Careers in Sequential Art Talk March 6, 2008

Comic Design and Scripting

Highlights

* Explore the practices, history and theory of sequential art
* Learn drawing with an emphasis on fine art skills and norms for cartooning including life drawing, inking and penciling at basic and advanced levels
* Understand narrative and scriptwriting with the traditional elements of plot and character development and enhanced understanding of dialogue as the primary vehicle of plot in graphic novels and cartooning
* Use technology in the creative process, focusing on the use of digital colorization using Photoshop as it applies to sequential art
* Acquire skills for character design and storyboarding – the practice of creating character through storyboards to help define and individualize cartoon characters and backgrounds
* Learn about self-publishing and freelancing – how to research, market and promote the sequential artist on-line and in the corporate sector
* Career alternatives include court reporting, technical illustration, storyboarding for advertising, film and television and children’s illustrator

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