Interview with Yen Press Talent Search Finalist Mira Cervantes

Black Hole Lover by Mira Cervantes

The following post is an interview I conducted with a fellow Yen Press Talent Search finalist, Mira Cervantes. Earlier, I decided to be proactive and feature other artists from the first search on my blog. I think they deserve to have a spotlight shone on their accomplishment and hard work. 

Resources: Kickstarter Guides

For good or for ill, Kickstarter has been an incredible resource for creative individuals to help make their artistic projects a reality. Many comic artists have used the website to fund their work and some have met a phenomenal amount of success.

Here are some links I’ve compiled from artists who’ve completed successful campaigns. Not everything is exactly comics-related but I believe the mix is a good way to capture the many different aspects of crowdfunding. I wanted to keep these in one place for when I actually decide to launch one for myself.

Resources: Comic Lettering

How do you actually go about putting words on a comic page the proper way? Here are some links I found useful and serve as guidelines for lettering.

Comic Book Grammar and Tradition

How to Letter the Comicraft Way
Balloon Tales – Lettering: Word Arrangement
Balloon Tales – Lettering: Making Word Balloons
From Nate Piekos – 5 Amateur Lettering Mistakes / 5 More Amateur Lettering Mistakes

Christopher Kosek’s Type Crimes – From MakingComics.com

Airy-m’s Resource Post- tons of excellent resources!

Paperwings Post on Comic Lettering

Interview with Yen Press Talent Search Finalist Lily Cernak

Lily Cernak in front of her Farewell Feeling Mural

The following post is an interview I conducted with a fellow Yen Press Talent Search finalist, Lily Cernak. I decided to be a little proactive and feature other artists from that first search on my blog since I think they still deserve to have a spotlight shone on their hard work. This was quite fun and I hope to be able to do the same for other artists and future finalists.

Resources: Perspective and Composition

These three topics seem to come up together so I’m lumping them in this post. These are some of the articles/blog posts and websites that I’ve found useful regarding these topics.