How To MAKE Comics - From concept, to pages, to publishing
What you'll learn
- Making comics start to finish
- Story boarding
- Marketing
- Story creation
- Character concepts
Requirements
- Basic drawing skills
- Basic writing skills
Description
Want to bring your comic book ideas to life?
This course is designed to help you bring your comic book to life! To finally bring your loose ideas into something solid, something you can create, print, and even sell!! Don't let fear of starting take over... tackle it!! Make your comic now!
In this course we will cover almost 14 hours of content including -
What are Comics?
Coming up with concepts and ideas
Character concepts with Clayton Barton
Character sheets with Mike Van Orden
World Building - The Ws
World building - Architecture and themes
Script types
Scripts with Steve Colle
Shot Types
Shot composition
Composition exercises
Types of panels
Panel flow
Tangents
Dynamic vs Static with Chris Graves
Storyline and Tempo
Story beats
Thumbnailing Basics
Storyboarding thumbs with Jean-Claude De La Ronde
Color
Lettering - Fonts, Dialogues, and Word Bubbles
Lettering - Titles
Lettering - effect
Typography with Todd Cowden
Cover choices
Printing with Barry Gregory
Comic Cons with Dominic Glover *pending
Marketing with Rob Arnold
Teambuilding with Rob Arnold
Feedback on submitted sequential work
As you can see, there's a ton of experience in the instructor pool on this one. I've searched through friends, colleagues, and contacts to make sure I brought you insight into all parts of the process.
So no, this course isn't designed to teach you how to draw, I have other courses for that, it IS designed to help you bring WHATEVER type of comic you're looking to produce to fruition!
So, stop dreaming about maybe "one day" making your comic, NOW is the time! Start now... because the sooner you start, the sooner it'll get done and you can finally rest. hahahaha
-Ed
Special thanks to:
Clayton Barton (Aus)- Founder of How To Draw Comics
Mike Van Orden (Thailand) - Artist/Instructor
Chris Graves (US)- Artist/Instructor
Jean-Claude De La Ronde (Can)- Storyboard Artist
Barry Gregory (US)- Founder and co-owner at Ka-Blam Digital Printing
Rob Arnold (Aus) - Writer/Creator of REPLICATOR
Not sure? All courses have a 30-day money-back guarantee!
Who this course is for:
- Beginner to Intermediate Comic Creators
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Instructors
A professional illustrator based mostly in Asia, Ed Foychuk has been published both professionally, and as an Indie creator, in comics. He is best known for his work in creating Captain Corea.
Ed also studied Anatomy and Strength Training in University and is well versed in exercise physiology and muscular anatomy. Perfect for helping you with understanding how to combine art and muscles!
Ed has experience teaching in Academic and Professional settings.
Often I’m asked how long I’ve been drawing. The truth is I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t. I was like any other crayon wielding kid, the only difference being that I never let go of that yearning for artistic venture.
I still remember the walls being filling top to bottom with the felt tip scrawling’s of an artistically fiery five year old. Maths books filled with cartoons instead of numeracy, English books littered with more pictures then poetry. It went on and on and it never stopped.
My first love was Comic Books, my second was Video Games. Realizing that I wanted to build a career in both I spent most of my late teens immersing myself in constant study, practice and improvement to harness my skills in multiple fields. It was a long, intense journey, with many trials and tribulations along the way, all of which helped me to get my broad skillset to the level it’s at today. There on after I dedicated myself to bringing the characters, worlds and stories within Video Games and Comic Books to life!
Realizing the rewarding feeling of giving back, I’ve devoted several years of my life to create training that teach aspiring artists all my best strategies and techniques for Digital Illustration and Sculpting, Visual Design, and 3D Modelling. On a daily basis I am able to share my methods, techniques and philosophies with my students, so that they too might develop their own artistic flair and begin building themselves a legacy that they’re truly passionate about.
I'm Mike Van Orden, a Professional Self-Taught American Comic Book Artist, Art Mentor and World Traveler currently based in Thailand. I've worked professionally with companies like Marvel, Aspen Comics, Upper Deck and more. I was recently recognized as one of the industry's leading Art Mentor/Instructors. I am also the Founder of 'Comic Art Mastery' (CAM!) which was notably endorsed by best selling comic book artist and creator of Deadpool's very own, Rob Liefield.
I've been studying, drawing and creating comic book art, mastering my own style and unique techniques that have paved the way for my success for well over a decade.
I have vast experience teaching, coaching and mentoring hopeful, budding artists of all ages and skill levels with a tremendous emphasis on the aspects of becoming a professional artist; from developing the proper artist's mindset, to honing the skills and techniques of a Pro, all the way to self-promotion, marketing and building a winning portfolio strategies and more.
I look forward to passing on my artistic knowledge and experience to you, my fellow artist and I can't wait to see how far you can go!
JC is mainly a self-taught artist in Illustration and design since the age of 12.
He has some academic studies ranging from The Art Student League of New York, Dawson College, and is a graduate student from the N.A.D. Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1999 where he studied 3D Animation and Special FX for films and TV series.
After attending the illustration and Design program at Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, JC started his career as a storyboard artist and has been focusing his skills on storytelling and visual narrative.
He studied the craft of storytelling with Storyboard Artist Veteran Sergio Paez where he was part of a mentorship program in 2018.
In late 2020, JC studied the core elements of Cinematic Storytelling with Adam Skelter.
JC's IMDB track record has accumulated 16 credits, making him an established professional storyboarding artist in the movie industry.
Creativity is my life. For over 25 years I've created award winning advertising campaigns, logos, websites, games, and mobile apps for Fortune 500 companies. I've helped produce projects for companies such as Microsoft, Universal Pictures, Lucasfilm, LEGO, National Geographic, and many others.
These days I teach creativity to a slightly younger audience, as a high school teacher at Village Tech Schools.
My focus is to open the minds of students (of all ages) to see things in new ways. To push past various barriers and limitations and make the impossible -- possible.