Brigitta Blair
@brigittablair.bsky.social
📚 Author-illustrator of graphic novel, CRAMMING (Little Brown, 2027)
🌱 Rep: Chelsea Eberly at Greenhouse Literary
💬 Love to talk about comic & book craft
🎮 UX/UI Tech Designer in video games
🌈 she/they
https://brigittablair.com/blog/
🌱 Rep: Chelsea Eberly at Greenhouse Literary
💬 Love to talk about comic & book craft
🎮 UX/UI Tech Designer in video games
🌈 she/they
https://brigittablair.com/blog/
Made myself a little color palette picker for my graphic novel! 🎨
At first, I used CSP's built-in color palette, but I found this method much faster. Plus, it automatically converts my tool into a color picker when I tap inside the sub view!
At first, I used CSP's built-in color palette, but I found this method much faster. Plus, it automatically converts my tool into a color picker when I tap inside the sub view!
October 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Made myself a little color palette picker for my graphic novel! 🎨
At first, I used CSP's built-in color palette, but I found this method much faster. Plus, it automatically converts my tool into a color picker when I tap inside the sub view!
At first, I used CSP's built-in color palette, but I found this method much faster. Plus, it automatically converts my tool into a color picker when I tap inside the sub view!
Highly recommend this book for any artist that wants to create comics/manga!
It's called "All Faces" and includes 24,908 faces from One Piece panels. It's a great study tool to see character faces at different scales or as inspiration for expressions.
It's called "All Faces" and includes 24,908 faces from One Piece panels. It's a great study tool to see character faces at different scales or as inspiration for expressions.
July 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Highly recommend this book for any artist that wants to create comics/manga!
It's called "All Faces" and includes 24,908 faces from One Piece panels. It's a great study tool to see character faces at different scales or as inspiration for expressions.
It's called "All Faces" and includes 24,908 faces from One Piece panels. It's a great study tool to see character faces at different scales or as inspiration for expressions.
Had a lot of fun drawing the chateau in my graphic novel. Could I just draw pretty houses and parties all day long please? ❤️
May 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Had a lot of fun drawing the chateau in my graphic novel. Could I just draw pretty houses and parties all day long please? ❤️
This scene I'm working on makes SketchUp worth the cost. Took me about 10 mins to set up and will save me a TON of time drawing chairs from different angles with this as a reference. 🪑
May 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This scene I'm working on makes SketchUp worth the cost. Took me about 10 mins to set up and will save me a TON of time drawing chairs from different angles with this as a reference. 🪑
Shoutout to Sakura Oriko for her amazing reference books! All of her books are wonderful for inspiration, but this one in particular is a favorite (かわいい女の子の衣装デザインアイデア帳). 💗
March 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Shoutout to Sakura Oriko for her amazing reference books! All of her books are wonderful for inspiration, but this one in particular is a favorite (かわいい女の子の衣装デザインアイデア帳). 💗
icon vs artist
February 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
icon vs artist
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard, everyone! Hope your light burns bright even in the darkest of times 💛
February 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard, everyone! Hope your light burns bright even in the darkest of times 💛
Making not only character height sheets, but also commonly used object height sheets has been helpful in keeping my character heights consistent across my graphic novel.
January 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Making not only character height sheets, but also commonly used object height sheets has been helpful in keeping my character heights consistent across my graphic novel.
Got featured in the Daily Cartoonist today for my Substack post on "How I Got My Literary Agent"! 💙
If you're interested in reading the post, you can take a look here: brigittablair.substack.com/p/how-i-got-...
If you're interested in reading the post, you can take a look here: brigittablair.substack.com/p/how-i-got-...
January 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Got featured in the Daily Cartoonist today for my Substack post on "How I Got My Literary Agent"! 💙
If you're interested in reading the post, you can take a look here: brigittablair.substack.com/p/how-i-got-...
If you're interested in reading the post, you can take a look here: brigittablair.substack.com/p/how-i-got-...
Quick draw what you're wearing, 5 mins max
January 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Quick draw what you're wearing, 5 mins max
One of my fav things to do is make funny little chibi characters in my graphic novel 🖤 Hehe.
January 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
One of my fav things to do is make funny little chibi characters in my graphic novel 🖤 Hehe.
Hi #PortfolioDay! 👋
I'm Brigitta and I make graphic novels and video games. Nice to meet you.
Portfolio: brigittablair.com/illustrations
I'm Brigitta and I make graphic novels and video games. Nice to meet you.
Portfolio: brigittablair.com/illustrations
January 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Hi #PortfolioDay! 👋
I'm Brigitta and I make graphic novels and video games. Nice to meet you.
Portfolio: brigittablair.com/illustrations
I'm Brigitta and I make graphic novels and video games. Nice to meet you.
Portfolio: brigittablair.com/illustrations
Do you draw speech bubbles while you ink the panels (characters, setting, etc.) or do you do all of your speech bubbles first? 💬
I like to add all of my panel borders and speech bubbles before I draw everything else at the ink stage, but would love to hear what others do!
I like to add all of my panel borders and speech bubbles before I draw everything else at the ink stage, but would love to hear what others do!
January 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Do you draw speech bubbles while you ink the panels (characters, setting, etc.) or do you do all of your speech bubbles first? 💬
I like to add all of my panel borders and speech bubbles before I draw everything else at the ink stage, but would love to hear what others do!
I like to add all of my panel borders and speech bubbles before I draw everything else at the ink stage, but would love to hear what others do!
Obsessed with this Clip Studio tool that let's you delete the outer edges of speech bubbles by drawing a rectangle! ✨️
January 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Obsessed with this Clip Studio tool that let's you delete the outer edges of speech bubbles by drawing a rectangle! ✨️
Making a little guide for myself for the Clip Studio Tabmate. This thing is awesome and saving so much time 🖤
January 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Making a little guide for myself for the Clip Studio Tabmate. This thing is awesome and saving so much time 🖤
Making custom speech bubble materials in Clip Studio Paint so they match my lineart ✒️
January 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Making custom speech bubble materials in Clip Studio Paint so they match my lineart ✒️
Happy New Year, everyone! (: Excited to kick things off for the new year with a new Substack which I'll be posting later today. In the meantime, here's a photo of some highlights of my 2024. Wishing everyone a wonderful 2025!
January 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Happy New Year, everyone! (: Excited to kick things off for the new year with a new Substack which I'll be posting later today. In the meantime, here's a photo of some highlights of my 2024. Wishing everyone a wonderful 2025!
Quick tip for anyone using InDesign to format their book! You can go to Window > Interactive > Bookmarks to create links to pages. I like to sort them by location so I can draw all of the soccer scenes at once in my graphic novel to speed up the process. (I also like to categorize with emojis. 😄)
December 29, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Quick tip for anyone using InDesign to format their book! You can go to Window > Interactive > Bookmarks to create links to pages. I like to sort them by location so I can draw all of the soccer scenes at once in my graphic novel to speed up the process. (I also like to categorize with emojis. 😄)
Adding a timer to my process has been a gamechanger. ⏰️ It forces me to only spend a certain amount of time on a part of my graphic novel and has also been a good way of tracking how long it takes me do different steps.
December 26, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Adding a timer to my process has been a gamechanger. ⏰️ It forces me to only spend a certain amount of time on a part of my graphic novel and has also been a good way of tracking how long it takes me do different steps.
If you're using Clip Studio Paint, auto-actions will save you a TON of time! Not only can you make one for individual pages like this video, but you can also apply them to all of your pages in a project file by going to "File" > "Batch process...". It has saved me so much time with layer management.
December 22, 2024 at 6:19 AM
If you're using Clip Studio Paint, auto-actions will save you a TON of time! Not only can you make one for individual pages like this video, but you can also apply them to all of your pages in a project file by going to "File" > "Batch process...". It has saved me so much time with layer management.
Fun little tracker I made when I started thumbing my graphic novel. 💛 Still working on a blog post about my thumbs recap (a lot of unexpected life events happened this past week), so stay tuned!
December 12, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Fun little tracker I made when I started thumbing my graphic novel. 💛 Still working on a blog post about my thumbs recap (a lot of unexpected life events happened this past week), so stay tuned!
What are those?! 👻🥿
December 1, 2024 at 3:28 AM
What are those?! 👻🥿
Here's another really great technique for comic thumbnails/storyboarding that involves labeling the characters with letters (ex: A or B) or contextual labels (ex: Thief).
Sample by Yuto Tsukuda, the creator of "Food Wars!". Found this in "The Shonen Jump: Guide to Making Manga" book.
Sample by Yuto Tsukuda, the creator of "Food Wars!". Found this in "The Shonen Jump: Guide to Making Manga" book.
November 28, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Here's another really great technique for comic thumbnails/storyboarding that involves labeling the characters with letters (ex: A or B) or contextual labels (ex: Thief).
Sample by Yuto Tsukuda, the creator of "Food Wars!". Found this in "The Shonen Jump: Guide to Making Manga" book.
Sample by Yuto Tsukuda, the creator of "Food Wars!". Found this in "The Shonen Jump: Guide to Making Manga" book.
First, I made the spread template using Adobe XD, then printed it out and used the Japanese 4-hole book binding technique to hold everything together. Afterwards, I added tape for security. It was a great way for me to test out different dynamic layouts at a small scale before detailing on an iPad.
November 27, 2024 at 1:11 AM
First, I made the spread template using Adobe XD, then printed it out and used the Japanese 4-hole book binding technique to hold everything together. Afterwards, I added tape for security. It was a great way for me to test out different dynamic layouts at a small scale before detailing on an iPad.