Make a Mini Comic: Writing, Penciling, and Inking
The First Draft and Folding Pattern
A course by Aaron Renier , Cartoonist and Illustrator
Joined October 2021
About the video: The First Draft and Folding Pattern
Overview
“Now, you'll focus on the pacing of the short comic strip. If you want to try taking comics seriously, I highly recommend writing a rough draft. ”
In this video lesson Aaron Renier addresses the topic: The First Draft and Folding Pattern, which is part of the Domestika online course: Make a Mini Comic: Writing, Penciling, and Inking . Discover how to make a mini comic. This course combines drawing, storytelling, and book production to share your unique worldview..
Partial transcription of the video
“In the last lesson, we went through character design, and in this lesson, I'm going to go through our folding and our rough draft. So that rough storyline is going to help me with this next part. But first, I'm going to show you how our book is going to fold. All right, so now I'm going to show you the folding technique. It's called the hamburger and the hot dog fold. So the way that we do it is we fold it once like a hamburger bun. Fold it. We match up our corners nicely as we can and just crease it with our finger. And then we fold it like a hot dog bun. The long way, crease it with our f...”
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Course summary for: Make a Mini Comic: Writing, Penciling, and Inking
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Comic, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Aaron Renier
A course by Aaron Renier
With years of experience in the comic world, the instructor has worked both in independent comic creation and larger editorial projects. His focus is on visual storytelling and creativity, always seeking to inspire his students to explore new ways of storytelling. He has participated in multiple conventions and workshops, sharing his passion for drawing and storytelling with a wide audience.
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