"WRITING WITH PICTURES"
A 12-week course in visual storytelling, introducing students to the art and processes involved in creating your own Graphic Novels, Manga and Comic Books. This unique course will be held from 6:00 - 8:00pm (PST)*, and will begin on March 9th, 2023. Classes will be taught by accomplished/published artist, Che Yuan and moderated by 2D animator, Tony White.
* Note: Each class will be recorded in it's entirety, so that students who cannot attend the live sessions every Thursday night at this time, will be able to view the entire recording the next day and onward, through a special, student classroom.
Course Description
What’s unique about graphic novels? You can tell your story well through images no matter how well you draw!
This course covers key principles in visual storytelling and offers an overview of artists' expansive repertoire in graphic novel creation. It will teach students how to effectively communicate their stories through images and enable them to deliver their messages powerfully and poetically.
By the end of this course, students are expected to produce one comic strip, one page for their story, and to gain knowledge and practice to navigate their journey as a creator going forward.
What’s unique about graphic novels? You can tell your story well through images no matter how well you draw!
This course covers key principles in visual storytelling and offers an overview of artists' expansive repertoire in graphic novel creation. It will teach students how to effectively communicate their stories through images and enable them to deliver their messages powerfully and poetically.
By the end of this course, students are expected to produce one comic strip, one page for their story, and to gain knowledge and practice to navigate their journey as a creator going forward.
Instructor: Che Yuan
Che Yuan is a painter and illustrator based in New York and Beijing. His commercial arts include illustrations and graphic novels inspired by Taoism philosophy, Buddhist culture, and world literature.
He graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2022. His graphic novel adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude won the Robert Frankenberg Award by SVA in 2021, and he was nominated for Will Eisner Scholar at the Society of Illustrators in the same year.
Website: https://cheyyuan.com
Che Yuan is a painter and illustrator based in New York and Beijing. His commercial arts include illustrations and graphic novels inspired by Taoism philosophy, Buddhist culture, and world literature.
He graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2022. His graphic novel adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude won the Robert Frankenberg Award by SVA in 2021, and he was nominated for Will Eisner Scholar at the Society of Illustrators in the same year.
Website: https://cheyyuan.com
Course Plan:
Cost: $480 (for 12 x 2-hour classes)