Comics, Illustration & Games Art Club

This class is an unmuted, chatty, fun place to meet weekly to see friends, talk about and share comics, ideas and more! Each class will have either instruction time, prompts or games! Your professional artist-mentor will facilitate the discussion along the way, guiding students in drawing, design, storytelling, style and more! There is a lot of "between the lines" casual instruction during these times, including learning social-emotional regulation, respect and listening to others, and learning to feel empowered about your own ideas and thoughts! 

We analyze and practice many storytelling and art concepts, such as: character development, plot, pacing, panels, dialog, narration, perspective and composition, color, value, sketching, pencil and pen technique and more--however the emphasis of this club is on friendship and discussion. 

When students share story progress, I’ll help them think through critical storytelling components like what your character’s narrative arc might be, what obstacles stand in their way and how they resolve their story problem.

Each week we will warmup by looking at and drawing from comics, books, references and requested drawing techniques. We will use games to create drawing prompts, story arcs, characters, situations and more!

TOPICS SCHEDULE: Jump in anytime!

{Mar. 31 - Apr. 6}    Hand Lettering Warmup & Wordless stories
{Apr. 7 - Apr. 13}      Daily Comic Warmup & DnD-style campaign comics building
{Apr. 14 - Apr. 20}   Mystery Comic Warmup & Warrior Cats 
{Apr. 21 - Apr. 27}    Motion Comic Warmup & DnD-style campaign comics building
{Apr. 28 - May. 4}    Hunters of the Great Forest  
{May 5 - May 11}     Gradients and Texture in comics
{May 12 - May 18}    Perspective Drawing--Birds Eye View
{May 19 - May. 25}     
{May. 26 - Jun. 1}      
{Jun. 2 - Jun. 8}         
{Jun. 9 - Jun. 15}      
{Jun. 16 - Jun. 22}   
{Jun. 23 - Jun. 29}   
{Jun. 30 - Jul. 6}     
{Jul. 7 - Jul 11}           
{July 14- July 20}               
{July 21- July 27}              
{July 28-Aug 3}

👉🏼  Growth Mindset: Over time our students feel powerful and capable in many other areas of life because the work they’ve done in our class shows them that they can do hard things, and they can stick with it.

✨ We focus on learning and process—most classes will not end with a “finished” comic. Instead, students will build and practice the tools and techniques needed to continue with their comics and other art throughout the week.

✨ You can join anytime!

🏳️‍🌈✊🏽 ✨This is an inclusive, anti-racist, LGBTQIA+ safe space where every member can feel empowered to be themselves and create art that reflects the world they dream about! • Bring your ideas and an open mind! • Classes may run up to ten minutes late depending on sharing, learner questions and discussion. • Mics ON is allowed and encouraged (assuming no background noise-in which case just mute while not talking)!