SAW Comics Year Long Program Overview and Q+A 2023-2024

Take Your Comics from Good to Great The SAW Online Comics Certificate Program 2023-2024 https://learn.sawcomics.org/bundles/o... The SAW Single-Year Intensive Has Been The Premier Program For Affordable, Personalized Comics Instruction For Over 10 Years Returning in 2023 Join us to master the tools, find the motivation and harness the power to take your comics-making from Good to Great. The Online Certificate Program is an intensive nine-month course that offers instruction in Drawing for Comics, Comics Storytelling, Comics History and much more. By signing up you have direct access to professional cartoonists and a network of like-minded creators. Our Curriculum Is Broken Up Over 4 x 6-week Semesters Drawing for Comics with Sidney Davidson and Tom Hart Learn to control anatomy, composition, clothing, details, light and shadow, exaggeration and stylization and more in this comprehensive introduction to drawing in the panel. Storytelling with Tom Hart How do you and the reader connect? How does your story reach them? Through your control of the medium, and your understanding of how words and pictures work. Hidden History of Comics with Rob Clough In The Hidden History Of Comics, each week we will look at the development of comics through a different lens and ask how and why one genre became so dominant. Depths and Details with Justine Mara Andersen Drawing backgrounds, environments and details for comics by our master illustrator, Justine Mara Andersen. Ideas and Vision with Tom Hart Develop your ideas and your unique vision with Tom's personalized visual storytelling exercises designed to get you re-inventing yourself out of the gate. 6 weeks of exploring where ideas come from, which ones to follow and how to make them work for you. Modern Comics Exploration with Ayanni Cooper In Modern Comics Exploration, develop a critical eye and practice the language of comics through weekly readings, online discussions and responses to questions about the unique art and literary form that is comics! Finishing Decisions with Lauren Weinstein Professional cartoonist, Lauren Weinstein, will guide you through the many possibilities of finishing your comics ready for publication. Comics Frontiers with Tom Hart How far can you push the medium? Let's try new things to come to a new understanding of ourselves as creators and artists. We'll create formally unique comics, explore the edges of visual metaphor and create from the body to make powerful comics. Markets, Craft and Practice with the SAW Community It's not easy for an artist, but with some training, and especially, a network of colleagues and mentors, you can begin to navigate the professional world. Cohort Mentoring with Comics Professionals In this 6-weeks you'll have regular check-ins and critique/feedback from professional comics artists as you work towards your final assignment submission. https://learn.sawcomics.org/bundles/o...