Triple A Dude Cartoon Production Resource Guide: 200 + Top Resources For Artist's and Comic Creators

By Jon LeMond

Do you like to draw? Do your friends or family like to design cartoon characters? Are you into comics and have thought about creating your own? Need some help with storytelling? Are you into animation? Want to know shortcuts to work faster without the sacrifice of quality? What about software, drawing tips from the pros, background creation techniques, and storytelling? Whether you a beginner, semi-pro, or a professional artist/student, this book is for you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jon LeMond
• Release date: Jan 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005492687

Jon LeMond

Jon LeMond is a former animation artist who has worked for the Walt Disney Company and Fox Animation Studios. Jon is also a musician and has created music for indie films and educational video games. Jon's popular blog: tripleadude.blogspot.com has provided resources and tips for multimedia artists since 2011. He currently teaches multimedia and film in Arizona.

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Cartoon Production

Resource Guide

By Jon LeMond

Copyright © 2020, 2021, 2022 Jon LeMond. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any mean without the written permission of the author. This book is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be held liable or responsible to any person or entity with respect to any loss or incidental or consequential damages caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the information or programs contained herein.

Cover art/design by John Buckley (https://www.instagram.com/johnbuckleyart/)

Dedication

Thanks to my wife, family and friends who give me the strength to keep going, and to all the users and fans who will find this guide most helpful.

A Message To You

This book is for you; the artists and comic fans. If you come across any broken links, or if you have found better resources, let me know so I can include this for an update.

Contact me at:[e-mail]

Check out and subscribe to my blog for all things art, animation, and audio:

https://tripleadude.blogspot.com/

If you are an artist/ creator with a positive message, create your art. Time is short. Have passion, be strong, persistent, and productive! That’s what the world needs right now.

Table of Contents

Apps

Animation

Artist set ups / Spaces

Backgrounds

Business / Legal

Character Design

Coloring

Comic Artists

Composition / Layout

Concept Art

Creativity / Inspiration

Drawing Tips

Equipment

Inking

Kickstarter

Lettering

Manga Style

Misc

Panel Templates

Perspective

Pinterest Sites

Pose Reference

Software

Webcomic Resources

Writing Tips

Apps

Animation Apps

If you want your drawings to move, here are some animation apps that will help you do it.

Rough Animator (Android, iOS, Mac & Windows) $5.99

A fully featured hand drawn animation application. Made by an animator, for animators. Powerful enough for professionals, simple enough for beginners. Everything you need to create traditional hand drawn frame-by-frame animation with unlimited layers and easily adjustable exposure length of individual drawings, for pose-to-pose or straight-ahead animating.

Onion skinning

Preview playback

Scrub along timeline

Import audio for lip syncing

Import video for rotoscoping animation

Custom brushes

Control framerate and resolution

Export to QuickTime video, GIF, or image sequence

RoughAnimator