Create your first one-page comic !
Explore the basics of comics and create your first comic book board. With this comic book creation workshop, Eray, illustrator and graphic designer, will guide you through the world of comic books. You will write your story and then scan it onto your computer with Adobe Photoshop while being 100% creatively independent!
Join Eray’s workshop ‘Create your first one page comic’ and learn the best techniques to create comics and express your creativity.
Useful informations
Your coach : Eray Gakci
Web : eraygakci
Audience : Young people from 12 years old
How : On line
Project : 4 sessions of 1h30
When : 3rd of October
Language : English
Price : 900 TL – 100€
The aim of project
Share my experience
Explore your own perspective on everyday concepts and feelings and tell about them in a unique way through your own drawings and colour choices.
Learn how to use panels, speech bubbles and compositions for effective and impressive storytelling while having fun through the whole process!
Practice your English in a playful way, and express your creativity.
Let yourself be guided by Eray who shares her experience in narrating feelings and stories through visuals and offers you a creative outlet.
Acquire new skills
Digital art
Technical skills
Learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop with Eray to scan your art and enhance it by easily adding color and texture. These digital skills will also be useful in the future for any other graphic project you want to do.
Project management skills
Lead a project from A to Z, share ideas, work in groups, create a comic strip from a blank sheet of paper, use a digital environment and computer-aided design tools, test, and share the result with the team.
The program
Create and digitalize your first one page comic! 4 sessions of 1h30 with Eray to learn how to tell feelings and stories using digital and creative software.
Session 1 : Introduction and explanation of the project and several examples of work related to the project. Settling on the topic (Eray will provide you several topics to start with, but you are free to choose your own!) Explore the basic concepts of panel use in comics and composition, and how it affects your narration.
Session 2 : Every participant starts drawing their comic with the knowledge provided in the first session. Eray will also help each participant individually on any specific questions.
In the end of the session, Eray will comment on each participants’ sketch and point out significant parts of the work of each participant.
Session 3 : In this session, each participant will outline their sketch work
We will scan it to continue working in Adobe Photoshop. Basic tools and actions in Adobe Photoshop. We start digitalizing the work on Adobe Photoshop (Eray will share his own process by screen-sharing)
Session 4 : We will finalize the final work and will do the necessary touch-ups. Feedback on work done.
A few words from…
I am an illustrator, graphic designer, animator
I double majored Visual Communication Design, with a main major in English Language and Literature which I think feeds my art and design process. I love working with weird vibrant colors and having a textury feel in my illustration work.
Though I define myself multi-disciplinary and love to work on and learn about new fields, I mostly do branding, graphic design, illustration and animation.
I worked with clients such as Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Plutote, Growth Vikings, Cello Society
As you can see, I love my job, and I’m happy to share my knowledge. See you soon.
Eray
Do you have any questions ?
How do I register ?
Click on the project you are interested in and fill in the requested information. An email of confirmation will be sent to you.
Do I need to have prior knowledge in photoshop?
There is no prior knowledge needed, only the desire to learn and to speack in english
Where do we meet?
Once your registration is validated, the location and appointment times will be sent by email and through whatsapp, as well as a zoom link with a password. You can arrive 5 minutes before the session to get ready and arrive on time.
What material do I need ?
Copy paper in A4 size, pencil (black pencils), a black pen to outline the sketch
Adobe Photoshop subscription (You can have 7 days free trial and then you can pay monthly for Adobe Creative Cloud subscription or you can opt-out) We won’t use Adobe Photoshop until Session 3
A smartphone or a scanner to scan the participants’ sketches.
What happens if I cannot attend the course ?
If you are unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible by phone or email. Any missed session is lost and cannot be recovered, except in cases of force majeure (accident, hospitalization, health problem). If so, we will discuss with Eray the possible catch-up of the lost session(s).
Can I get a refund ?
Except in cases of force majeure (accident, hospitalization), the costs already incurred are non-refundable (unreported absence, voluntary and intentional cancellation during the program).
