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Appealing Line Art Starts with Creative Lines
Master the basics of creating lines, which determine the first impression of a drawing. From basic theory and types of lines to pen pressure control, learn what’s required to draw clear, quality line art in detail, as well as INHAN’s unique line drawing expertise.
Character Design & Storyboarding for Easier Storytelling
Creating comics starts with visualizing vague concepts and filling a blank canvas. After designing characters, you will write dialogue and narration for them, setting up scenes based on the situation. You’ll also learn the secret to creating more legible, engaging comics using thumbnail storyboards, speech bubbles, and other elements.
Finding Your Art Style to Achieve Consistency in Drawing
Does your art style change from shot to shot? Based on a solid understanding of symbolization and stylization, you’ll learn to design the appearance of comic characters to ensure they look appealing. You’ll also explore skeletal proportions and the structure of the head so you can create steady-looking drawings regardless of angle.
Adding Depth to Black-and-White Drawings with Ink and Hatching
Meet the highlights of black-and-white drawing: ink painting and hatching! Replace tones with details and effects, and enhance 3D shapes through ink painting that distinguishes light and shadow. Fill your black-and-white drawings with a unique vibe and depth using densely hatched lines and tones.
Drawing Backgrounds Filled with Details
How can you create highly detailed comics where the character and background blend naturally? Ease yourself into perspective drawing using shapes and learn efficient ways to fill backgrounds. Decorate elements with effect lines and patterns, in addition to filling the page with drawings of sound effects.
Bringing Multi-Page Comics to Completion, from Sketching to Printing
Get hands-on with creating multi-page comics to take your art beyond illustrations. Explore sketching, line art, ink painting, and typesetting to visualize your story, upload it to the web, and even make a comic portfolio, discovering the true joy of creation.
**Class release dates and content are subject to change without prior notice.
- Section 01
The First Step to Creating Black-and-White Comics: Visualizing Your Imaginary World
1. Basic Concepts and Components of Black-and-White Comics- Class objectives and recommended study methods - How to appreciate comics - The components of comics - Understanding digital publication - Setting up the canvas and understanding the scope of work
2. Reasons to Plan the Situation First- Short-length structure for future use - The necessity of planning situations as scenes - How to plan situations as scenes: situation, character, point of change
3. Character Design- Developing a character by combining what it likes (desire/motivation and action/connection to appearance) - Emphasizing a character’s attributes (mood, posture, way of speaking/clothing) - Storytelling through characters
- Section 02
Drawing Catchy Line Art and Appealing Characters for Black-and-White Comics
4. Understanding and Drawing Lines, the Key to Black-and-White Comics- Analyzing the basic concepts and examples of lines to create the desired look - Customizing brush settings - Techniques for practicing line drawing (theory & basic exercise) - Understanding the goal of your lines - Distinguishing types of details
5. Character Line Art with Eye-Catching Lines- Drawing line art considering inflection points - Setting goals and applying line art to characters - Using double lines while preserving the form
6. Understanding Character Design for Comics- Understanding symbolization - Stylization is a spectrum - Defining skeletal proportions and showing individuality
7. Appealing Character Stylization- Drawing the shape of the head - Changing characters’ impression by simplifying facial features - Key points in creating a charmingly stylized character
- Section 03
Drawing Black-and-White Details
8. Understanding Drawing Styles- Understanding style differences created by ink and tone arrangement - Comparing drafts focused on gray, base color ratio, and hatching
9. Adding Tones with a Purpose- Three ways of adding tones - Things to note when setting tones - Removing tones for different purposes (quality, mood, effect) - Utilizing tones considering the importance of elements
10. Ink Painting and Hatching- Setting values for ink painting - Ink painting methods for different stages of depiction - Types of hatching - How much detail does a shot need?
11. Background Drawing Tips- Understanding perspective through shapes - Filling backgrounds with ease (floors, ceilings, walls) - Decorating elements (effect lines, patterns) - Sound effect shapes and the proportion of ink (emphasizing original shapes, action, proportion of ink)
- Section 04
Creating Situations Page by Page 1: Useful Everyday Scenes (Planning with Text and Drawing Storyboards)
12. Textual Storyboarding Using Dialogue and Narration- Determining the proportions of dialogue and narration based on the comic’s goal - Understanding colloquialisms and the elements of speech - Textual storyboarding for various situations: planning an everyday episode - Creating a scene from the text storyboard based on character design
13. Understanding Easy-to-Read Layouts and Forms- Size and number of panels varying by medium - Setting rows for multi-page comics - A rule of comics: Show first, then conclude later - Adjusting open and closed panels and their usage
14. Creating Emotional Thumbnail Storyboards by Highlighting Dialogue- Effective narration and dialogue arrangement - Arranging speech elements (speech bubbles, sound effects) based on legibility - Filling panels by connecting dialogue and scenes
15. Avoiding Common Storyboarding Mistakes by Beginners- Creating close-up comics with high legibility - Removing and increasing the space between panels - Developing an objective view - Typesetting before drawing
- Section 05
Creating Situations Page by Page 2: Practical Everyday Scenes (Drawing: Sketch - Line Art - Ink Painting - Hatching - Background)
16. High-Efficiency Sketching- Using sketch layers - Types of sketching methods - Minimizing the difference before and after line art to preserve quality - Drawing sketches
17. Drawing Harmonious Line Art Page by Page- Drawing line art on sketches page by page
18. Adding Tones with a Purpose & Reasonable Ink Painting and Hatching- Tone painting page by page - Ink painting page by page - Placing ink while preserving the mood
19. Filling Backgrounds Based on the Scene’s Tension- Filling backgrounds page by page
20. Sharing Your Comics- Customizing export settings - Adjusting resolution for web upload - Printing your book
- Section 06
Creating Situations Page by Page 3: Engaging the Reader with Dramatic Tension
21. Evoking Dramatic Tension Through Dividing Panels and Composition- Utilizing stable and instable compositions - Perceiving the rhythm created by continuous panels - Things to note when creating important or serious scenes - Creating scenes that leave an impact
22. Drawing Line Art to Elevate Emotions- Line art techniques for drawing instable forms
23. Adding Depth to Scenes with Black-and-White Details- Adding tones and placing ink without affecting tension - Creating moods based on the presence/absence of texture
- Section 07
Outro
24. To Continue Creating- Black-and-white comic routines for beginners - How to enjoy drawing - Generating ideas
This course will use Clip StudioEX (1.13.2).
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*These programs and/or materials will not be provided with the chapter.
