A comic book is a powerful medium of expression that speaks to a wide variety of ideas and emotions across all genres. DAZ Studio is a great tool to generate renders for your creating comic book artwork!
However, it can take a great deal of time in building and rendering those scenes. The Comic Book Creation kit saves you time and energy in providing you with over a hundred renders ready to select from and build your own comic book. This kit includes an extensive video course of over 5 hours of instruction and insights on composing your comic by Drew Spence, a professional comic book artist. This part includes insights from comic book legends such as John Byrne.
The artwork in this kit is royalty-free – so you are free to create and publish your own stories with this kit.
The asset packs in this product contain over 750 PNG images for building your story panels.
Sci-fi rendered characters, props, and backgrounds
Renders in portrait, hand-drawn, line, and sketch styles
Drew teaches you how to use and arrange the elements of a comic book:
Panels
Lettering
Word/Thought balloons
Captions
Sound effects
Panels
Borders
Gutters
He shows you how to…
Map a story structure onto a comic book layout
Show, rather than tell a dynamic story
Progress and express characters through their story arcs
Create strong visual appeal
Gain a comic book style that fits your story
Comprehend comic book elements and use them to your advantage
Compose comic book elements with confidence
Master composition of characters in a shot (for a panel)
This course is for you if you are…
Overwhelmed with the prospect of creating a comic book
Wanting to add extra impact or emotion to your visual story,
Needing a comprehensive understanding of comic book elements in all their varieties and how to use them effectively.
Having challenges in using composition for comic book elements
Wanting to experiment with comic book creation without having to render scenes yourself.
This is Part 3 of a 3 part Course. There’s also a bundle version available.
Software Recommended for this Course
Comic Life 3 – inexpensive software for MAC/PC to assemble and compose your comic
Photoshop (or GIMP) – for styling and/or for assembling your comic book
DAZ Studio – many references are made to DAZ Studio throughout the course since all the assets included are rendered with this.
Content
Session 6: Fights, Fury, Frenzy, and Friends
Relationships changing throughout the scene
Character arcs: what not to do
Relations vs Information
SHOW but don’t tell
Style vs substance
Three types of conflict in stories
Session 7: Style and Convention for your Comic Book
Your style guide
Genre, layout, world-building
Insights from interviews with Comic Book artist veterans
Ed LaRoche, Pam Harrison, John McClellan, and John Byrne (X-Men)
Analysis of styling from pro comic artists
Lettering and balloon placement
Balloon shapes, borders, and bad-ass styling
Session 8: The Big Review
The arc of the course
Comic books created by class members – reviews
How color tells a story
When text or speech is not needed for panels
Question posed to pro artists: What is your responsibility as storytellers?
Summation of course
