Ashcans highly effective Comic Art Program offers a structured curriculum for students to acquire proven knowledge and skills as a comic artist in 3 semesters.
The first session you will learn the foundations of digital and traditional Comic Arts.
The second session you'll focus is on gaining an advanced skill set for world-building.
The third on creating a dynamic body of work for publishing.
Session IIntroduction to the basic techniques in digital art, and photoshop techniques to understand the foundation of both traditional and digital comics design.
- Introduction to Photoshop
- Storytelling
- Basic Inking
- Basic Color
- Figure Study
- Tone and Manner
- Basic Perspective
Session IIUsage of advanced traditional and digital techniques to design narratives elements including character, background, storyboard, and world.
- World Design
- Dynamic perspective
- Texture
- Advanced story buildup
- Light and volume
- Paneling
- Character design
Session IIIConcentrating on portfolio completion
- 1-on-1 Mentorship
- Portfolio completion
- Publishing information
Our Comic Art program covers both traditional and digital comics. Thursday classes are focused on traditional comics and Friday classes are for digital comics. You can choose either class session- 11-2 or 5-8 Thursday or Friday if space is available.
Feel free to contact us for more detailed scheduling and tuition information and for a 1 on 1 consultation.