EM-Curriculum Sketching and Comic Book Creators

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SKETCHING AND COMIC BOOK CREATORS


LESSON TITLES:

  • Sketching Lines, Curves, and Shading 
  • Storyboard Introduction
  • Using Color 
  • Manga vs. Comics

COVERED KNOWLEDGE:

  • Basics of sketching, techniques to create characters 
  • The purpose of storyboards 
  • Using color to convey a message or tell a story. 
  • Learning the history of Manga and how it compares to western comic books

PRACTICED SKILLS:

  • Accurate sketching of lines and curves to create shapes and characters 
  • How to storyboard
  • Identifying what story colors can tell 
  • Identifying key differences in Manga vs. Western comics

FINAL PROJECT:

Create a storyboard for the first issue of an original comic

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