Improve your ability to communicate through word and image.
Uncover different aspects and perspectives on the comics-making process.
Explore the essence of what makes comics unique through invigorating and contemplative workshops.
Why not tickle your brain with comics?!!
Between the Panels, 7000 BC's series of pay-what-you-can online comics workshops return to enliven your 2022. This spring we'll be adding new instructors with new perspectives to share. Sharpen your pencils, roll out the virtual paper and get ready to draw upon your strengths. Join us as we explore a storytelling medium like no other. Drop-in students are welcome!
Registration is required. Workshop registration is through Eventbrite.
- How What Why Are Comics? (Opening Up Panels, Contents, and the Space Between)
- An introduction to what makes a comic a comic. A panel a panel. And a gutter a truly fascinating place to be.
- How Many Radioactive Squirrels Does it Take to Make a Comic? (Clear Storytelling with Banana-Thieving Squirrels)
- Exploring too much and too little.
- The Shape of Characters to Come (Character Definition and Quick Draw Mug Shots)
- Visualizing a character's stance by their stance, within a wall of ugly (and otherwise) mugs.
- The Down Elevator to Backstory (Design Sheets and Fictional Pasts)
- Speak swiftly and carry a big sketchbook. What floor, please?
- Thumbnailing with Kaiju Claws (Enhancing Story with Tiny Broad Strokes)
- How many ways can you trim your thumbnails and still have them be your thumbnails?