High School Workshop: Comic Book Illustration

The Museum School's high school courses and workshops are open to students with various levels of experience. Whether you are new to art or a serious art student wanting to develop a portfolio, we invite you to join us! Our faculty will help advance your technical skills and introduce you to new forms of artmaking. With each new blockbuster superhero film, comics are shredding their reputation of being childish. With this regained popularity, the number of comic titles and companies are growing. Students in this course will learn the essential techniques for creating a successful comic. Subjects like composition, panel layout, timing, and storytelling will all be covered. The positions of penciler, inker, and colorist will also be explored. Assignments throughout the course will result in a number of sequential pages that mey be used in a portfolio. This course is beneficial for any artist to break into mainstream comics, create their own self-published comic, or create a webcomic. Other professional comic artists may be scheduled to speak.
Note: Basic illustration skills are helpful.