Inking for Comic Books: Traditional and Digital Techniques
About Me
A course by Sam Hart , Comic Book and Storyboard Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this first lesson, I will tell you about myself, my career, why I draw comics, and how the artists I admire have influenced my work. ”
In this video lesson Sam Hart addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Inking for Comic Books: Traditional and Digital Techniques. Bring parallel universes to life by learning to combine different inking techniques for comic book illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi, I'm Sam Hart. Like many comic book artists, I began drawing at an early age. I adored comics, illustrations, and Saturday morning cartoons, and wanted to make them a part of my daily life. I was drawing all the time as a kid at home, at school, on holidays, or on sick days. I used crayons, my fingers, but mostly a pencil. I copied photographs and illustrations, and created my own superheroes. It took me many years to feel comfortable with my linework and layouts working on fanzines at school and college with colleagues and eventually, I learned about the finer qualities of in...”
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Course summary for: Inking for Comic Books: Traditional and Digital Techniques
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Comic, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Narrative, Watercolor Painting

Sam Hart
A course by Sam Hart
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.
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