Author Archives: Marek

How to Draw Freeman Colby #3: Nurse Sarah Low

https://youtu.be/DmUpt8CNJQo ← #2: Enlisting (August 1862) Freeman Colby PLAYLIST → Sarah Low volunteered as a nurse as the Civil War heated up in 1862 & wounded soldiers from numerous battles flooded the nation’s hospitals. By the time we meet her in Freeman Colby Vol. 2, she is running her own ward at Armory Square Hospital […]

How to Draw Freeman Colby #02: Enlisting (August 1862)

https://youtu.be/LBSnPUdbSNc ← #1: Stick Figure Soldier #3: How to Draw SARAH LOW → Draw along as Marek builds an entire camp scene with basic shapes & our F.A.S.T. (Face/Action/Setting/Text) toolbox. Learn to make expressive stick figure cartoons… EVERYBODY can create comics! TOOLS: pencilpen and/or marker (black ink)paper (any size; Marek’s using 8.5″x11″)eraser Extensions, printables, & […]

Cartooning Basics: Faces & Body Language

With schools closed, COMICS WORKSHOP is now entirely supported by readers like you! Please share widely, &… Join the PATREON Back the KICKSTARTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TBS6TWYXaM ← BEFORE: Shapes & Faces! NEXT: Eyes? → Sometimes it helps to act out an idea, and FEEL the picture in your body. Today we’re turning a row of doodled stick-figure […]

Diary Comic: "When I Feel…"

With schools closed, COMICS WORKSHOP is now entirely supported by readers like you! Please share widely, & … Join the PATREON Back the KICKSTARTER https://youtu.be/7OgvCHwx3Jg ← CARTOONING BASICS: Shapes & Faces Set up an 8-page MINI-COMIC → I drew this diary comic after a long walk with my dog on a bright spring day. This […]

“Woogums Goes for a Walk” (1-Sheet / 8 Page)

With schools closed, COMICS WORKSHOP is now entirely supported by readers like you! Please share widely, &… Join the PATREON Back the KICKSTARTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leahceNQwWg ← BEFORE: 1-Sheet Demo | Folding Guides NEXT: “Woogums #2” (COMING SOONish?!) → Here’s a desktop quick-draw, from blank paper to finished 8-page mini-comic. I didn’t really know how this story […]

1-Sheet / 8 page Mini-Comic (Folding)

With schools closed, COMICS WORKSHOP is now entirely supported by readers like you! Please share widely, &… Join the PATREON Back the KICKSTARTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-pY0FRFpk ← BEFORE: 1-Sheet Demo NEXT: Drawing an 8-page story → Here’s a quick guide to folding your own blank 8 page mini-comic from a single sheet of paper. This video demonstrates […]