I thought it might be interesting to any watchers out there (and handy for me) if I put a list of things that I use in the process of creating my comics. So here’s the list with a short explanation of what I use them for.

http://celtx.com/download.html — This is the program I mentioned before. I use it to type of all of my scripts. It automatically formats the script, it stores characters, time stamps my saves, and has a “sketch” feature that lets me work out panel arrangements if I’m having trouble with sequencing, pacing, or anything else.

http://www.limewire.com/download/?404 — I’m a wierdo so I have specific songs that relate to certain characters, themes, scenes, whatever. I use limewire to download all of my music because I’m broke.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ — Itunes is my primary music player. It makes creating playlists easy and has the Genius feature that shows me similar music in my library.

http://www.dafont.com/ — One of two sites that I use to browse and download fonts to consider using when I get to the lettering stage.

http://blambot.com/fonts.shtml — The other font site that I use; it’s specifically for comics.

http://images.darkhorse.com/darkhorse08/company/submissions/DHScriptFormatGuides.pdf — This is where I got started with figuring out how to do the script format for comics.

http://www.bigredhair.com/work/comics.html — A fantastic site I stumbled upon that gave me a lot of great information to help me along in the early stages of writing comics.

http://www.jinxworld.com/scripts.html — The article that helped me get past the hangup of perfect format and carbon copying the formats presented to me. Also the website for one of my favorite writers.

http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/cwrite/writing2.html — This is where I found the lettering key that I became very fond of and am currently using.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ — Where I go to stay updating on all the interesting happenings of the comic world.

http://www.longbeachcomiccon.com/ — The website for my nearest comiccon. Long Beach Convention Center is a 30 minute or so walk if I cruise…which I always do when I’m on foot. Hoping to attend this year…might cosplay…might go the professional route. Haven’t decided yet.

http://www.deviantart.com/ — This is where I first started networking. I still use it here and there but, I admit, I’m not as active as I used to be.

http://www.writing.com/?i=1 — A great site I was introduced to by a friend. It’s great for getting good, solid, useable feedback on your writing.

And that, kids, pretty much covers it. Hopefully some of you find this useful. If not…at least I killed some time, fought some writer’s block, and made a handy list of daily places to visit for myself.

Christina