Autobiographical Comic Book: Illustrate Your Experiences
Generating Ideas!
A course by Alec Longstreth , Cartoonist
About the video: Generating Ideas!
Overview
“Now I will show you some different ways to brainstorm many ideas. I will then teach you how to sift through your ideas to figure out what will go on your comic's page.”
In this video lesson Alec Longstreth addresses the topic: Generating Ideas!, which is part of the Domestika online course: Autobiographical Comic Book: Illustrate Your Experiences. Learn how to write, pencil, and ink a comic based on your personal experiences, from the initial idea to the finished page.
Partial transcription of the video
“Generating Ideas! In the last lesson, we talked about some big ideas for making comics. In this lesson, we'll generate ideas for our one-page comic. At times, you feel the only way to write something is by staring at the dreaded blank sheet of paper. You'll hear writers saying, "I'm staring at the blank screen, trying to pull ideas out of the ether." You might have found yourself with a clean sheet of paper, pencil in hand, sitting and feeling stressed out like "Where do I start, how do I jump in?" One of the ways I've overcome this in my comics career is by speaking. Using the oral traditi...”
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Course summary for: Autobiographical Comic Book: Illustrate Your Experiences
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Category
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Areas
Comic, Communication, Digital Illustration, Ink Illustration, Narrative, Pencil Drawing, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Writing
Alec Longstreth
A course by Alec Longstreth
Alec Longstreth is a cartoonist, freelance illustrator, and teacher living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He first fell in love with comics thanks to his grandfather who would read them in the newspaper, and soon began exploring iconic titles at his local comic shop and public library. Alec quickly fell in love with Disney comics in particular, and drew a six-page comic at just 12 years old that won a prize at a local art competition.
He started drawing comics seriously while studying technical theater at Oberlin College. Alec’s comics were featured in the student newspaper, and after graduating, he began self-publishing them. Since then, he has released 24 issues of his minicomic Phase 7, and won awards for both his first and second comic project, Isle of Elsi. He later moved to New York City to study illustration at Pratt Institute and launched his freelance illustration career, working with Highlights Magazine, National Geographic Kids, and Nickelodeon. Alongside creating art, Alec teaches workshops to students as the Director of Academic Outreach at The Center for Cartoon Studies.
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