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How To Draw DYNAMIC ACTION for Comics
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7,338 students

How To Draw DYNAMIC ACTION for Comics

Drawing bodies in motion
Created byEd Foychuk
Last updated 12/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • How To Draw Figures in Motion
  • How To Draw Fight Scenes
  • Static vs Dynamic Poses
  • Group Shots

Course content

1 section14 lectures3h 1m total length
  • Introduction2:38
  • Simplified Skeleton17:43
  • Using Resources26:00

    Explore using reference figures and photos to study articulation, angles, and line of action, while juggling durability, distortion, and app-based 3D posing to plan dynamic comic poses.

  • Line of Action - Running11:32
  • Line of Action - Spidey!9:46
  • Timing15:00
  • Framing and Composition26:13

    Explore framing and composition to craft dynamic action panels, recognizing characters by face, silhouette, and stance, and applying intent-driven shots with panel design and the rule of three.

  • Foreshortening13:00
  • Effects13:54
  • Thumbnailing16:32
  • Putting It All Together18:17
  • Review8:16
  • Thanks2:32
  • Bonus - Livestream events0:13

Requirements

  • Basic Drawing Skills
  • Suggested you take my How To Draw ANATOMY course prior to

Description

Welcome to How To Draw DYNAMIC ACTION for Comics!!


In this course we'll help you bring your drawings to life! adding dynamic posing and action to your figures will really help them jump off the page, literally in some cases!  A great drawing is more than just knowing anatomy, it's getting the shot right. So to help in that, we'll cover the following topics in the video units provided in almost 3 hours of video material!


  • The Simplified Skeleton - making posing easy

  • How to use references - Photos, figures, and apps!

  • Line of Action - The human body in motion (running)

  • Line of action - Bodies breaking the barrier (Spidey!)

  • Shot framing - Timing

  • Shot framing - Composition and camera pan

  • Foreshortening

  • Effects

  • Fight Scenes - Thumbnails

  • Fight scenes - Finishing



By the end of this course you'll be able to picture and compose far more dynamic pieces of art. You'll take your figures from being stiff and still, to full of life! And you'll have a blast doing it! And you'll understand how to frame the composition of your piece in a more dynamic manner.


So join me in this new course on Udemy that promises to be tons of fun, and ACTION packed!!


*It's suggested that you take my How To Draw ANATOMY for Comics course prior to this, but not an absolute requirement.


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Who this course is for:

  • Artists looking to make their figure drawings more exciting