Tips for Entry
The only way to improve your drawing and storytelling skills is to practice. Keep a sketchbook handy and make time every day to draw something.
Read a wide variety of comic books and study the techniques the artists used to tell the stories.
Stay up to date on comic art news through online communities such as the Comic Art Community (http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery) as well as by regularly visiting Marvel’s and DC’s Web sites, among others.
Attend comic book conventions and speak to established artists. Ask them for advice on improving your art and breaking into the field.
Related Professions
- Art Directors
- Art Teachers
- Artists
- Book Editors
- Cartoonists
- Comic Book Publishers
- Comic Book Writers
- Desktop Publishing Specialists
- Digital Designers
- Editorial Assistants
- Editorial Research Assistants
- Editors
- Exhibit Designers
- Fashion Designers
- Fashion Illustrators
- Fashion Photographers
- Fashion Stylists
- Film and Television Directors
- Furniture Designers
- Gallery Owners and Directors
- Graphic Designers
- Greeting Card Designers and Writers
- Illustrators
- Interior Designers and Decorators
- Jewelers and Jewelry Repairers
- Literary Agents
- Magazine Editors
- Makeup Artists
- Medical Illustrators and Photographers
- Motion Graphics Artists
- Multimedia Artists and Animators
- Non-Fungible Token Artists
- Photographers
- Production Designers and Art Directors
- Publicity Photographers
- Tattoo Artists
- Video Game Art Directors
- Visual Interaction Designers