Cartooning

CARTOONING

CARTOONING COURSE SYLLABUS Ms. Tinucci

This course will explore essential components of cartooning: history of cartoons/comics and historical cartoon artists, cartoon figure drawing in ink, background basics, comic-strip writing, graphic storytelling, panel and page composition, and graphic novels. Students will develop a self-published mini-comic alongside several class exercises and worksheets.

Students will learn to make comics from start to finish. Students will experiment with writing and drawing short narrative comics, while also being introduced to book design. Comics will be analyzed not only in terms of writing and illustration, but also in terms of color, illustrating the anatomy of a figure, perspective and design. By the end of the course, students will have completed several comic booklets, and have gained a thorough understanding of creating a multi-colored mini-comic.

In this course you will:

Learn about lettering, inking, writing, texture and composition in this course, designed to challenge you as a cartoonist and illustrator.

Learn the basics of anatomy, foreshortening, shading environment and composition.

Learn how to handle your tools and apply ink, first in a series of short value studies and then quickly moving onto applying inks to concept work.

Learn how to create different short story projects and stand alone pieces. These lessons are there to offer you a chance to build your vocabulary as a cartoonist and give you a chance to encounter all the challenges necessary to tell visual stories on paper.

Daily Expectations:

Use your class time wisely and work on the project at hand.
Log into Google Classroom and submit ALL completed on-line assignments

GRADING:

Your grade will include your in-class studio participation AND at home assignments submitted to Google Classroom.

Projects in class: 40%

Specific criteria for each, which includes effort, creativity, and craftsmanship

Projects online in Google Classroom: 40%

Specific criteria for each, which includes effort, creativity, and craftsmanship

Class Participation: 20%

Attendance, discussion, and critique activity, Quizzes, being on task and daily class preparation.

Work habits, effort and time management

SUPPLY LIST:

Pencils, a standard HB pencil, some hard pencils, such as a 2h, a 3h or a 4h. (Pencils are numbered on the side)
Inexpensive nylon watercolor brushes. Variety pack of brushes. Brushes should come to a point, be short-handled and sized anywhere between .005 and 7.
Squeezable Whiteout pen or standard Whiteout
Sketchbook- approx. 14” x 17” white sulphite drawing pad suggested (e.g. Strathmore, Bristol Plate Surface, Aquabees Multimedia pad or Fabriano smooth ) – for planning the design, before working on good paper for finished art
Pencil sharpener w/ enclosed shavings container
Two or three fine-pointed Black ink pens – Felt tips pens or pigma markers are ideal Possible brands/types: Sanford Ink’s Papermate Liquid Expresso Extra-Fine Line (favorite), Pilot Razor Point, Copic Multiliner pens, Sakura Pigma Micron technical pen (005 to 03), Sakura Pigma brush (marker), Staedtler Mars Graphic 3000 Duo Brush Markers, Pentel Brush Pens, or whatever you choose.