Working with ... comics. Drawing characters.

    Students have to draw two characters based on their description given to them. Even though, each work will come out different!!!

Working with ... comics. Faces and expressions.

     Shoo Rayner shows us how to draw 13 Faces of Fear!!! Check this video before trying to draw the exercises from your workbook.

Expressions:

Working with ... comics. Space frame.

    A panel, frame or box is one drawing on a page, and contains a segment of action. A page may have one or many panels, and panels are frequently, but not always, surrounded by a border or outline

  
    The student is given a number of images that has to copy and organize in his/her final composition. It has to add two extra elements and draw the motion lines.

Other examples:

                                                     Silvia Manzano

Drawing an onomatopoeia: Bang!

Colours like ...

Comics

Questions:

1. When were the comics created?
2. What is a comic?
3. What does this mean? The teacher will draw some symbolia and balloons on the blackboard.
4. Can you name me a famous comic character played on TV?
   

Comic is a medium that uses both visual (non-verbal) and verbal language to tell us a story.

History_________________________________________________

• The history of comics has followed different paths in different parts of the world. It can be traced back to early precursors such as Egyptian hieroglyphs o paintings or the Trajan's Column (dedicated in 110 AD) in Rome.
• Through the 17th and 18th centuries, prints began to tackle aspects of political and social life, and also started to satirize and caricature.
• In 1845, the satirical drawings, which regularly appeared in newspapers and magazines, gained a name: cartoons. The newspaper comics served as further entertainment for mass readership. 
• In the 20th century, comics became an autonomous art media oround the world. 

Tomb of Narkaht, 15th century b. C.

Trajan's Column 

A page by Rodolphe Töpffer, 19th century

Publication formats                                                                       

      Comic Book is like a magazine that tells a long story (Batman, Superman, Mortadelo y Filemón, etc.) or a series of different stories and authors (TBO).

      Comic Strip generally refers to daily and Sunday newspaper publications. Many comic strips have been collected into comic books.