The Comic Arts Workshop
Now offering a 30-day Free Trial on the information and support you need to make comics and graphic novels.
About the Workshop
A community of creators learning and working together through classes, co-working sessions, critiques/feedback and support. Members will have access to all educational content, publishing opportunities and special events.
Lessons are pre-recorded so you can proceed at your own pace and replay the lesson as often as you need to. After the completion of each lesson, a new one will be made available to you after 7 days. Tackle each new lesson at on your own time. Each lesson comes with an exercise which you can share for feedback at any following live class meeting. There is no schedule to keep up with. Just a sequence of videos you can take whenever you want to and work you can get critiqued whenever you're ready.
Work can be posted on the community wall on this website for comments and feedback.
Weekly live classes will be held for members to get feedback on their assignments. Virtual co-working session will also be held for those who want to work in the company of other creators. These are great opportunities to share experience, advice and build relationships with each other.
The lesson topics are below:
THE IDEA
Idea generation
Story structures
Characters
The Outline
WRITING
The script
Dialogue
Show don’t tell
Pacing
STORY
Intrigue/Suspense
Fore shadowing
Cutaways/Metaphors
Names, names, names
COLLABORATING
Finding a partner
Money
Contracts
Tips
ART
Character design
Art styles
Sketchlines & inking
Digital vs traditional
LAYOUT
Thumbnails & blocking
Camera positions
Character directions
Leading the eye
COLOR
Flat vs modeled
Using as focus L
ocal vs theme
Digital vs traditional
THE COVER
Logo title
Cover design
Back matter
Getting attention
PRODUCTION
Lettering
Page order
Book format
Printing
DISTRIBUTION
Online
Comic Cons
Comic Shops
Kickstarter
THE BUSINESS
Online
Self Publishing
Anthologies
Publishers
LEGAL
Copyrights
Partnerships
Contracts
Ownership
MARKETING
Networking
Blog/newsletter
Social Media
Press/Awards
POSITIONING
Your message
Motivation
The three mandatories
Career Tips
ATTITUDE
Gratitude
Responsibility
Focus
Track record
Ramon Gil
Artist, Writer, Teacher. Ramon teaches art and design at SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology and the College at Old Westbury. He is the organizer of Diversity Comic Con. His credits include Black Stories Matter, The Whiz Kids from DARPA, The Hard Code, Truer Than Trousedale, Senturies, The Scifies Anthologies and most recently, Everybody Has a Hero - a middle school graphic novel from Benchmark Press.
Course Pricing
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$39 USD
per monthA growing and supportive group of aspiring comic and graphic novel creators working and learning together.
Join us - Support and feedback from pros and other aspiring creators
- Weekly bite-sized lessons and exercises
- Access to all pro interviews, blog articles and other content
- Regular virtual bullpen (co-working) sessions
- Exclusive invites to special events and opportunities