Imaginary Worldbuilding for Comic Book Drawing
Influences
A course by Liam Sharp , Writer and Illustrator
Joined September 2020
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I will introduce you to the finest world-builders in comics and explain how they impacted my work. ”
In this video lesson Liam Sharp addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Imaginary Worldbuilding for Comic Book Drawing. Learn to enhance your storytelling skills by exploring illustration techniques to create rich, believable environments for comic books and other artistic pieces.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, we will talk about my influences and some of the people who've really inspired me when it comes to world-building in particular. I want to start by talking about Don Lawrence because he was my friend and mentor. The whole idea of the corridor was based on an experience I had with him and we'll come back to that later. I want to show you some examples of fine storytelling and world-building that he did. This is "Storm: The Last Fighter." This is an English edition. It was mostly done in Holland. These are the two heroes, Storm himself and Redhair, his companion. Th...”
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Course summary for: Imaginary Worldbuilding for Comic Book Drawing
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Liam Sharp
A course by Liam Sharp
Liam Sharp is an award-winning British comic book artist, writer, publisher, and co-founder of Madefire Inc. He’s worked with major comic companies, from Marvel, DarkHorse, Image, and DC. Liam has also created his own comics, titled Starhenge.
He’s drawn the Hulk, Spider-man, Venom, Spawn, and more recently the best-selling Wonder Woman Rebirth series, The Lies and The Truth. He also illustrated an issue of The Justice League, a Dark Knight Metal tie-in, and the acclaimed The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman series, which he also wrote. Liam recently finished a 24-issue illustration of The Green Lantern,, and Batman: Reptilian for DC's Black Label imprint.
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