Comic Creation Specialization: Master Storytelling and Illustration

Course summary

• U1: Getting Inspired

  • Introduction

  • Influences / Jimmy Craig

  • Influences / Fred Van Lente

  • Influences / Sam Hart

  • Influences / André Lima Araújo

  • Influences / Alec Longstreth

  • Influences / Charles Glaubitz Gonzalez

• U2: Basics of Comic

  • Introduction to Comics

  • The Visual Journey of Ideas

  • André Lima Materials

  • Thinking in Pictures

  • Tools for Comic Storytelling

  • Writing Your Comic Commandments

• U3: Story, Style and Characters

  • Identifying a Theme

  • Finding Your Voice

  • Generating Ideas!

  • Defining Your Style

  • Choosing the Moment

• U4: Comic Strip Format with Jimmy Craig

  • Writing

  • Layout

  • Digitization

• U5: Script Writing and Visual Storytelling with Fred Van Lente

  • Story Time

  • Roughing It: The Pages

  • Roughing It: The Scenes

  • Designing Characters

  • "The Stitch Up"

  • The Anatomy of a Script

  • Assembling the Team

  • Now What?

• U6: Visual Narrative with Sam Hart

  • Materials

  • Elements of a Comic Book Page

  • Sequential Narrative

  • Setting the Story

  • Layout

  • First Drawings

  • The Big Picture

  • Real Estate of the Page

  • Inking

• U7: Action and Perspective with André Lima

  • Materials

  • Perspective as a Tool

  • Anatomy in Perspective for Characters

  • Planning and Writing Stage: The Power of a Blank Page

  • Layouts 1

  • Layouts 2

  • Pencil Stage 1

  • Pencil Stage 2

  • Inking Stage 1

  • Inking Stage 2

  • Inking Stage 3

  • Grey Tones Stage 1

  • Grey Tones Stage 2

• U8: Illustrate Your Experiences with Alec Longstreth

  • Introducing the Project

  • An Overview of Comics

  • Generating Ideas!

  • Sketching Thumbnails

  • The Page Layout 1

  • The Page Layout 2

  • Lettering

  • Penciling and Inking 1

  • Penciling and Inking 2

• U9: Panel Design and Visual Storytelling with Charles Glaubitz

  • Page Layout, Elements of a Page, and Shapes of a Panel

  • Compositional Tools to Make Dynamic Panels

  • Ways of Creating Depth

  • Thumbnails

  • Page Layout

  • Composition Design

  • Breakdowns

  • Finished Pencils

  • Starting to Ink

  • Middle Inks

  • Finishing Inks

• U10: Tips and Tricks

  • Making a Portfolio and the Importance of Original Creations

  • How to Break into Comics

  • Social Media

  • Monetizing Your Work

  • Sticking to a Schedule and Staying Inspired

  • Productivity Tips

  • Cleaning up the Comic

  • Sharing the Comic

  • Making More Comics and Printing Them

  • Self-Publishing and Sharing Your Work

• Final project

  • Comic Creation Specialization: Master Storytelling and Illustration