6年生から8年生向けのアートコース: コミック、マンガ、グラフィックノベルを自分で作成する

In this four day course, students will learn the basics of creating their own comic.

LESSON ONE: 
On the first day, we will lay down the groundwork for our comic by brainstorming what we want our comic to be about. Afterwards, we will start developing the main characters for the comic. We will also talk about narrative arcs: what goes into a story? Finally, we will start plotting the story for our comics and, if time allows, writing the script as well.

LESSON TWO:
On the second day, we will get started with sketching our comic, first by learning about thumbnail sketches. Thumbnail sketches are used to plan out what the comic will look like using quick sketches. After working on some thumbnail sketches, we will then start drawing the comic itself. We will also go over what exactly is on a comic page and talk about comic page terminology during this lesson.

LESSON THREE:
On the third day, we will continue to sketch our comic. We will need a lot of panels sketched out, because afterwards, we will talk about inking our comics - the different tools  that we will need, as well as different approaches to inking. We will also present our progress with our comics so far in order to get feedback and advice on what to do next.

LESSON FOUR:
On the final day, we will continue to finish our comic and work on the cover page for our comics. We will also present our final comics to each other!

It is up to the student if they want to draw their comic using pencils and paper or if they want to draw their comic on the computer or a tablet. Sharing your work is also voluntary, you do not have to share if you do not want to!