A growing series of videos showing how to make cartoons & minis the Comics Workshop way!
LATEST COMICS WORKSHOP HOW-TO:
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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!
For general cartooning tips:
Comics Workshop TOOLS Overview
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TUTORIAL: “Alligator P*I.E.”
The P*I.E. Process is foundational to all COMICS WORKSHOP activities!
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Coloring Freeman Colby’s “Wilderness”
How to Draw Freeman Colby #5: “Wilderness” Poster ← #4: SARAH LOW bio mini NEXT → Here’s a series of live-draws showing the creation of a FREEMAN COLBY poster based on a painting by Winslow Homer… 1. Inking First we’ll lay down a base black & white ink drawing to outline our scene: Here’s the […]
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…
