Anatomy of a Hellboy Short Comic

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  • Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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    If you want to make short comics, you need to read and study short comics. Here is how to write your short comic based on everything I've learned from Mike Mignola's short comic "Dr Carp's Experiment.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 147

  • @jakeparker44
    @jakeparker44  4 роки тому +66

    If you want to make short comics, you need to read and study short comics. Here is how to write your short comic based on everything I've learned from Mike Mignola's short comic "Dr Carp's Experiment." Enjoy it, and hopefully you have some more time now to work on your comics!

    • @aadiths4492
      @aadiths4492 4 роки тому

      Which sketch book is that jake....??

    • @hanh7395
      @hanh7395 4 роки тому +1

      Hey! Any suggestions on short comics to read?

    • @даняпанченко-ь2ю
      @даняпанченко-ь2ю 4 роки тому

      thanks jake. what you do is very cool .
      jake I just finished plot writing. then I proceed to the storyboard, and then to drawing. then scanning, then drawing in clip studio. this is my method. advise something))

    • @даняпанченко-ь2ю
      @даняпанченко-ь2ю 4 роки тому

      my english shit but hopefully understand

    • @rinkoos1315
      @rinkoos1315 4 роки тому

      This must be really annoying but I really wanted to ask what ink do you use to refill your brush pens

  • @StudioHannah
    @StudioHannah 4 роки тому +65

    Jake, how do you always know the perfect topics to make a video for? Seriously, this is the third time in a row you’ve posted a video covering PRECISELY something I’ve been looking into and starting to study.

    • @s0ne01
      @s0ne01 4 роки тому +1

      EXACTLY MANS LOWKEY A GENIUS

    • @thatoneidiotnamedme6990
      @thatoneidiotnamedme6990 4 роки тому

      Exactly! 😅😃

    • @Indian_awa
      @Indian_awa 3 роки тому

      Hey man nothing go to ur story and say to your friend or any member
      U will get the result

    • @punkeasy
      @punkeasy 3 роки тому

      "Jake, how do you always know the perfect topics"
      By stealing other people's content I would think.
      What a sham of a barren talentless back you are sir!

  • @TrentKaniuga
    @TrentKaniuga 4 роки тому +27

    This made me want to draw another comic again. Thanks for sharing your passion for Hellboy Jake!

  • @ottebya
    @ottebya Рік тому +3

    I have NEVER seen someone breakdown a story/comic/sequential art this way, especially that its Mignola, JUST WOW, this is SO cool, please do more of these!!! 🙏 🙏

  • @dustinperez545
    @dustinperez545 3 роки тому +4

    Vids like this, Artist like Jake just makes me fall in love with art even more 😊

  • @Mauritanya
    @Mauritanya 4 роки тому +20

    Fun Fact: I'm in the first semester of art college in my hometown in southwest Brazil, and this quarentine hit us in the 3rd week of the class and we are devasted because we are super excited for it, and inspired by Inktober we created a list of themes for drawing during this enclosure weeks. The themes are:
    -Mitology(tales, creatures, gods, etc)
    -Studio Ghibli
    -Cyber/Steam punk
    -Literature
    -Arquitecture's from the past
    -Fantasy
    i don't know if everyone is excited as i am but i'm diving into it LoL ...
    Anyway, thanks for the inspiration!

    • @GarrettRomain
      @GarrettRomain 4 роки тому +2

      Keep on drawing and have fun!

    • @314-j9j
      @314-j9j 3 роки тому

      Hello, how did your semester go?

  • @amanofnoreputation2164
    @amanofnoreputation2164 4 роки тому +11

    Thesis: All For One
    Antithesis: One For All
    Synthesis: All For One and One For All.

  • @anythinginvolvingsharks
    @anythinginvolvingsharks 4 роки тому +7

    i can't get over how good "Darkness Calls" is.

  • @ashputtel
    @ashputtel 4 роки тому +16

    2 page comics are hard to do! My favorite Hellboy short story is the one where he tries pancakes .. It's adorable!

    • @samcallanan3633
      @samcallanan3633 4 роки тому +1

      He'll never come back to hell he just had pancakes

  • @darneldegand
    @darneldegand 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent breakdown, thanks

  • @eboi5575
    @eboi5575 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much for speak about color for situations

  • @alotofbeeandmo8965
    @alotofbeeandmo8965 4 роки тому +2

    Man, I can't emphasize how much I needed this insight and how much it has helped my process. Thanks Mr. Parker.

  • @theamazingartist4324
    @theamazingartist4324 3 роки тому +2

    Can you make a video of you explaining how you make your skeleton for your characters and how you think of what they should look like

  • @ozero_animation
    @ozero_animation 4 роки тому +4

    I just read the Dr.Carps Experiment and your video came out. Unbelievable!

  • @ThompsonBrosStudios
    @ThompsonBrosStudios 4 роки тому +3

    Love Hellboy, and your work as well. You always have great insights in your videos.

  • @thecrazyandthewild
    @thecrazyandthewild 3 роки тому +1

    This was fantastic, Jake! I love Hellboy and never saw the comics in this light. Thank you!!!!!

  • @stevenbrown1225
    @stevenbrown1225 4 роки тому +1

    I love " The Ghoul". Incorporating the classic poetry of Shakespear and others into a story of a monster who eats the flesh of the dead was Gaiman levels of brilliance!

  • @karlytopzz2631
    @karlytopzz2631 4 роки тому +3

    *casually drawing masterpiece*

  • @programmerart5447
    @programmerart5447 4 роки тому +1

    This was an incredibly helpful and informative video. What a great way to break down the material.

  • @george-qz9un
    @george-qz9un 3 роки тому +2

    Hey Jake! Your short comic videos have helped me so much and I keep coming back to review it again. I hope you’ll be posting more videos again, and maybe a video for creating a longer, serialized, maybe webcomic length comic? Thank you so much, I hope you are well during these times.

  • @Hum0ng0us
    @Hum0ng0us 4 місяці тому +1

    Holy shit this was made easy to understand!! Thank you so much!!

  • @stilljay7757
    @stilljay7757 4 роки тому

    Hey your channel is amazing! I’ve been trying to write comics for about a year and a half now and have a hard time getting ideas onto the paper. You lay things out in a very comprehensive and informative way that not only makes me a better writer and author, but gives me a new appreciation for my favorite comics! Keep on making amazing videos, Hope life is treating you well. Thanks!

  • @Corvit_Arts
    @Corvit_Arts 4 роки тому +3

    perfectly explained. Thanks a lot mr. J!

  • @anthonyikediuba7790
    @anthonyikediuba7790 4 роки тому

    really great video Jake. Thank you! Honestly wasn't too sold on the idea of breaking my story idea into short stories but this helped me better understand what you meant. Now I'm really excited to push out some short stories! Thank you!

  • @darioscomicschool1111
    @darioscomicschool1111 Рік тому

    Gonna check this out Tomorrow! Thank you so much for this one!

  • @BenMellingerArt
    @BenMellingerArt 4 роки тому +3

    just what I needed when I needed it! gotta love Mike Mignola :D

  • @tjduprey
    @tjduprey 4 роки тому +11

    I know I now have a better understanding of mixed metaphors lol... peeling back they layers of a pyramid

  • @h2relic721
    @h2relic721 4 роки тому +6

    Gotta love Hellboy

  • @engineeringart95
    @engineeringart95 4 роки тому

    Thank you for this! Surprisingly not many people share the same amount of fascination for the folklore-inspired short stories (side quests) than the main plot. For me some are hauntingly profound and others are witty and eerie. You chose the best story to communicate the mastery behind them, hell of a job! ;)

  • @hughdidit
    @hughdidit 4 роки тому

    Excellent breakdown of the story structure!

  • @RisteSekuloski
    @RisteSekuloski 4 роки тому

    Excellent analysis! It sheds a new light to this story! Thanks!

  • @caroodraws
    @caroodraws 4 роки тому +2

    I GOTTA read Hellboy now you've convinced me

    • @JTR_3
      @JTR_3 4 роки тому

      Shmaro-caro also check out BPRD from the same Hellboy universe. It’s like the best tv series never made.

    • @alejandromolina7270
      @alejandromolina7270 4 роки тому

      You also got to read Lord Baltimore. It's a separate series, but it's so good.

  • @basilebuisson
    @basilebuisson 3 роки тому

    Really love your analysis, I love mignola's work, you sould make more hellboy videos!!

  • @RoofRailways101train
    @RoofRailways101train 3 роки тому

    My dude, I’ve followed your art on pinterest and now I know you have a UA-cam im watching it all the time

  • @jasonbrazier2864
    @jasonbrazier2864 Місяць тому

    Dave Stewart is a master colorist. Great video, Thanks!

  • @jononaidoo2893
    @jononaidoo2893 4 роки тому

    This was so cool jake, thanks for sharing this with us. Ive always wanted to do a short comic, but I didn't know where to start.

  • @thatoneidiotnamedme6990
    @thatoneidiotnamedme6990 4 роки тому +2

    Awesome! I love hellboy

  • @MrDylanButton
    @MrDylanButton 4 роки тому +16

    Hey Jake!
    I just had a thought, how about you do a whole series like this, for instance you could analyse a studio Ghibli film or another comic, maybe even an animation like the apex legends animated shorts. I would love to see this a series.
    Thanks for reading :) have a nice day

  • @Blairaptor
    @Blairaptor 4 роки тому

    Thanks so much for this video and your others like it! I keep getting ahead of myself and designing big story projects (probably because I mostly consume longform stories) and I want to learn how to make things smaller so I don't overwhelm myself. Plus I just love talking about what makes good stories work!

  • @ARTCHILD
    @ARTCHILD 20 днів тому

    This was great thanks so much!

  • @tai0purto
    @tai0purto 4 роки тому +2

    I love this new series about comic making!
    I bought the "Drawing Comics" series on SVS years ago, but I feel this is a great addition to it, build on top of it!

  • @addieanddaddy7562
    @addieanddaddy7562 4 роки тому

    This video definitely reinvigorated my desire to tell stories through comics/GNs! Time to get to work!

  • @nightyonetwothree
    @nightyonetwothree 3 роки тому

    you had such a nice pencil scetch, being able to make Mignola-styled illustration, but going for such a casual way :(

  • @ernestonavarro7242
    @ernestonavarro7242 4 роки тому

    this was so awesome thank you so much Jake I wish you had a class like this with feedback on our own stories

  • @tieranholtet1501
    @tieranholtet1501 4 роки тому +2

    love the new intro

  • @s0ne01
    @s0ne01 4 роки тому

    LOVING THE VIDEOS LATELY, ITS SOME GREAT CONTENT

  • @A8M8R8A
    @A8M8R8A 4 роки тому

    Fantastic video, just awesome. I am woring in a personal comic book and I feel all that struggling, I highly recomend to read "the anatomy of a story" of Jhon Truby to follow more in detail what has been explained here.

  • @grahamwelch5011
    @grahamwelch5011 4 роки тому

    I know this episode was about comics and of that sort.... but.. I really want to see you do more straight up drawing, just getting out a piece of paper, sketch and ink. I know it probably isn't alway practical, but that's what drew me to your channel and art in the first place. Just watching you create as you explained and gave some great advice. Right now I'm just happy you're making videos again, but I'm dying to see your creative process more often.

    • @jakeparker44
      @jakeparker44  4 роки тому +1

      cool. Yeah, I'm about due for some back to basics drawing videos.

  • @ericarmstrong7906
    @ericarmstrong7906 4 роки тому

    really nice critique just the view of color and word balloons are very insightful. Those are things that people would have noticed subconsciously as they were intended, but there is no way most people would see that subtlety. Thank you very much for your insight.

  • @salmondjoy
    @salmondjoy 4 роки тому

    Loved it! Thank you Jake!

  • @amanofnoreputation2164
    @amanofnoreputation2164 4 роки тому +4

    "He's just a regular guy, but he's anything but regular..."
    Oh, him too?

  • @MrDeathKatana
    @MrDeathKatana Рік тому

    Great stuff. thanks man

  • @даняпанченко-ь2ю
    @даняпанченко-ь2ю 4 роки тому

    thenks master jake parker

  • @nigromant9469
    @nigromant9469 4 роки тому

    this is just great, love it

  • @tangledminds
    @tangledminds 3 роки тому

    Hey Jake. I hope you are doing well. If you can ever make a video, can you please make a video on how to decide or come up with a style for a book - graphic novel or a picture book project? Thank you soo much. All the love to you!

  • @LorisCrochetCorner
    @LorisCrochetCorner 4 роки тому

    Great video Jake!!! Tyfs. Stay safe hun Much love to you 💞💞

  • @orkunsanal
    @orkunsanal 4 роки тому

    Love this! Thank you master!

  • @tylerh3378
    @tylerh3378 4 роки тому +2

    How about a series where you break down all the short stories? :)))))))

  • @popcultureandcomicbookstuf6455
    @popcultureandcomicbookstuf6455 4 роки тому

    Awesome video, thank you. Great intro music

  • @KeithHarper
    @KeithHarper 4 роки тому

    good stuff. nice breakdown.

  • @melanmalvindicta
    @melanmalvindicta 3 роки тому +3

    Who's here 2021??

  • @alexaviercomics4241
    @alexaviercomics4241 4 роки тому

    Is it me or he finally smiled in his intro

  • @Swampthing86
    @Swampthing86 2 роки тому +1

    My favorite comic book characters
    The Teen Titans
    Nightwing
    The Punisher
    The Doom Patrol
    John Constantine
    Spider-Man
    Venom
    Suicide Squad
    Hellboy
    B. P. R. D.
    Swamp Thing
    Wonder Woman
    Captain America
    Blade
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    The Flash
    Spawn
    Wolverine
    X-Men
    Aquaman

  • @RenePfitzner
    @RenePfitzner 4 роки тому +3

    This is brilliant as always, thanks Jake! I love the analysis you brought to this comic. If you want more of this, sign up to Jake's Patreon or take his classes on SVSLearn.com, he has a bunch more lessons on the craft of comic storytelling.
    One small quibble: The demon they summoned was Hellboy himself, not the monkey, they used HB's blood to demonify the monkey. Potentially to make an army of demon monkeys without the hassle of the summoning ritual? Thanks again, Jake!

  • @mesolithicman164
    @mesolithicman164 2 місяці тому +1

    I'd make a couple of very simple foundational points. Don't go with your first idea, however good it seems.
    Use it as a starting point to make something better.
    Your story idea must excite _you_ in some way. Don't assume that it will grip others, but you're not that into it. ie its not perfect but 'it will do'.
    You'll do a better job on all the hard work if you feel it's an exciting idea.
    And finally. Surprise the reader. If the story lulls, make something happen. We all want to be thrilled, not to have to wade through a story. I have a low boredom threshold, if I wanted a 300 page novel where a Russian man comes to term with his mortality and buys a coat, I'd read Dostoyevsky.
    We read comics for excitement. Excite me.

  • @kisadamgabor6662
    @kisadamgabor6662 4 роки тому

    Hello Jake!
    That video was very interesting!
    Good luck! - a fan from Hungary.

  • @samankucher5117
    @samankucher5117 3 роки тому

    Awesome

  • @rickharold7884
    @rickharold7884 4 роки тому

    Cool. Great breakdown. Thx

  • @spoquerusse1
    @spoquerusse1 4 роки тому

    Excellent video thank you!!

  • @artbyshea7585
    @artbyshea7585 4 роки тому

    Thanks Jake😁👍

  • @yungethix8765
    @yungethix8765 4 роки тому

    dude you are really underrated

  • @shivadevps1490
    @shivadevps1490 3 роки тому +2

    hey can u put a vedio that how to draw robot. pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls big fan brooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • @DanielaAlarconilustracion
    @DanielaAlarconilustracion Рік тому

    thank you so much for this. elementary school teachers please take not and cut the crap with the "beginning - middle and end" bs

  • @munchstudiokl7933
    @munchstudiokl7933 4 роки тому +2

    cool

  • @irvingramirez2335
    @irvingramirez2335 3 роки тому +1

    Can you do invincible?

  • @Amelia_PC
    @Amelia_PC 4 роки тому

    Hmm, dunno. I think it depends on the type of release the author is doing. Usually, publishers and editors aren't interested in one-shots for an IP debut. But if you're an author with an established IP and big audience, one-shots are great. My editor advised me to keep a self-contained story/ story arc (graphic novel) between 80 to 100 pages.
    Great video, Jake! :)

    • @jakeparker44
      @jakeparker44  4 роки тому +2

      I agree in regards to traditional publishing. But if you’re just starting out and are self publishing you can learn a lot and gain confidence in your craft by doing short stories first.

    • @Amelia_PC
      @Amelia_PC 4 роки тому

      @@jakeparker44 True!

  • @AndrewMaksym
    @AndrewMaksym 4 роки тому

    Love Hellboy!

  • @zionleach3001
    @zionleach3001 3 роки тому +2

    I want to know how in the many years he wrote hellboy comics, like many long franchines from getting boring?

  • @sadianuri5158
    @sadianuri5158 4 роки тому

    Amazing

  • @aRBy125
    @aRBy125 4 роки тому

    Hey Jake, I don't know if you take suggestions from the comments section here, but since it ties into this miniseries you've been posting lately; what about for those situations where, you have your characters set up, but you need a setting for them to shine in? While it kinda ties into worldbuilding, it's less about overbuilding, and more about giving them an appropriate playground.

  • @mledra1
    @mledra1 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks Jake for all that you do for the community. Does this apply to things like a children's book as well? I am trying to get a start on my own children's book and I don't know where to start. Thanks!

    • @jakeparker44
      @jakeparker44  4 роки тому +1

      It does apply to children's books. Though some story books are more of an extended joke with a punch line. There are some that do follow these beats. I would take some time and study a few of your favorite children's books and see what makes them work.

    • @mledra1
      @mledra1 4 роки тому

      @@jakeparker44 Thanks for the advice and the breakdown in your video. Maybe it's what I needed to start putting pencil to paper.

  • @gyebisarpong5904
    @gyebisarpong5904 4 роки тому

    Can make a video talking about using marker

  • @harithanatarajan4341
    @harithanatarajan4341 4 роки тому

    Can you make a short video about how to design a robot.that will be a great one.pls reply

  • @drawingmaniacsterben7144
    @drawingmaniacsterben7144 4 роки тому

    "click on that podcast BUTTON" while pointing on the rabbit's butt :D No great video Jake! helpfull as always!

  • @guillermobolasdemadera345
    @guillermobolasdemadera345 4 роки тому +1

    Just in time! Comicquarantine gang where you at!

  • @dimimor5795
    @dimimor5795 4 роки тому +1

    Jake

  • @jinatjahan7937
    @jinatjahan7937 4 роки тому +2

    Hello Jake how have you been, I am currently working on a story about robots but I don't know how to draw them well maybe you can help a fellow artist
    Sincerely, a 12-year-old artist and a new subscriber

  • @hellboy7424
    @hellboy7424 4 роки тому +2

    Are you talking about me?

  • @somethingventured3
    @somethingventured3 3 роки тому +1

    What reader/app/service do you use for indie books?

  • @zazulakoma
    @zazulakoma 4 роки тому

    this is exactly what I needed. 1000 thanks from hungary plus 1 like

  • @airfox
    @airfox 4 роки тому

    Dope!

  • @adam_keoki
    @adam_keoki 4 роки тому

    Hey Jake. Excellent video. You have a few different formats of Hellboy(library edition, digital, etc). Why? lol. I've heard about the omnibus edition and such. What do you like about each?

  • @herobot1
    @herobot1 4 роки тому

    Awesome video Jake. Really cool analysis. Quick question, and I'm sorry if you get that often but what is the pen you use to ink your Hellboy sketch? Keep up the great work!

    • @jakeparker44
      @jakeparker44  4 роки тому

      That's a Copic Gasenfude Pen.

    • @herobot1
      @herobot1 4 роки тому

      @@jakeparker44 Thank you!

  • @ethanj8318
    @ethanj8318 3 роки тому

    Jake where are you??

  • @Psycho-Complex
    @Psycho-Complex 4 роки тому +1

    do spawn :O

  • @purpleocean5958
    @purpleocean5958 4 роки тому

    i have a question , is inktober only black and white or can you use colo(u)rs

  • @omarilawson6250
    @omarilawson6250 4 роки тому

    Yes dude

  • @mishal7718
    @mishal7718 3 роки тому

    Jake what kind of ink are you using for brushpen?

  • @dwaynepeterson7511
    @dwaynepeterson7511 4 роки тому

    Any other artists skip every UA-cam add aside from Photoshop ones?

  • @pixydis
    @pixydis 4 роки тому +1

    Nice spoon. 0:37