How to Draw FREEMAN COLBY

Here’s how I create my Freeman Colby Series of graphic novels, from panels to pages to poster art & more!

Harriet Jacobs Teaching (March 1864)

VOL. 3 cover artwork, drawn in honor of the ceaseless teaching, writing, & organizing by women like Harriet Jacobs & Sarah Low on behalf…

Drawing a single panel from Freeman Colby Vol. 3 / p.323…

Drawn from a battlefield sketch by Alfred Waud.

Sample poster art & sources from the 1864 adventures of Freeman Colby & Co. …

Drawn from a battlefield sketch by Alfred Waud.

Drawn from a 2p spread in Harper’s (28 May 1864)

Super-quick tour of our sources & methods for Freeman Colby Vol. 3!

Inking a 2-page spread from VOLUME 3…

Drawn from a sketch by Edwin Forbes (Jan. 1864).

All those F.A.S.T. visual markups will really help us see the various parts of the story… So let’s draw!

These simple visual tools & marks will help primary source texts COME TO LIFE on your comics page!

Drawing poster artwork from VOL. 3, based on a painting by Winslow Homer…

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