Notes & links for COMICS WORKSHOP @ CES (May 2021)
JUMP TO: 19 May | 26 May | 3 June
DAY 1:
The P*I.E. PROCESS:
K+1:
SURPRISE YOURSELF: Cartooning in different styles!
Blank 4-panel page setup:
2+3:
Hmmm… Maybe this is the cover design for a new series?:
4+5:
Blob characters with F.A.S.T. tools:
Penciled 4-panel blank page:
Inked 4-panel template (w/ gutters):
That page, shrunk (50%) & rearranged.
PRINTABLE:
4-panel page template >>
6:
Blob characters with F.A.S.T. tools:
Penciled 3-panel “S-A-R” page:
Title page suggestions:
- Space for title & author(s)
- Catch the reader’s eye
- Give some info
- Leave reader with questions/curiosity
DAY 2:
Making 8-page 1-SHEET minis: What do we want to do in the coming year? How will we make it happen? Draw the story…
How to fold a BLANK 1-Sheet Mini:
Drawing a 1-SHEET:
How to fold a PRINTED 1-Sheet Mini:
Reading links:
COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology
Cartoonists drawing life during COVID.
DAY 3:
ANIMAL PORTRAITS: Cartooning ourselves as ANIMALS doing ACTIONS…
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