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Comic Book Creation Course

Learn how to create a comic book and illustrate like a pro with this step-by-step course!

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42.5 hours of video learning material

32 downloadable resources

Certificate of completion

What you'll learn:

How to use Photoshop

How to draw 2D and 3D shapes

How to design characters

How to draw dynamic poses

How to create backgrounds

The different styles of anime characters

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to learn to create comic books - no experience needed!

Artists/designers who want to learn new styles

Anyone with specialised needs (cartoonists, digital artists, comic book artists, illustrators)

What our customers say about this course

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Curriculum for Comic Book Creation course

42.5 hours of valuable material

10 sections • 74 lectures • 42h 33m total length

Photoshop Tools

13 lectures • 2hr 52min

Document Settings (Artboards) • 10:42

Brush and Eraser Tool • 12:42

Pencil Tool and Drawing Technique • 10:52

Pencil Brush • 13:50

Render Brush • 11:18

Ink Brush • 17:05

Air Brush • 10:02

Lasso and Selection Tools • 18:40

Transform Tool • 14:05

Colour Picker Tool • 13:20

Marque Tool • 17:55

Symmetry Tool • 14:19

Line Tool • 07:29

Basic Drawing Skills

5 lectures • 2hr 55min

Drawing Shapes • 38:56

Drawing Form • 27:18

Rendering Objects • 29:26

Drawing Objects • 48:36

Colouring Objects • 31:01

Character Design Pt. 1

8 lectures • 4hr 1min

Character Design from Shapes • 41:56

Shading Characters • 40:26

Coloring Characters • 25:04

Adjustment Layers • 11:34

Character Posing • 38:36

Character Turnaround • 47:42

Character Expressions • 16:06

Presentation • 19:47

Character Design Pt. 2

10 lectures • 7hr 12min

Chibis • 52:06

2-3 Head Tall Characters • 47:53

Adding Clothes • 54:17

Shape Design • 37:11

Posing Characters • 36:59

Designing Characters • 33:26

Line art and Clean Up • 01:06:00

Two Tone Shading • 20:37

Adding Colour • 01:08:24

Presentation • 15:27

Manga Styles

8 lectures • 3hr

Japanese Styles • 24:56

Manga Style Pt. 1 • 24:36

Manga Style Pt. 2 • 20:31

Manga Style Pt. 3 • 27:08

Manga Style Pt. 4 • 27:02

Manga Style Pt. 5 • 23:33

Manga Style Pt. 6 • 17:48

Styles Summary • 14:09

Character Design Pt. 3

7 lectures • 6hr 32min

4-6 Head Tall Characters • 44:39

Posing Characters • 43:34

Reference and Clothing • 46:22

Shape Design for Clothing • 34:05

Final Character Design • 01:03:57

Final Character Line Art • 55:23

Final Character Render • 01:44:00

Character Design Pt. 4

6 lectures • 2hr 25min

7-8 Head Tall Characters • 24:40

Dynamic Posing • 14:17

Characters in Perspective • 49:46

Foreshortening • 19:43

Characters from Different Angles • 18:49

Drawing Hands • 18:03

Backgrounds and Props

7 lectures • 5hr 41min

Perspective 101 • 01:03:48

Drawing Objects in Perspective • 56:24

Scene Design - Natural Enviroments • 29:40

Isometric Prop Design • 28:30

Design a Scene Sheet • 58:04

Design Cities in Perspective • 32:48

Design Cities in Perspective Pt. 2 • 01:12:09

Creating a Comic Page

4 lectures • 4hr 13min

Rough Layouts • 01:12:59

Colouring a Scene • 49:36

Final Project Pt. 1 • 01:19:27

Final Project Pt. 2 • 50:58

Speed Art

6 lectures • 3hr 41min

Part 1 • 30:19

Part 2 • 37:15

Part 3 • 22:44

Part 4 • 01:07:06

Part 5 • 01:03:24

Last Words • 00:33

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