12 WEEK ONLINE COMIC ART COURSE STARTING 10am THURSDAY 17th September!
£48.00
Join bestselling cartoonist and super-experienced tutor James on Zoom for another awesome 12 week course in comic art! Each Thursday at 10am, I’ll be guiding you through all the essential tricks required to create amazing comics: Storytelling techniques, drawing and illustration tricks, character design, sequencing, movement, setting, mood, speech, sound, lettering, costume, clarity of communication, and more! High energy fun and creativity is guaranteed!
If you attended the previous comic courses – these workshops will be totally fresh! Where we cover similar territory as before it will be with a completely different approach… For example, a different set of faces/expressions and moods… or a different set of dynamic expressive poses, exploring a different front cover composition, a different kind of comic strip story with a different ‘classic’ narrative type etc! The spectrum of drawing and storytelling skills of the young artists will be infinitely broadened to the farthest limits of the imagination!!!
This is an example course structure to give an idea of how things run, but will change according to the whim’s of the artists’ imaginations!
Week 1 – – Creating Cartoon Creatures… and bringing them to life, using classic animal characters as our inspiration!
Week 2 – – Classic characters – Learn design and stylistic tricks used by the greats! World-famous cartoon characters! This time: Beanomania!
Week 3 – – Faces and Expressive anatomy, making moods and wacky faces! Showing feeling through pose! Next level upgrade awesome lettering skills!
Week 4 – – Tricks for Storytelling! Ace ways to make your comic POP! Exploring different kinds of panel design (the little boxes that make up comics) to boost your storytelling skills, and a look at Wally Wood’s ’22 panels that always work’!
Week 5 – – Monster mash-up!
Week 6 – – Comic Club Spooktacular!
Week 7 – – Skateboard / T-Shirt / trainers / hoodies / mug designing!
Week 8 – – Fairy tale characters in cartoon style!
Week 9 – – Mythical Creatures from ancient times!
Week 10 – Comic strip chaos and storytelling skills!
Week 11 – Comic Strip chaos and storytelling skills part 2!
Perfect for 7 – 13 year olds and beyond – grown-ups may wish to accompany younger kids – I adapt the session towards the needs of participants.
Bespoke printable worksheets reinforcing the topics covered, or providing super-fun drawing practice will be provided with Zoom Codes for each session. All you need is a pencil, paper, optional black outliner, and plenty of imagination!
Please take a note of the course dates!
Thursday 17th September – Thursday 24th September – Thursday 1st October – Thursday 8th October – Thursday 15th October – Thursday 22nd October – ***No club on Thursday 29th October, mid-course break!*** – Thursday 5th November – Thursday 12th November – Thursday 19th November – Thursday 26th November – Thursday 3rd December – Thursday 10th December
£48 for the for the 12 week course payable on booking. Please email info@energetic-tan-chinchilla.crazycomicclub.co.uk if you have any questions… thanks!
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