Autobiographical Comic Book: Illustrate Your Experiences
Penciling and Inking 1
A course by Alec Longstreth , Cartoonist
About the video: Penciling and Inking 1
Overview
“Next, you will learn how cartoonists should first pencil in the comic—which allows for editing—and then ink the final version for clean reproduction. ”
In this video lesson Alec Longstreth addresses the topic: Penciling and Inking 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 talked about lettering our comic. I've gone ahead and lettered the rest of this comic. In this lesson, we're going to talk about penciling and inking the page of comics. That will include the characters and the background details, basically everything that hasn't been done yet on the comics page. There are lots of different pencils that you can use. I recommend everyone go out if you can find one and just get like, you know, a full eight. be all the way down to 8H, soft to hard, and test them all out. Try to erase them, see which ones work, best for you. For me, i...”
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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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