're most welcome, James. Anything in there that's not clear, or any additional questions, please feel free to post 'em here and I'll do my best to answer them.

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November 05, 2009, 10:27:19 AM

Cheers, Jim. I've downloaded the file, and I'm sure it will come in handy at some point.
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November 05, 2009, 01:46:08 PM

Cheers Jim - looks good.

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November 05, 2009, 04:51:37 PM

Finally tackling illustrator now, and using this guide as a starting point. Thanks again Jim.

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November 05, 2009, 04:56:51 PM

Just in case it's not obvious in the text of the tutorial, my piece should really be considered a companion to Nate Piekos' article, which tells you where and why to use the various things that I only show how to do ...

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November 05, 2009, 11:21:30 PM

This is a great guide, which I've only just spotted. I shall endeavour to get more eyes to it...

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