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Master Seminar with David Finch: Drawing Awesome

Learn the craft of drawing popular art from David Finch, master comics artist and best-selling penciler of such massive franchises as Batman, The Avengers, The X-Men and many more!

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Hour One 11 Topics

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David’s Comics Origin Story

Art Inspiration: Andrew Loomis

Demonstration: Figure Construction

Question: Copying and Understanding Forms

Question: Muscle Visibility Under Clothing

Practice Idea: Copying from Other Artists

Question: Warming Up

Proper Head Construction

Question: Maintaining Confidence While Breaking In to Comics

Question: Using Photo Reference

Hour Two 8 Topics

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Figure Drawing: Start with Gesture

Figure Drawing: Refine the Gesture

Importance of a Methodology for Creating Art

Manga Studio Brushes

Figure Drawing: Light Sources

Demonstration: Layout of a Comic Book Page

Demonstration: Capturing Dynamics

Perspective in Figure Drawing

Hour Three 13 Topics

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Rendering Male vs Female Faces

Question: Purpose of Blue Line Pencils

Drawing Female Anatomy

Question: Size of Characters in Relation to Panels

Question: Who Decides Page Layouts?

Question: SketchUp for Backgrounds

Question: Base Sketch with Clothed Figure

Question: Asymmetry When Drawing the Clothed Figure

Question: Photo Reference for General Objects

Demonstration: Drawing Over Understructure

Discussion: Giving Feedback to Inkers and Colorists

Discussion: Line Weights

Question: What Decisions Inform Line Weight Thickness

Hour Four 12 Topics

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Question: Contradicting Established Light Sources

Discussion: Improving Your Work

Demonstration: Rendering with a Light Source

Discussion: Artist Influences vs. Plagiarizing Work

Question: How Much Time to Draw a Page

Question: Laying Out Action Scenes

Question: How to Keep Shadows Consistent

Demonstration: Rendering the Face

Demonstration: Rendering Form

Question: Fill and Bounce Lighting

Demonstration: Mistakes in Rendering

Demonstration: Rendering Metal

Hour Five 13 Topics

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Question: Rendering Textures in Metal

Question: How Do You Evaluate Your Work?

Demonstration: Rendering Hair

Rendering Hair: The Line of Beauty

Discussion: Drawing Eyebrows

Rendering Women’s Hair

Rendering Hair with Lighting

Question: Rendering Dark Hair on Men

Discussion: Artist Influences

Proportions of the Face

Finding Time to Experiment

Texture Rendering: Bricks

Translating Figure Drawing to Animals/Other Forms

Hour Six 8 Topics

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0% Complete 0/8 Steps

How to Handle Criticism

Question: Evaluating Aspiring Artist Portfolios

Question: What Artists is David in Contact With

Question: Composing an Action Scene

Question: Preventing Pencil Smudge

Question: Figure Placement

Rendering Conclusion

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