Cartooning Basics

Offered By: Skillshare

Tags

Drawing Courses Inking Courses Cartooning Courses Hand Lettering Courses

Course Description

Overview

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 techniques ...
POV and making dynamic panels...
tips for character generation and writing...
creating believable settings...
making a hand-lettered style that is still legible and professional-looking...
...and more

Syllabus

Cartooning Basics Intro
Character Basics 1
Character Basics 2
The Six Panel Strip
Expressive Characters
Panel Sizing and Placement
Thumbnailing The Story
Setting and Backgrounds
Characters Acting
Penciling and Inking the Story
Cartooning Lettering
Comic Paper Suggestion
Cartooning Wrap Up

Taught by

David Miller

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