Comic Book Drawing Course for Beginners

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: The History of Comic Books

Lecture 1: Introduction to Tim & Russ

Lecture 2: The History of Comic Books

Lecture 3: Comic Art through the Decades (pre 1950s)

Lecture 4: Comic Art through the Decades (post 1950s)

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Drawing

Lecture 1: Telling the Stories & Characters You Know

Lecture 2: How to Create a Basic Character

Lecture 3: Drawing a Character’s Outline

Lecture 4: Speed Drawing Exercise

Chapter 3: Drawing Superheroes

Lecture 1: What Comes First: Words or Pictures?

Lecture 2: How to Draw a Figure

Lecture 3: Planning the Background of a Superhero

Lecture 4: Drawing your First Superhero

Lecture 5: Choosing the Colours for your Superhero

Lecture 6: How to Draw Moving Characters

Chapter 4: Drawing Emotions & Interactions

Lecture 1: How to Draw Happy Emotions

Lecture 2: How to Draw Sad Emotions

Lecture 3: How to Draw Angry Faces

Lecture 4: How to Draw Scared Faces

Lecture 5: Drawing Menace with the Joker

Lecture 6: Drawing Two Characters Interacting

Lecture 7: Sketching Characters in Conversation

Lecture 8: Interactions at Different Angles

Chapter 5: Fairy Tale Characters & Stories

Lecture 1: Drawing Fairy Tale Characters

Lecture 2: Planning the Next Panels

Lecture 3: Creating Alternative Tales

Lecture 4: Planning your Comic’s Cover

Chapter 6: Creating a Comic from Scratch

Lecture 1: Sketching Yourself as a Superhero

Lecture 2: Giving Your Hero a Story

Lecture 3: Placing Your Hero on the Cover

Lecture 4: How to Create an Exciting Opening Story

Lecture 5: Naming your Comic

Lecture 6: Time Travelling in Comics

Lecture 7: Adding a Sidekick / Cast

Lecture 8: Telling a Story in 10 Panels

Chapter 7: Adapting Books into Comics

Lecture 1: Adapting Storybooks into Comics

Lecture 2: Telling Children’s Stories in a Comic

Lecture 3: What Makes an Exciting and Dramatic Sketch?

Lecture 4: Bringing Established Characters into the Comic World

Lecture 5: How Adapt Fables into Comics

Chapter 8: Comic Book Covers

Lecture 1: What Makes an Amazing Comic Book Cover

Lecture 2: Drawing the Outline & Concept of your Cover

Chapter 9: Drawing Heads

Lecture 1: Drawing Heads that Capture Characters

Lecture 2: Drawing Handsome Characters

Lecture 3: Drawing Warrior Heads

Lecture 4: Drawing Spies & Secret Agents

Lecture 5: Sketching Female Vampires

Lecture 6: Sketching Witches & Princesses

Lecture 7: How to Draw a Robot with Emotion

Chapter 10: Tips & Tools of Pro Comic Book Artists

Lecture 1: Pens, Pencils and Paper Choices for Drawing

Lecture 2: Storytelling Based on Your Life

Lecture 3: Working with Comic Book Publishers

Lecture 4: Breaking into the Comic World (and staying there)

Lecture 5: Using Photoshop & Graphics Tablet for Comic Design

Chapter 11: Interviews with Professional Artists

Lecture 1: Introduction & Interview with Arthur Adams

Lecture 2: Interview with Charlie Adlard (Walking Dead)

Lecture 3: Interview with Chrissie Zullo

Lecture 4: Interview with John McCrea

Lecture 5: Interview with Mark Buckingham

Lecture 6: Interview with Mike Collins

Lecture 7: Quick Sketches with Russ Leach

Lecture 8: Sketching Spiderman with Steven Baskerville