ILLUS-3943

THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

Faculty: Antoine Revoy

Course Level: Junior, Senior, 5th Year

3 CREDITS

CONCEPTS ELECTIVE REQUIREMENT: This course fulfills the additional concepts elective requirement for Illustration majors.

This course is a comics writing and artmaking workshop with an emphasis on professional production finishing techniques, culminating in a comic or graphic novel pitch.. Assignments will introduce students to both traditional methods (thumbnailing, inking) and state of the art technical processes (digital coloring, art preparation, file format and delivery, and processing for press quality publication). Students will develop their visual storytelling abilities by creating comics from existing scripts-exploring various literary genres, among which sci-fi, mystery or nonfiction-as well as original stories.

Capacity: 15

Registration Restriction: Major elective; restricted to Illustration juniors and seniors; open to non-majors pending seat availability and permission of instructor. 

Semester Offered: Spring