Comic Strip Creation: Illustrating Unique Stories

Overview

“In this lesson, I’ll give a brief overview of what a comic is and where we find them. I’ll also define what I’ve dubbed a comic’s identity. We’re going to explore the variety of comics that are out there. We’ll discuss their identities then you will have an opportunity to write the theme, voice, and style of some of your favorite comics.”

In this video lesson Jimmy Craig addresses the topic: Introduction to Comics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Comic Strip Creation: Illustrating Unique Stories. Learn how to develop, draw, and digitize your sketches to create a successful illustrated comic strip for social media.

Partial transcription of the video

“Introduction to Comics Before your start creating your comic, we'll see basically what a comic is. This course's goal is to create a comic with its own unique identity, and I break that down into three elements, and we'll look at a variety of comics that help illustrate each element. COMICS COMICS, WEBCOMICS, CARTOONS, COMIC STRIPS, FUNNIES To start things off, there are a couple of different names for what I would consider to be a comic. First, you have a webcomic, something you might only find on the internet, but that really isn't the case anymore, considering a lot of those get publishe...”

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Course summary for: Comic Strip Creation: Illustrating Unique Stories

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (127)
• 2568 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (1h 33m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Comic, Narrative, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration