Comic making

Many of us, when we start drawing, dream of one day creating our own wonderful story that will win the hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers. But where to start? How to make the story interesting, how to force yourself to start drawing and writing this huge, colossally large work? How to take the first step and, most importantly, where?

This course is designed to not only explain the most important parts of story writing, reveal the rules by which comic panels and text bubbles live, explain how they can help and hinder the story, but also motivate you; to show that no matter how difficult the task may seem, with a little effort, patience and not being lazy and slowly moving towards the goal, you can achieve your goal and release your own comic book.

The course lasts two months. Slowly, carefully and gently using the lectures and completing assignments, you will be able to create your first (or maybe second?) story. Get an inside feel of what it’s like to create comics.

Course plan:

Idea. Synopsis.

Creation of the world. How to fill and detail. Creating your own world. Backgrounds and their features. How to talk about the world.

Character creation. Characters and appearance. Character change, growth or degradation.

Scenario. From an idea through a plot to a specific plan of action in your story and a page-by-page script.

Personnel. How to emphasize the actions in the comic with them, convey the desired atmosphere, and not confuse readers. Rules. Storyboard.

Bubbles. Standard and not so standard. Emphasizing the speech characteristics of the characters. Terms of use. Fonts.

Sounds and effects. Decor. Fonts. Search for the required letter combinations. Timely use.

Final lecture. Resources and trivia.

Who is this course for:
The course is designed for beginner and intermediate level artists.