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The Indefatigable Les McClaine

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Les McClaine has an interesting tutorial on how to “antique” your images and make them look like ragged old comic book covers.

And another step-by-step Photoshop tutorial which shows us how to get that great old colour-halftone newsprint look: How to color like a little old lady.

Also, if you haven’t read McClaine’s Life with Leslie diary-comic, you really should. At turns tragic and comic, sweet and sour, he drew the strip nearly every day for two years and has it posted on his site for free.

Also, don’t miss McClaine’s Hergé-inspired web-comic, Johnny Crossbones, which was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2005.

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  • http://www.adamkoford.com/ Ape Lad

    My head just exploded. That’s some dang fine stuff and great tutorials.
    Here’s how I do the halftone effect thing:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/212102444/
    But I like McClaine’s way better.

  • http://www.adamkoford.com Ape Lad

    My head just exploded. That’s some dang fine stuff and great tutorials.
    Here’s how I do the halftone effect thing:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/212102444/
    But I like McClaine’s way better.

  • http://www.robotjohnny.com/ Johnny

    Great tutorial and link!

  • http://www.robotjohnny.com Johnny

    Great tutorial and link!

  • fabianfucci

    Frankly, I expected a lot more. 7 steps to explain traditional computer color, and 1 step to explain traditional overlaying, I don’t think it makes a tutorial interesting.

  • fabianfucci

    Frankly, I expected a lot more. 7 steps to explain traditional computer color, and 1 step to explain traditional overlaying, I don’t think it makes a tutorial interesting.

  • http://dansbloog.blogspot.com/ 6shot

    his little skeleton dude ownz all, haha

  • http://dansbloog.blogspot.com/ 6shot

    his little skeleton dude ownz all, haha

  • peter-bangs

    Love johnny crossbones. Very cool. Still trying to find my way around Photoshop cs so all tutorials are good by me and this was very clever, at least it seemed so to a know nothing like me.

  • peter-bangs

    Love johnny crossbones. Very cool. Still trying to find my way around Photoshop cs so all tutorials are good by me and this was very clever, at least it seemed so to a know nothing like me.