Comic Book Academy, Part One
[private]As I reported in some Art & Story episodes, last year I led a six-week comics workshop for teens at the Ann Arbor District library. Through the workshop we explored character design, world building, penciling, inking, and even digital coloring. The library videotaped the formal presentations each week and is now releasing them as a video podcast. You can check out the first episode, focusing mainly on character design, here. Or, click the image below.
On the linked page you can download a high-res file, an iPhone/iPod Touch ready file, or even an audio-only version of the 38-minute presentation.
The 2nd through 6th episodes will be released on the Ann Arbor District Library website soon.[/private]
I like how the actual video keeps cutting to a picture that says, “Which moment takes the longest?”
Well, God bless you for posting this, even if it is aimed at teens. I wish there were a short workshop or “camp” for sequential art that was geared for professional adults. I’d be willing to drop some money on something like that if I could find it. The 1-year program at CCS is a bit out of my reach with a family and job and whatnot.
I, for one, would LOVE to do something like what you described. Mark and I have often talked about how a “comics conference” for cartoonists would be incredibly cool–a sharing of technique and expertise, where everyone would come to learn more about the craft, rather than push their books.
By CCS, do you mean the school in Detroit?
By the way, your comic looks amazing! Going back through the archives and loving what I’m seeing.
Hey Jerzy: CCS could also stand for the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, which offers year long programs in cartooning?
Ah. Could be!