Make Your Own Comic Strip Template Ic Life 3 For Mac
Way back in the wayward days of my Mincey youth, back when I fancied myself a comic strip or comic book artist, I outlined my career goals. I owned all the prerequisites– Many copies of Flash, Superman, Batman, Mad Magazine. I read the daily and Sunday comics religiously.
I knew all the tricks of the trade. Unfortunately, this particular Mincey was blessed with an ability to make a living in technology and I have no genes that could be considered creative– either artistically or musically. Yet, with a single Mac app I think even I could create a comic strip and relive my dreams from yesteryear. Get A Comic Life Comic strip and comic book artists of the past (and probably the present) seem to have one or both of the basic attributes for success. First, an ability to write something worth reading and following on a regular basis. And, second, the artistic ability to put all the stories together into a palatable visual package. Some great comic strip and comic book artists have both.
Alas, this Mincey clan member does have anything but appreciation for comics, so I rely on to get me involved in a comic life without the required talent. Comic Life does one thing very, very well.
It lets you tell a story with the tools of the comic trade. The latest version of Comic Life just hit the streets and it’s a good one for anyone who has a desire for comic stardom but doesn’t have the requisite talent. Comic Life doesn’t require talent. All you need are photos and a storyline.
Comic Life supplies everything else, and everything you need is mostly point and click, drag and drop. Never have I had so much fun with a Mac app. Start your strip or comic with a template, drop in photos to create the storyline, add filters to give the graphics that ‘comic’ look, and place text balloons as needed. Comic Life gives you controls over every aspect of every element in a strip or book, from the number of frames per page, to font styles, to fill effects, opacity controls, down to crop and compose. The latest version has a script editor to get you started on the storyline. You may not make a fortune becoming the next Scott Adams (Dilbert) but you can put some zing into a comic book of your family vacation, or graduation ceremony, or family reunion, or office party. Comic Life is there.
All the tools on a mobile device with a big screen. Comic Life has been around a few years and gets better with age.
You’re not limited to comic strips or books, either. Use the app to create flyers, promotions, storyboarding for ads, lesson plans, and anything else that used to require a creative gene but can now be satisfied by a few photos, a story line, and the ability to point and click. Got an iPhone? There’s a Comic Life app for that, too. It isn’t often we get to live our dreams before we die, so if you want to recreate a comic book artist’s life in the 20th century, Comic Life gets you there for a pittance, and with iOS apps, you can take your inspiration on the road.
I don’t know what started their new found love of creating comics, but you can bet I am going to encourage it! Comics are such a great way to encourage reading, writing and storytelling, and to work on all the skills needed to be a successful reader and writer. Plus they are loads of fun! Today I was writing dictated captions to an angry bird comic strip written by Noah (aged four) before I had even had breakfast! Making comics is perfect for a pre-writer like Noah as he can tell his story in pictures, making him feel confident and capable. He can easily dictate captions for me to write for him, as he learns that words have power and meaning.
And he can create images to go along with those words. Comics are also great for reluctant writers like my seven year old. He can get his story going with pictures before he writes even a single word which helps him sort out how the story will work, and clearly see that it needs a beginning, a middle, and an end. And because there is not much space for words he only needs to write short sentences and one word exclamations, not at all daunting for someone who says he ‘hates writing’. We also made some extra pages with more speech bubbles, thought bubbles, exclamations and arrows. One page in black and white, the other with a few coloured pieces.
You should have enough pieces to write even the most detailed comic! All the printables shared in this post are A4 sized pdf files, if you are printing on US ‘letter sized’ paper be sure to select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer options. The free printables at picklebums.com are for personal use only, you may not sell, share, or link directly to these files. I hope this will start a fun comic craze in your house too!
Make Your Own Comic Strip Template Ic Life 3 For Mac
Are you kids into comics? What are some of their favourites? I’m not sure if you will even see this, but I have some really good ones for the k-2nd age group that my daughter enjoyed.
“Bird and Squirrel” is a big hit (3 books in the series), as is “The Flying Beaver Brothers” (4 book series) and any of the “My Little Pony” or “Disney Fairy” graphic novels. They are all easy to read, not too “busy” as far as the drawings go (some older graphic novels are really too visually stimulating and hard to follow for a young child).
There are also 2 books called “Mr. Pants- It’s Go time” and “Mr. Pants-Slacks Camera Action” that my daughter has been reading since she was 7. There are I think 4 books in the “Hildafolk” series that are wonderful, very visually appealing, and sweet, surreal stories. We have checked all of these out at our local library. Yours may have a “Juvenile Graphic Novel” section which helps in finding these titles, or just search them on the computer catalog. menaka says.