How to Make a Comic/Equipment

The type of equipment you need depends entirely on what type of comic you wish to create. Below are some basic guidelines for the type of equipment one may use to create comics.

GIMP, the free graphics editor is an excellent program for budding online comic artists.

Hand Drawn Comics

For comics presented on a paper medium, you may need these tools for drawing:

1. Pencil (different hardnesses are useful for guidelines)
2. Paper
3. Eraser
4. Ruler
5. Marker
6. Fine liner (such as a sharpie pen)

Also, as a side note, some artists ink their comics (Going over, or tracing them with ink) after drawing them in pencil. In which case you may need additional materials such as (these are optional):

1. Correction Fluid (such as white-out)
2. A tool for inking (could be a marker, fine-liner or quill)

If you are coloring by hand you could use:

1. Colored pencils
2. Colored markers
3. Pens
4. Paints
5. Chalk

Digital Comics

If you would like to transform your paper-based comic into a web-based, online comic, you will need:

1. Computer
2. Scanner

For creating digital and web comics:

1. Tablet PC
2. or Graphics Tablet
3. painting program on computer

You can also use a computer to color a scanned paper comic. For this you will need a graphics program. This can be as simple as Paint but better programs include:

1. Photoshop
2. Paint Shop Pro
3. GIMP
4. Krita
5. Clip Studio Paint