Comic Book Course For Beginners

Comic Book Sketching for Beginners. Sketch superheroes, front covers, telling comic stories and how to go professional.
Published 2/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280×720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 9.45 GB | Duration: 7h 21m

What you’ll learn
Learn more about the history of comic book stories
Learn comic book storytelling
Discover how to draw characters from scratch
Identify your comic books style and cast
Learn how to draw comic book covers and choose colours correctly
Find out how to draw expressionate faces
How to draw superhero characters and give them unique identities
Master the art of drawing fairy tale characters and what makes a dramatic panel
Discover the best drawing tools as used by professional comic book artists
Find out how to adapt story books into comic strips
Get incredible insights and stories from professional comic book artists
Requirements
No prior experience needed. This course is designed for total beginners with an interest in comic books. You will learn everything you need to know during this course
Description
Welcome to the Comic Book Course for Beginners! This is the most complete course to help you follow your passion to become an amazing comic book artist.Presented by world-renowned artists and writers Russ Leach and Tim Quinn known for their work with DC and Marvel amongst others. Learn how to become a skilled and creative comic book storyteller and sketch artist. No prior experience is needed as your course instructors will show you how to plan your comic book strips, and draw basic characters, superheroes and their sidekicks. You’ll also learn creative ways to adapt established characters and storybooks and bring them into the comic world. Tell tales that are unique as your imagination and discover how to draw characters with different emotions, and body styles and pull it all together on a dramatic and exciting front cover.Over 11 sections and 60+ separate lessons, this 7-hour course will take you from a complete beginner, who’s never put pencil to paper before into a confident and imaginative budding comic book artist filled with ideas and clear knowledge of how to craft a bold, exciting and unique story. Comic Book Course for Beginners is the ultimate A-Z class to follow your passion for comics and start telling the stories that the world needs to hear!
Overview
Section 1: The History of Comic Books
Lecture 1 Introduction to Tim & Russ
Lecture 2 The History of Graphic Art & Comics
Lecture 3 Comic Art through the Decades (pre 1950s)
Lecture 4 Comic Art through the Decades (post 1950s)
Section 2: Getting Started with Drawing
Lecture 5 Telling the Stories & Characters You Know
Lecture 6 How to Create a Basic Character
Lecture 7 Drawing a Character’s Outline
Lecture 8 Speed Drawing Exercise
Section 3: Drawing Superheroes
Lecture 9 What Comes First: Words or Pictures?
Lecture 10 How to Draw a Figure
Lecture 11 Planning the Background of a Superhero
Lecture 12 Drawing your First Superhero
Lecture 13 Choosing the Colours for your Superhero
Lecture 14 How to Draw Moving Characters
Section 4: Drawing Emotions & Interactions
Lecture 15 How to Draw Happy Emotions
Lecture 16 How to Draw Sad Emotions
Lecture 17 How to Draw Angry Faces
Lecture 18 How to Draw Scared Faces
Lecture 19 Drawing Menace with the Joker
Lecture 20 Drawing Two Characters Interacting
Lecture 21 Sketching Characters in Conversation
Lecture 22 Interactions at Different Angles
Section 5: Fairy Tale Characters & Stories
Lecture 23 Drawing Fairy Tale Characters
Lecture 24 Planning the Next Panels
Lecture 25 Creating Alternative Tales
Lecture 26 Planning your Comic’s Cover
Section 6: Creating a Comic from Scratch
Lecture 27 Sketching Yourself as a Superhero
Lecture 28 Giving Your Hero a Story
Lecture 29 Placing Your Hero on the Cover
Lecture 30 How to Create an Exciting Opening Story
Lecture 31 Naming your Comic
Lecture 32 Time Travelling in Comics
Lecture 33 Adding a Sidekick / Cast
Lecture 34 Telling a Story in 10 Panels
Section 7: Adapting Books into Comics
Lecture 35 Adapting Storybooks into Comics
Lecture 36 Telling Children’s Stories in a Comic
Lecture 37 What Makes an Exciting and Dramatic Sketch?
Lecture 38 Bringing Established Characters into the Comic World
Lecture 39 How Adapt Fables into Comics
Section 8: Comic Book Covers
Lecture 40 What Makes an Amazing Comic Book Cover
Lecture 41 Drawing the Outline & Concept of your Cover
Section 9: Drawing Heads
Lecture 42 Drawing Heads that Capture Characters
Lecture 43 Drawing Handsome Characters
Lecture 44 Drawing Warrior Heads
Lecture 45 Drawing Spies & Secret Agents
Lecture 46 Sketching Female Vampires
Lecture 47 Sketching Witches & Princesses
Lecture 48 How to Draw a Robot with Emotion
Section 10: Tips & Tools of Pro Comic Book Artists
Lecture 49 Pens, Pencils and Paper Choices for Drawing
Lecture 50 Storytelling Based on Your Life
Lecture 51 Working with Comic Book Publishers
Lecture 52 Breaking into the Comic World (and staying there)
Lecture 53 Using Photoshop & Graphics Tablet for Comic Design
Section 11: Interviews with Professional Artists
Lecture 54 Introduction & Interview with Arthur Adams
Lecture 55 Interview with Charlie Adlard
Lecture 56 Interview with Chrissie Zullo
Lecture 57 Interview with John McCrea
Lecture 58 Interview with Mark Buckingham
Lecture 59 Interview with Mike Collins
Lecture 60 Quick Sketches with Russ Leach
Lecture 61 Sketching Spiderman with Steven Baskerville
This course is designed for total beginners.,It’s ideal for learners with an established interest in comic books.,Comic Book fans who are looking to transistion from reader to creator.,You don’t need to have good drawing skills already, simply a passion to want to improve.

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