That’s the big takeaway I’m constantly reminding myself of, and the lesson I hope you take with you if/when you decide to dive down the AI-generated artwork rabbit hole. What is it then? For me, it’s a brand new tool that unlocks another way to tell stories. It’s certainly not a replacement for a formal fine arts education. It has its own mini-language and nuances and rules.ĪI isn’t merely some “easy button.” It’s not necessarily a shortcut to creating meaningful art. Learning to effectively use “prompt craft” to create stunning visuals in Midjourney (and by extension DALL-e and Stable Diffusion) isn’t so simple as just describing what you want. While it’s true my silly alpaca required no imagination, using an AI program to help visualize whatever is rattling around in your head takes a healthy mixture of imagination, patience, perseverance, and yes, even a little skill. But now that door that never existed has been created, unlocked, and opened right in front of me. At the beginning of 2022, creating my own comic book series wasn’t even a dream because I considered it impossible. And Midjourney has revived my imagination from a coma. Imagination, Patience, PerseveranceĪs I wrote about extensively in this article, Midjourney has a very specific goal: to make humans more imaginative. Midjourney became my AI artist, and I became the art director. So, I decided it was time to take an idea I’d dabbled with in long-form prose and turn it into a comic book. And literally anyone can harness some of that magic to do things they’d never dreamed of. Is this some jaw-dropping work of art? Not in my opinion. It seems to have rose petal fur and a pair of ears on its butt, but consider the source material it had to work with. It has ears on its butt, but consider the source… * This feature is available on iPad only more. Work without worry of losing your creation as documents are automatically saved whenever a change is made. Use smart shapes to add common shapes and the free form shape drawing tool to create any line or shape you can imagine. Create multilayered color gradients to design the perfect style for lettering, captions or background. Resize and rotate images, clip them in panels along with balloons, captions, and lettering. Curve and place balloon tails precisely with advanced tail controls. Easily add photos from your library with the Place Photo button in panels. Drag and Drop elements anywhere in your comic page. Choose from full page layouts including panels, titles and captions along with complimentary styles for a high end look. Send your comics to a printer on your wireless network. Transfer your comics to Mac or Windows and keep working with Comic Life 3 on your desktop or laptop. Share your comics on Facebook, Twitter, via Mail, AirDrop and iTunes File Share. Create photo comics in the full featured comic editor. Read your comics with the integrated e-reader. Integrated camera feature to instantly add photos to your comic New balloon variety slider for even more customization Instant Alpha tool built in so you can knock out image backgroundsįully customizable fill and borders for balloons, lettering, captions, panels and shapes Script Editor* that recognizes elements as you typeĭozens of full templates with hundreds of panel layout options. Choose from Facebook, Twitter, email or open your comic in another app as a PDF. When your work of art is complete, use the integrated reader to review pages on your device. Create original stories with the integrated Script Editor then drag and drop your words to the comic page when you're done.īring in photos from your photo library or access web photos via Flickr integration, and the app’s powerful editing and design tools to get exactly the look you want. And now you can build your comics anywhere you like!Įasily go from taking photos to creating full comics all on one device with full page templates and panel layouts. Packed with fonts, templates, balloons, captions, and lettering art, Comic Life is a fun, powerful and easy-to-use app that makes creating comics easier than ever. Everything you need at your fingertips: speech balloons, photo filters, comic lettering, templates, shapes, shadows and effects.ĭownload Comic Life 3 to create dynamic comics with your photos. Dozens of fully customizable templates. New graphics features include speedlines, halftones, updated stroke options and more! Introducing an integrated Script Editor*, next generation image filters and built in Instant Alpha tool. I love the way the app allows you to edit tiny details, from the shape and style of word bubbles to the size and placement of each story cell." - Kit Eaton, The New York Times "Of the comic book apps I’ve used, Comic Life,, has the most features and works best on an iPad because of the bigger screen. The Most Powerful Photo Comic Creation App Available.
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