Autobiographical Comic Book: Illustrate Your Experiences
The Page Layout 1
A course by Alec Longstreth , Cartoonist
About the video: The Page Layout 1
Overview
“Next, you will take the thumbnails and lay them out on the paper (or digital file) that you will use to draw the final comic. ”
In this video lesson Alec Longstreth addresses the topic: The Page Layout 1, 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
“In the previous lesson, we made a page of thumbnails. This is sort of our roadmap that we're going to use. And in this lesson, We're going to transfer this onto our piece of Bristol board and lay out the panels and the speech balloons for this page of comics. As you can see, we've changed the setup. In my studio at home, I kind of have two desks. One is flat where I do all my thumb nailing and writing and brainstorming and idea generating. And the other is vertical. This is kind of an extreme angle. I have kind of a bad back. And so I draw it almost an 80 degree angle. If you buy a traditio...”
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Course summary for: Autobiographical Comic Book: Illustrate Your Experiences
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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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