Sketching Your Way to Better Comics

Artists can learn a lot about making comics engaging and visually appealing by looking at different panel arrangements and their effects on storytelling. In this lesson, Aaron Conley teaches the importance of quickly sketching out both full character shots and detailed backgrounds to set the tone and context in a comic page. He points out how including full body shots of characters like Wolverine and comprehensive backgrounds can really improve the storytelling in comics. Aaron also talks about the role of backgrounds in creating mood and atmosphere and he mentions how close-ups and action shots can make the storytelling more dynamic. Aaron discusses the nine-panel grid layout too, showing how it’s useful for both learning and professional comic creation. Learn more about how to make comics in “Marvel’s The Art of Storytelling” course on Proko - CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Backgrounds 01:47 - Nine-panel Grid 05:01 - Pacing in Comics 08:25 - Outro RELATED LINKS: Marvel Comic Playlist - #marvelcomics #wolverine #sketching Subscribe to Proko: Don’t miss new tutorials - Hit the BELL! Premium Videos - Pose photo sets - FOLLOW PROKO: Email Newsletter- Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - Tumblr - Pinterest - WATCH MORE PROKO: Latest Uploads: Figure Drawing: Art of Caricature: Popular Videos: ABOUT PROKO: Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high-quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching. CREDITS: Artist | Instructor - Aaron Conley Producer - Stan Prokopenko (), Sean Ramsey () Production Assistance - Stephen Clark () Editing - Dzmitry Tsydzik, Patrick Bosworth (), Charlie Nicholson () Publishing - John Birchall, Alex Otis Music Used with Permission from the ABC Music Library