Studio resources

Assignment list, compartive presentation of "how do I tell this story?" techniques, state-of-the-art production methods, a collection of templates and external resources.

Art of the Comic Book is a college-level studio workshop for making comics with traditional ink-on-paper media. Classwork exercises designed for students to create their first comics from scratch. Creative fundamentals are mostly visual: art & words, storytelling, composition, etc. We also cover technical issues like research, anatomy, perspective, and production. These exercises are mini visual narrative projects, based on current industry standards. Their ultimate goal is discovery and evolution of individual creative process. We also study the masters of the medium.

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Whether you're collaborating or working on your own, there's no one "correct" way of creating and developing a story. Here are just a few I've picked up over the years.

While your work is traditional ink-on-paper, print media is exclusively produced with digital tools. Photoshop has been the industry-standard tool to this end for more than 20 years.

Tools of the trade: a curated list of papers, inks, pens, brushes, technical instruments, and other comics creation supplies. Links go to online stores.

Helpers

An all-too-brief Powerpoint on comics art history, and its relation to technology and commerce

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Step-by-step original video demonstrations of ink and drafting tools related to comics

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