A growing series of videos showing how to make cartoons & minis the Comics Workshop way!
Mini-Comics | Freeman Colby | Monsters | Cartooning
+ LIVE-DOODLES!
LATEST COMICS WORKSHOP HOW-TO:
This work is PATRON-POWERED!
Making Mini-Comics:
This is what it looks like when I’m making up an entirely new mini-comic, from blank page to finished book!
1) Setting up the booklet:
2) Drawing the story!
For general cartooning tips:
Comics Workshop TOOLS Overview
For more details & ordering links, see: TOOLS & MATERIALS
TUTORIAL: “Alligator P*I.E.”
The P*I.E. Process is foundational to all COMICS WORKSHOP activities!
VIEW ALL “HOW TO” POSTS:
Live-Draw: Mystery Fairy Village
Winter Solstice meditation for crayon & piano.
Monday Monsters Live: Ukulele Robot Vs. Monster Tuba!
Patrons’ choice session… (You asked for it!)
Monday Monsters Live: Tentacle Piano!
Octopus + Piano = ??
Monday Monsters Live: Accordion Double-Header!
Two very different monsters honkin’ away on two very different accordions…
Monday Monsters Live: Guitar Monster!
Guitar monster holds a favorite note!
Monday Monsters Live: Banjo Duet!
Two monsters rockin’ out on two very different banjos…
“Micro-Library” Comics Camp
In this live-draw series, we’ll create lots of tiny books & build a library to store ’em!
Coloring Freeman Colby’s “Wilderness”
Drawing a FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 3 battle scene from May, 1864!
Comics Workshop Tutorial: “Alligator P*I.E.”
Especially for students, families, & hosts of my online programs…
Comics Workshop Tools Overview
Especially for students, families, & hosts of my online programs…
Woody Guthrie’s “Tom Joad” #1
Adapting the first 6 verses of Woody Guthrie’s song, based on John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel…
Woogums #2: Procrastination Poster
Drawing alien gladiator champions helps me get ideas.
#4: Hiking w/ Monsters
We’re celebrating Earth Day with some monstrously cartoony WORLD-BUILDING!
Let’s Draw MONSTERS! (LEVELS 6-8)
LEVEL 6 Eyes, Seven-Staffs, Gruesome Grimaces, … plus P.I.E.!
Let’s Draw MONSTERS! (LEVELS 1-5)
Demonstrates basic monsterological terms & designs…
Cartooning Basics #2: Faces & Body Language
Sometimes it helps to act out an idea, and FEEL the picture in your body…
Diary Comic: "When I Feel…"
This simple 4-panel format helps me turn an EMOTION into a STORY…
Cartooning Basics #1: Shapes & Faces
Anybody can draw cartoons… Follow along at home, & you’ll be surprised at the results!
“Set Up a Blank (1-Sheet) Mini-Comic”
8 blank pages, ready to draw on! No stapler required.
“Woogums Goes for a Walk” (1-Sheet / 8 Page)
A desktop quick-draw, from blank paper to finished 8-page mini-comic…
1-Sheet / 8 page Mini-Comic (Folding)
A super-quick demo of folding a blank booklet from a single sheet of paper.
How to Draw Freeman Colby #1: Stick Figure Soldier
History cartooning tips from VOL. 2!
Blob Doodle: “Sing Spring!”
Daily quick-draw blob doodle exercise…
Build Your Own 8-Page Mini (Video)
When you’ve drawn your story, and you’re ready to self-publish it…
