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Claire Scott

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · Jun 25

Not even half of my workload as a comics major in one picture

Best graduation pic I took this year

Around a hundred traditional comic pages spread out on the floor and furniture of my old apartment. I sit on the couch looking over the mess.

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · 8d

Adapting books to comics takes more writing chops than people realize, even if the artist doesn’t have to write the story from scratch.

If a comic is filled with prose narration that could’ve been drawn or dialogue that hasn’t been adjusted for comic pacing, it’s an illustrated novel, not a comic.

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 10d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Joey Roditis @joeyroditis.bsky.social · 9d

Comics aren’t a stepping stone to film or TV adaptation. Sequential art is a rich and varied medium that doesn’t get a fraction of the respect it deserves ESPECIALLY for the amount of labor that goes into it

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 10d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · 13d

Happy ten years of Six of Crows!

#Art #SixOfCrows #Grishaverse

Illustration of characters from Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, in the style of an 1890s photograph. The text at the bottom reads “The Silver Six, Ketterdam, Kerch.”

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · 13d

Version without the texturing

Grayscale illustration of characters from Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · 13d

Happy ten years of Six of Crows!

#Art #SixOfCrows #Grishaverse

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · 15d

Did some inking today :)

Inking illustration of characters from Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · 17d

☀️ You and I are going to change the world ☀️

#ShadowAndBone #Art

Illustration of characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · 17d

THANK YOU!!! Add (Glow) mode ftw

Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · 17d

☀️ You and I are going to change the world ☀️

#ShadowAndBone #Art

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · 20d

Hello! I’m Claire Scott, a comic author-illustrator interested in working on stories for young adult and adult audiences. I am available for work!

You can find my portfolio here: clairescottart.wixsite.com/portfolio

Chapter 4, page 1 from Six of Crows: A Comic Adaptation

Chapter 4, page 2 from Six of Crows: A Comic Adaptation

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Chris Samnee @chrissamnee.bsky.social · 22d

🦇 HAPPY BATMAN DAY 🦇

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · 24d

inking wip complete after working on it on and off for the past month or so

can’t wait to color!

Traditional art work-in-progress featuring the characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

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Helioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social · 27d

New YouTube short! Meet some of the artists at Helioscope: @jcscottart.bsky.social, @jeffparker.bsky.social, @emmetthgraham.bsky.social, Gordon Graham, and @colleencoover.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/shorts/zM4NA...

Meet some professional cartoonists!

YouTube video by Helioscope PDX

www.youtube.com

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 28d

i am so tired of the tasks. i want to make the comics

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · Sep 12

inking wip I’ve been working at for far too long (working on setting up my studio!)

Work in progress traditionally inked piece of The Darkling from the Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

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Parker @jeffparker.bsky.social · Aug 26

Try to figure out how a scene could work with no dialogue, and then taking breaks, imagine it a couple more times until you get to the most interesting way to show it play out. Now you're telling the story visually. Reward yourself with the possibility of some dialogue

Steve Lieber: NYCC K-19 @stevelieberart.bsky.social · Aug 17

Following up on my portfolio critique list: Any of you comics writers who teach feel like coming up with a list of 12 Things You Would Probably Tell an Aspiring Writer about their Comic Script?

Steve Lieber: NYCC K-19 @stevelieberart.bsky.social · Aug 16

Great idea! I'm not the guy to do it, but I'm sure it could be done: "The story starts on page three." "The protagonist's efforts would be more compelling if you established what the stakes are if she fails" etc.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · Aug 29

somebody emailed me to ask for tips on finding style, so i'm gonna share my thoughts here, too: first of all, don't worry about what you're good at it, or what you want your art to look like. figure out what's fun about the /process/ for you and lean into those elements!

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tatiana 🌈 @caterwaul.bsky.social · Aug 22

one very real, concrete way to help feed Gaza right now is through donating to World Central Kitchen

World Central Kitchen @wck.org · Aug 21

WCK’s mobile bakery in Gaza is currently producing 45,000 loaves of bread every day. With more supplies, including flour and fuel, we'd be able to more than double that daily output and support more Palestinian families in need. #ChefsForGaza

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · Aug 18

Comic panel of Jesper Fahey kissing his pistol, the SFX reading “SMOOCH!” with hearts in the Os.

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Steve Lieber: NYCC K-19 @stevelieberart.bsky.social · Aug 18

Comic folks: Share a favorite dumb sfx gag you came up with.

Line art of a panel I drew from The Fix. A modest duplex in Sherman oaks, CA. Over it we see, in huge letters FAPFAPFAP. This was well received both at my studio, helioscope, and in Sherman Oaks.

Panel in progress screenshot from an an issue of Superior Foes of Spider-Man. Beetle is texting, and the sfx is TXT TXT TXT TXT TXT

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · Aug 16

Working on an OGN pitch rn (on my third drafting pass), and it feels so good to get past a plot that feels very very derivative of my favorite books to something that’s unique enough to have my voice in it, all without changing the characters or genre

Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you!!! :)

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · Aug 9

Scourge of the Seas 🌊

#ShadowAndBone #Art

Illustration of Sturmhond from the Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

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Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · Aug 10

Somehow, they exist! Under ten colleges offer it in the US, I think

Claire Scott @jcscottart.bsky.social · Aug 10

can’t wait to start covering more floor with a new project soon!