Comic Book Course For Beginners

Comic Book Sketching for Beginners. Sketch superheroes, front covers, telling comic stories and how to go professional.

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.