Continuing Studies :: Illustration and Comic Art

Tell stories through images. Illuminate ideas. Express what words can’t. These sound like tall orders, but illustrators and comic artists face these challenges every time they pick up a pencil. And it’s not all about drawing, either; collage, paint and even digital media are tools of the trade these days. Tell your own story or translate someone else’s—these arts are as dynamic and versatile as your imagination.

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Illustration and Comic Art

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In A Single Bound: Comic Book Creation

Students in this course will create original characters and storylines, and be introduced to the techniques, materials, and disciplines used to create professional comic art.

Days: Saturdays
Dates: Feb. 6–March 27
Time: 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

 
 
 
Illustration in Product Design

This course will give students the opportunity to add pieces to their portfolios as well as learn how to design and illustrate for specific audiences and lifestyles.

Days: Thursdays
Dates: Feb. 4–April 8
Time: 6:30-9:30 p.m.

 
 
 
Kid Vision: Children’s Book Illustration

This course will explore the wide range of children’s book illustration, from traditional to contemporary.

Days: Mondays
Dates: Feb. 8–March 29
Time: 6:30-9:30 p.m.

 
 
 
Worth a Thousand Words: Introduction to Illustration

During this dynamic ten-week course, students will be introduced to editorial illustration—illustrating for newspapers and magazines.

Days: Tuesdays
Dates: Feb. 2–April 6
Time: 6:30-9:30 p.m.

 
 
 
Digital Coloring for Comic Books (Spring 2010)

VC-4742-10 • Spring 2010 • 3 cr

Comic fans - this course offers everything you need to know about “coloring” comic books, from digital design to print, scanning artwork, using color as a storytelling tool, dealing with cheap paper, CMYK vs. RGB in the color work-flow, color ...

Days: online meetings: Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. CT
Dates: Jan. 19–May 11 (15 weeks)
Time: first meeting: Tuesday, January 19
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Experience Anatomy (Spring 2010)

2D-3297-10 • Spring 2010 • 3 cr

Investigate the most essential aspects of anatomy by examining the work of classical masters and the importance of accurately depicting the human form. Studies of skeletal and muscular structures in a sketchbook format will guide the developme...

Days: online participation: asynchronous
Dates: Jan. 19–May 11 (15 weeks)
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History of American Illustration (Spring 2010)

AH-3377-10 • Spring 2010 • 3 cr

This fully online, asynchronous course examines American illustration from 1800 to the present day, and the dynamic forces that drive its evolution. Course material will combine a chronological overview with surveys of selected genres, and dis...

Days: online participation: asynchronous
Dates: Jan. 19–May 11 (15 weeks)
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