Comic Strip Creation: Illustrating Unique Stories

Overview

“We are going to create a list of commandments that will define your comic and guide you as you write and illustrate it. We will use the elements discussed in the three previous lessons to write specific criteria to follow. I will discuss the commandments that govern They Can Talk and then you will write your own list of commandments for your comic.”

In this video lesson Jimmy Craig addresses the topic: Writing Your Comic Commandments, 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

“Writing Your Comic Commandments In previous lessons, we covered your comics theme, voice and style. Now we'll write its commandments, which will encompass all three, and make a list of rules that will govern our comic. We'll look at a "They Can Talk" comic and I'm gonna share the commandments that I follow when I write it. 1. Base the comic in reality The very first commandment that I follow when writing "They Can Talk" is I always try to base it in reality. Sometimes it's pushed, but that's where the ideas always start. For example, in this one, the goose isn't going to work, wearing a sui...”

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Course summary for: Comic Strip Creation: Illustrating Unique Stories

• Level: Beginner
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• 2616 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (1h 33m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Comic, Narrative, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration