Comics and Illustration classes run by The William Stok Art Centre

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Every Wednesday online

Children 7pm-8pm Adults 7pm-9pm

Contact me at stokcomics@gmail.com

The course includes the following topics:

• Structure and proportions of a cartoon/illustration character (comic and figurative). How to apply this creatively.
• Anatomy and proportion of the body
• The head, hair, eyes, nose, mouth. Proportion and relationship. Clothing and folds
• Features and expression
• Composition of the image.
• Structure of the page (page layout). Organisation of space, spatial relation between frames. Story-telling –frame by frame – the script.
• Relating one scene to the next.
• Creative development of the story using close up/long shot/American field/split image.
• Lettering- how to design lettering. Interpretation of the script. Speech balloons Onomatopoeia.
• The strip
• Personages. The baddie,the hero, the stooge, the heroine.
• Caricature
• Background. Landscapes/ interiors. Perspective. Relationship between person and his environment.
• Inking. Use of black and white. Contrast, shadows. Varying the line.
• Colour circle, mixing colour, different techniques: watercolour spraying, tempera, sponging, texture effects.
• Animal drawing
• Drawing types of transport
• Walt Disney, his films, structure and characterisation.
• Study of superheroes such as Marvel
• Manga
• Hanna Barbera
• Looney Tunes
• .French style cartoons
• Children’s book illustration

• THE COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES
• Students do not need to have any previous experience of cartoons or illustration as basic drawing techniques are part of the programme.
• LESSON STRUCTURE
• After an introductory lesson you will be helped todevelop your skills with personalised tuition.
• WHY JOIN?
• Have fun, meet new people, build your skills. Stert from scratch or learn new ideas.

ABOUT THE TEACHER William Stok trained at St Martin's School of Art and has a very long career as a comics designer and illustrator, and as a painter and sculptor and has been teaching all age-groups, from children to secondary and university and college level.

EXPERIENCE AS AN ARTIST William has published with major editorial and advertising companies,childrens’ books, making animation films for television and worked in advertising and has exhibited in many galleries

PRIVATE COLLECTIONSHis work is in the collections of the Tate gallery, the Victoria &Albert museum, HRH King Charles III.

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