Visual Narrative for Comic Books: Illustrate Your Own Universe

The Big Picture

A course by Sam Hart , Comic Book and Storyboard Artist

98% positive reviews (162)

5,122 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: The Big Picture

Overview

“Now I will finalize the pencil artwork for the third page and tell you more about the page turn and splash pages.”

In this video lesson Sam Hart addresses the topic: The Big Picture, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Narrative for Comic Books: Illustrate Your Own Universe. Learn to create your own fictional world through visual storytelling.

Partial transcription of the video

“The Big Picture We've just finished pages one and two and before I go onto the pencils for page three, I want to show you just how effective the page turn can be. I have in front of me a Brazilian edition of a "Batman" comic. This was printed when I was a kid and I bought it off the newsstand, and I want to show you one specific story written by Denny O'Neil with art by Neil Adams. This story is told by a ghostly figure who's here represented in green. Batman sets off on an adventure and at one point in the story we find him almost about to enter a castle. At the very end of the page, he fi...”

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Course summary for: Visual Narrative for Comic Books: Illustrate Your Own Universe

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (162)
5122 students
4 units
13 lessons (1h 59m)
8 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Comic, Narrative, Storyboard, Traditional illustration

Sam Hart

A course by Sam Hart

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Comic Book and Storyboard Artist

Sam Hart is an Anglo-Brazilian comic book artist based in São Paulo. He fell in love with comic books at a young age and has been reading, drawing, and writing them ever since. He has drawn stories featuring characters such as Robin Hood and The Power Rangers and had one of the graphics novels he illustrated adapted into a film starring Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron.

Aside from creating comic books of his own, Sam regularly teaches illustration and comic book art and is passionate about helping others create their own realities through visual narratives.