Autobiographical Comic Book: Illustrate Your Experiences
Productivity Tips
A course by Alec Longstreth , Cartoonist
About the video: Productivity Tips
Overview
“A single page of comics can take many hours to complete. I will provide you with some tips for tackling this work and the mindset it takes to achieve much larger comics projects.”
In this video lesson Alec Longstreth addresses the topic: Productivity Tips, 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
“ Productivity Tips In the previous lesson, we talked about the physical process of penciling and inking a page of comics. In this lesson, we'll cover the mental aspects of creating comics. I'll give you productivity tips to help you through the process of making your page of comics. This course's project is a single page of comics. That comic might take anywhere from one to eight hours, depending on the level of detail that you do in the drawing and what you have planned. Often, drawing even a page of comics cannot be done in a single sitting. It might take a week or a month, depending on ...”
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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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