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5 Sessions / 10 hours of work per session
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Skill Level
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Topics
Design, Illustration, Storytelling, Comics, Graphic Novel, Art

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Comics: Art in Relationship

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Go at your own pace
5 Sessions / 10 hours of work per session
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Credit Eligible ($300 USD)
Included w/ premium membership ($20/month)
Skill Level
Beginner
Video Transcripts
English
Topics
Design, Illustration, Storytelling, Comics, Graphic Novel, Art

Not available for purchase in India

Course Description

Comics are one of the most popular and exciting ways to tell a story. This course offers a look at the fundamental building blocks of the comic book medium. Exploring panel to panel transitions, text to image relationships, and the intricacies of page layouts, students will examine new and innovative ways to bring their stories to life.

This course is designed for both beginning and advanced visual artists. Whether students have tried their hand at comics before or are simply interested in investigating how comics work, this course will provide insights to help storytellers make the most of every page.

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Session 1: Defining Comics (March 20, 2024)
In this session, we will ask a few fundamental questions about what makes comics such a special art form. We’re also going to attempt to identify the basic building blocks we can use to tell compelling stories with the comic book medium.
3 lessons
1. Class Introduction
2. Defining Relationships
3. Assignment Introduction
Session 2: Comics Relationships (March 27, 2024)
This session will explore various text-image and panel to panel relationships and how to utilize these relationships to create dynamic and engaging comics.
10 lessons
1. Relationship Review (Premium Exclusive)
2. Moment to Moment (Premium Exclusive)
3. Action to Action (Premium Exclusive)
4. Subject to Subject (Premium Exclusive)
5. Scene to Scene & Aspect to Aspect (Premium Exclusive)
6. Non- Sequitur & Symbolic (Premium Exclusive)
7. Text to Image Relationships: Word Specific (Premium Exclusive)
8. Picture Specific & Duo Specific (Premium Exclusive)
9. Intersecting & Interdependent (Premium Exclusive)
10. Parallel & Pictorial (Premium Exclusive)
Session 3: Time and Space (April 3, 2024)
In this session, we'll explore the role time and space play in comics and how we can utilize the concept of compression and decompression to create exciting narratives in comics.
6 lessons
1. Time and Space (Premium Exclusive)
2. Capturing Time in the Gutter (Premium Exclusive)
3. Interview with Chuck BB (Premium Exclusive)
4. Layouts with Chuck BB (Premium Exclusive)
5. Layouts with Chuck BB Part 2 (Premium Exclusive)
6. Concepts in Action (Premium Exclusive)
Session 4: Layout and Grid Design (April 10, 2024)
Each comics page can take on a different personality depending on its panel layout. In this session, we'll explore the impact layouts have on the story you tell with each comic book page you make.
5 lessons
1. Grid Layouts Part I (Premium Exclusive)
2. Grid Layouts Part II (Premium Exclusive)
3. Grid Layouts Part III (Premium Exclusive)
4. Grid Layouts Part IV (Premium Exclusive)
5. Bex Freund: Fever Dreams of the City that Never Was- Comic Walkthrough (Premium Exclusive)
Session 5: Thumbnails (April 17, 2024)
In this session, we'll take a close look at planning out a multipage scene through the use of thumbnail sketches.
4 lessons
1. Building a Story (Premium Exclusive)
2. Process with Chuck BB (Premium Exclusive)
3. Creating a Narrative Arc (Premium Exclusive)
4. Storytelling Process (Premium Exclusive)
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Learning Outcomes

Below you will find an overview of the Learning Outcomes you will achieve as you complete this course.

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What You Need to Take This Course
  • Materials: Pencil, Pen
  • Equipment: Access to Scanner or Digital Camera (Smartphones are fine), Printer to print templates
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