I'm new to the forum, although I have been an big comic enthusiast for years. When I was young artist a lot of my time was spent both reading and drawing comics, but my time doing this slowly dwindled as I got older and accumilated more resposiblities. I'm now a Graphic/Web Designer, but have recindled my interest in comic art and have started working again on some strong characters from when I was a teenager with a view to eventually publishing them (if they're good enough! ...lol)...
I'm going to set up a website to showcase this work, but does anyone have any advice on how, where or who to send artwork to get ultimately get published in 2000ad?
I appreciate I'm probably one in the millions of people out there trying to get published, but it's worth a shot. Any help would be greatly appreciated...
Definitely get a site up to show case your skills but it might also be worth having an account at Deviantart as people are always nosing around there looking for artists or just networking with other artists and it can help get people looking at your site too. There are a few people from here on there - the most obvious one I can think of is:
I'm sure some artdroids will be by with better advice but practice is always a good one - being able to tell a story through sequential art is a skill that needs developing and honing. Get some samples together, show them off here and see if there is any creative criticism that can help. Speak to some of the small press folks and have a crack at the sample scripts (I think Wake reposted the information that was previously on the site in another thread). Kevlev has been working on some of these and blogging the stages which is a good way to get people involved with your work:
Blimey, I haven't seen Kevlev's work before. He's a bit good isn't he.
Yes he is! Coincidentally, I was looking at that blog of his just this morning. Cracking stuff. Surely only a matter of time before such dedication pays off.
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thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate the encouraging comments from everyone above. They mean a lot to me.
