Comic Book Art: Introduction
9 weeks
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Your own comics
TAKE CONTROL OVER YOUR CREATIVE FUTURE
Whether you want to do: a literary graphic novel, web-based comics or a storyboard for a movie, this 9-week intensive course will help you to start
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Expect to spend 6-10 hours a week viewing lectures, q&a, and on assignments.
Our mentor serve as your professional guide and comment each your assigment.
You will have from 4 to 8 pages of your own comic book in the end of the course.
Turn your passion for drawing and storytelling into
a comics
You will develop a setting, the characters, and the universe.
Web-comics
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Big publishers
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Small companies
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Manga
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Make comics that have never existed before
Our course gives you the freedom to build your creative practice from anywhere while keeping you on track with project deadlines and individualized goals.
Our course gives you the freedom to build your creative practice from anywhere while keeping you on track with project deadlines and individualized goals.
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Paolo is known for his acclaimed work with such mainstream publishers as Marvel Comics (Captain Marvel, Darkhawk), DC Comics (Teen Titans, Red Hood/Arsenal), Aspen Comics, Zenescope Entertainment, Coffin Comics, and more.
He's currently producing his own series Oniba: Swords of the Demon with Aspen Comics and in meantime he's collaborating with video-games companies such as Warner bros Games and Arc System.
He's currently producing his own series Oniba: Swords of the Demon with Aspen Comics and in meantime he's collaborating with video-games companies such as Warner bros Games and Arc System.
Paolo Pantalena | comic book artist
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Forge your path as:
Penciller
Inker
Colorist
Storyboard artist
Comic book art is first stated by the Penciller. The penciller does not usually create the finished art. The extent to which the pencilled pages resemble the final, inked version varies depending on the artist.
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The inker takes an artist's pencils and goes over them in ink, turning the image into a finished piece of work. The dark ink lines makes the art jump off the page and adds depth and dimension.
The colorist helps the comic book to become a finished piece of art, and is an artist in their own right, needing very different kinds of skills than what the penciller and inker need.
The colorist helps the comic book to become a finished piece of art, and is an artist in their own right, needing very different kinds of skills than what the penciller and inker need.
Letterer
All at once
The inker takes an artist's pencils and goes over them in ink, turning the image into a finished piece of work. The dark ink lines makes the art jump off the page and adds depth and dimension
The colorist helps the comic book to become a finished piece of art, and is an artist in their own right, needing very different kinds of skills than what the penciller and inker need.
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Our course structure
You study remotely with one online meeting and one review of assigments a week so you can plan your education in the most covinient way.
9 online meetings with lecture material and 9 online reviews
Course format
9 weeks of the main lectures and 3 weeks for a graduation project.
Photoshop (or equivalent), graphic tablet/Ipad and Procreate.
Duration
Materials
Intermediate: you need to know basics of drawing
Receive personal feedback on all submitted assignments
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Feedback
Language
Skills level
Week 1: Intro to the sketching
- Comics, introductory lecture: what are comics, how do they differ, who makes comics, what media is usually used to create comics
- Sketches, as the basis of composition in a frame: types of sketching, visual hierarchy tools in illustration
- Acquaintance with the main tools that modern comic book artists use for sketching
Week 2: Character in a comic book
- Character in the comic book: uniqueness, recognition, and simplicity with examples
- Basic proportions of a human body and face (only what comes in handy for styling in the comic books). Examples of characters proportions from popular franchises
- Creating a unique character sheet: references analysis in use of creation
- A few words about what else affects the character's visual representation in the comics: the target audience, the world and the environment around a character, his tastes, preferences, and behavior in a frame, the artist's style
Week 3: Hands and feet, the problematic parts of the body for newbies
- Hand: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- Foot: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- How to work using photo-refs from real life
- Getting into creating a 3D dummy of a character using Clip Studio and Easy Poser, using it as a help to draw body parts from different angles
Week 4: Starting to work with a comic page, paneling, and doodles
- Hand: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- Foot: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- How to work using photo-refs from real life
- Getting into creating a 3D dummy of a character using Clip Studio and Easy Poser, using it as a help to draw body parts from different angles
Week 5: A clean linework, work with background, and foreground in a comic book
- Hand: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- Foot: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- How to work using photo-refs from real life
- Getting into creating a 3D dummy of a character using Clip Studio and Easy Poser, using it as a help to draw body parts from different angles
Week 6: Tone and coloring
- Hand: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- Foot: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- How to work using photo-refs from real life
- Getting into creating a 3D dummy of a character using Clip Studio and Easy Poser, using it as a help to draw body parts from different angles
Week 7: Lights and shadows. Finalizing the page in color.
- Hand: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- Foot: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- How to work using photo-refs from real life
- Getting into creating a 3D dummy of a character using Clip Studio and Easy Poser, using it as a help to draw body parts from different angles
Week 8: Work with text. Dialogue bubbles.
- Hand: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- Foot: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- How to work using photo-refs from real life
- Getting into creating a 3D dummy of a character using Clip Studio and Easy Poser, using it as a help to draw body parts from different angles
Week 9: Comic book cover. Preparing for printing.
- Hand: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- Foot: simple shapes, proportions and modularity, palm plastic in the comic styling
- How to work using photo-refs from real life
- Getting into creating a 3D dummy of a character using Clip Studio and Easy Poser, using it as a help to draw body parts from different angles
Interested? Get access to trial lesson
Watch a trial lesson and get recomendation from our support manager about the course.
How this all online thing works
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Оставляй заявку на сайте или посмотри сперва пробный урок. Ты также можешь уточнить о любых акциях и предложениях у нашего менеджера.
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Получаешь доступ на платформу
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Lessons, feedback, and online meetings are held in a single virtual workspace with a constantly adapting interface.
Lessons, feedback, and online meetings are held in a single virtual workspace with a constantly adapting interface.
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Слушаешь лекции
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Depending on the schedule the student gets access to the material of each week and homework assignment.
Выполняешь домашние задания
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After viewing the lesson, the student is given the assignment. The assignment must be completed within next few days, before the next lesson or a review session.
All technical issues and lesson-related questions should be directed to our support department/team.
All technical issues and lesson-related questions should be directed to our support department/team.
Получаешь фидбэк от преподавателя
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A mentor examines the homework assignments of each student and makes recommendations for their improvements. These meetings are an important part of the learning process as it helps students to look at other's mistakes and progress and get a real-time connection with a teacher.
Делаешь диплом
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В финале ты создаешь свой полноценный комикс, а Паоло расскажет о том, как правильно питчить свои идеи издателям и продвигаться в соцсетях.
Посмотри, что получилось у других наших студентов
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ТУТ ОТЗЫВЫ
Sarah Lewin
Projects manager in Pixels
I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long.
Samuel Willson
Creative director in DD agency
Before incorporating visual aids into speeches, the speaker should understand that if used incorrectly, the visual will not be an aid.
Alex Larkins
Founder of Pic Pen studio
You can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards.
Pricing
260$/мес
полная стоимость курса
стоимость всего курса со скидкой
829 $
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Осталось: 9 мест
9 недель обучения: 30 часов лекций и 30 часов фидбэка
бессрочный доступ к материалам курса
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