Autobiographical Comic Book: Illustrate Your Experiences
Lettering
A course by Alec Longstreth, Cartoonist
About the video: Lettering
Overview
“Lettering is one of the most important aspects of comics, which is often overlooked. Bad lettering will ruin a great comic! In this lesson, I will show you how to create clear, legible hand lettering. ”
In this video lesson Alec Longstreth addresses the topic: Lettering, which is part of the Domestika online course: Autobiographical Comic Book: Illustrate Your Experiences. Learn how to write, pencil, and ink a comic based on your personal experiences, from the initial idea to the finished page.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the previous lesson, we laid out our page of comics. We got the panel borders in there, and we roughly indicated where the speech balloons, the characters, and the backgrounds we're going to go. In this lesson, we're going to talk about lettering. We're going to learn the letter forms, go through the hand lettering techniques that cartoonists have used for hundreds of years, And then we're going to do a demonstration. We will letter the page of comics that we've roughed out. I have very strong feelings about lettering in comics. bad lettering can ruin a comic. The reason it's so importan...”
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Course summary for: Autobiographical Comic Book: Illustrate Your Experiences
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Comic, Communication, Digital Illustration, Ink Illustration, Narrative, Pencil Drawing, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Writing
Alec Longstreth
A course by Alec Longstreth
Alec Longstreth is a cartoonist, freelance illustrator, and teacher living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He first fell in love with comics thanks to his grandfather who would read them in the newspaper, and soon began exploring iconic titles at his local comic shop and public library. Alec quickly fell in love with Disney comics in particular, and drew a six-page comic at just 12 years old that won a prize at a local art competition.
He started drawing comics seriously while studying technical theater at Oberlin College. Alec’s comics were featured in the student newspaper, and after graduating, he began self-publishing them. Since then, he has released 24 issues of his minicomic Phase 7, and won awards for both his first and second comic project, Isle of Elsi. He later moved to New York City to study illustration at Pratt Institute and launched his freelance illustration career, working with Highlights Magazine, National Geographic Kids, and Nickelodeon. Alongside creating art, Alec teaches workshops to students as the Director of Academic Outreach at The Center for Cartoon Studies.
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