So many school aged kids loves drawing comics and I usually get a range of students for this camp. On one end of the spectrum are teens who draw on their computer, and on the other end are 10-11 year olds who still draw stick figures. How can a camp work for such a wide range of skills and experience? Well, for one thing, NONE OF THEM ARE DRAWING COMICS. In that way, they're all on the same page. The first reason this is such a popular camp is that I can get them to begin creating comics. I explain why they're not drawing comics and how I get them to down below in the P.S.
The second reason that this camp remains so popular is that it's full of tips and tricks for how kids can draw less, but up the drama, dynamics, and excitement in their drawings. We start adding in silhouettes, cutting off white space, and focus on framing for effects. All of it is really easy to do but packs a big punch.
And the third reason this camp is so popular is that it's a chance to get down skills the learners didn't have before. How to go from drawing stick figures to superheroes. How to begin drawing with perspective. How to add emotion into the drawings (because almost all comics kids like are always highly emotion based in some way--even if it's snark.) I also have specific specialized tips for advanced learners based on what skill we're using.
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PS: Here's how I get the kids to begin drawing comics -- i.e. words and pictures juxtaposed together in a sequence:
I teach students the relationships between the panels. Comics are visually stitched together in certain ways. Some are stitched together via action, others are stitched together via slower moments that create a mood or feeling. As students learning about these different connecting elements they begin to see comics differently. Then they begin to draw them differently--mainly by creating visual sequences--i.e. comics. By the end of class, they'll not only be drawing comics, but they'll never see comics in the same way again
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Below are some drawings by students who were drawing stick figures when they first started the camp. I've also included drawings by students who were using a computer to draw so you can see their development over a semester.
