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Cartooning Basics
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(26 ratings)
113 students

Cartooning Basics

A Beginner's Guide to Creating Comics Art + Characters
Created byDavid Miller
Last updated 3/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • Cartooning your own characters
  • Effective page layout for comics
  • How to tell a simple story in a minimal amount of space

Course content

2 sections • 12 lectures • 44m total length

  • Introduction1:42
  • Creating Characters Part 13:33

    We'll work on creating a set of characters and compare and contrast them with some of the more well known character sets in cartoon fiction.

  • Creating Characters Part 23:33

    We continue generating characters and discuss effective design. 

Requirements

  • None

Description

Welcome to my course on cartooning basics! In this class we generate characters, create a six panel comic strip, and work on a 4 page story on professional comic paper.

We'll cover

  • tools and materials

  • designing page and panel layouts to maximize storytelling

  • tips for having our characters act, 

  • creating believable settings,

  • effective character design

  • and more!

Who this course is for:

  • beginning drawers who feel unsure about their drawing or ability to communicate a story
  • creatives with an interest in sequential storytelling
  • anyone with an interest in producing comics, zines and picture books

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