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пятница, 13 февраля 2015 г.

For Top Comic Art Classes Pennsylvania Can Be A Great Choice

By Katina Brady


There has never been a time when the characters from comic books have been more popular in the world of entertainment. This popularity has produced a corresponding increase in the number of people who want to break into the sequential storytelling business. Artists of all ages now dream of being the next breakout creator with the latest hot story or character. And when they look for comic art classes Pennsylvania schools are often among their top choices.

In the industry's infancy, artists had two ways to learn the craft. Their choices boiled down to either taking an apprenticeship with an existing professional artist or laboring to learn at home from anatomy books and the works of master artists. That was the same choice shared by all artists for many hundreds of years.

As comics grew in popularity, a number of artists saw the benefit of starting schools and workshops to pass on the basic skills of their craft to future generations. Popular artists like Joe Kubert soon helped educate an entirely new generation of fresh, and highly-skilled storytellers. With that success, more schools were created, including many of those now found in Pennsylvania.

These schools and workshops offer students an opportunity to learn everything from the basics to advanced storytelling and production techniques. The goal of the school setting is to provide each new student with everything he or she needs to produce comics that meet or exceed industry standards. To accomplish that, there are a variety of different skill sets that are addressed in the courses.

Obviously, some skills are common to those taught in other schools for artists. Human anatomy is one such course, and a great deal of time is spent in its study. Comics tend to be stories about people, so artists need to know how to draw them. That requires learning both the natural proportions of the human body, and the so-called heroic proportions often used in these tales.

Students also learn how to use various tools, techniques, and artwork mediums. Pencil drawing is a must, since that serves as the backbone of almost all sequential art. In addition, students must learn to use India ink, using various brushes and pens to create varying line thicknesses and different moods using shadows. Mediums such as watercolor and software usage may also be explored.

These schools place primary emphasis upon the skill associated with paneled storytelling. There is a special nature to the craft of relating stories using pictures, requiring a certain set of skills to be done successfully. Artists must learn to work from a script, develop a well-paced series of paneled illustrations with dynamic composition, and vary the perspective used in their scenes.

As Hollywood continues to produce one blockbuster after another based on the most popular of these comics, the need for talented artists will only continue to grow. For aspiring students who desire to learn this craft, an area school that teaches the fundamentals of producing comics can be the perfect way to achieve that goal.




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