comics

COMIC ART AND STORIES

rough sketch, detailed sketch, clean sketch, inking, cover design. art by DTM

THE AGENDA

SESSION 1:

Story Writing Basics
Panels and Pages
Creating Characters and Scenes
Anatomy of Character Design
Science of Creating Thumbnails
Detailing Thumbnails
Sketching Panels
BONUS! AI Tools for Comics

SESSION 1:

Design the comic book layout
Science of Panel Art
Render the Comic
Inking
Flat Colors
Highlights and Shading
Lettering
Present Comic to Class - Group critique
Publish Online!

THE SECRETS

TYPES OF COMICS

SuperHero
Fantasy
Sci Fi
Historical
Horror
Paranormal
Graphic Novels
Webtoons
Comics
Ashcans

STORY

Beats
Ups and Downs
Character Development
Character's Path
Plot
Setting
Exposition
Falling Action
Climax
Resolution
Conclusion

THE COMIC

Panels
Gutters
Tiers
Splash Pages
Spreads
Speech Bubbles
Captions
Effects
Image Style
Word Image Relationships
Undrawn Inferences

LINKS

DRAWING APPS

Adobe Fresco
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Sketchable PLUS
Clip Studio Paint
MediBang
Krita
Affinity Designer
Inkscape

ANATOMY OF A COMIC STORY

Beginning
Middle
End
Character Development
Dialogue
Narration
Theme

ANATOMY OF A PROMPT

Scene Description
Location
Time of Day
Character
- appearance
- dress
- pose or action
- expression
Camera Angle
Camera Shot

AI APPS

In the Gallery

Standard Size Template
American Comics Page Size

HEROES ASSEMBLE
Act 0, comic book project

THE SKETCHYVERSE
Worldbuilding and Characters

THUMBNAILS

PENCIL ROUGHS

SKETCHES

INKS

FLATS

FULL COLOR

Model Design

Character Design Model Sheets

Pose Templates

Minecraft Character Design with Adobe Illustrator on iPad and Illustrator on Desktop

Comic Art

Comic book art is defined by bold lines, bold colors and stylized art techniques.

Dynamic Art

Dynamic movement is characterized by movement of the eye that flows smoothly from one area of the composition to another, guided by continuations of line or form, and by gradations of color or form.

RESOURCES

Character Art and Design books
A large collection of pdf, epub and docs featuring how to draw almost everything!

great resource on Youtube Playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLibU3ZA9hJqdMcI7PZ2V4W58Fpf0ywMMA

12 most essential skills every artist must have
https://drawingacademy.com/12-most-essential-skills-every-fine-artist-must-have

Digital Art Drawing Tips
https://www.dacreativegenius.com/digital-art.html

Pose Archives
twitter.com/theposearchives

helpful books:
Fundamentals of Character Design
https://amzn.to/3owYXNh

Draw with Jazza
https://amzn.to/3oAoPrI

Creating Stylized Characters
https://amzn.to/429afFk

Character Design from the Ground Up
https://amzn.to/43w83Zu

My private stash!
character template
comic brushes
comic fonts
model sheets
storyboard templates
turnarounds
worldbuilding

DELTA TANGO MIKE

DAN FLORES - DaCreativeGenius
DTM, DELTATANGOMIKE

@DeltaTangoMike
DeltaTangoMike.com
DaCreativeGenius.com

Behance.net/dacreativegenius
Instagram.com/deltatangomike

Free Vector Demos and Tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/c/Vectormaestros

The business of art is not the Art Biz.
https://www.youtube.com/c/ArtIsKing