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FTLOC Comics Art Boot Camp- Session5

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 For Meeting of  "THE IDEA vs. THE REAL" These two search results actually came up side by side when I searched up Loomis. I wanted to show you this on screen last time, but forgot to bring my laptop. Then I lectured about it anyway. Maybe not so smart. Anyway, here are two artists showing just how their drawings were founded on Loomis's approach. Likely, each hoped to parlay that apparent advantage into making an  attractive and convincing face--but one missed the mark. Why? Maybe you suspect the artist on the right "gamed" the challenge by working from a photo of a young woman with full lips, upturned nose, etc. But that's not it, not nearly. We've all seen females who don't have such features, and yet are beautiful...  So faces are more than features. They are also capital-F Form.  Before we know better, we ALL tend, in ¾ view, to make the eyes and eyebrows almost exactly the same sizes and shapes on both the near side of the face and the ever...
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For The Love of Comics' COMIC ART BOOTCAMP Wk3

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  For class of February 5, 2026-- for class of February 5, 2026 Inkers' Decisions   Warm-up •  In-class Exercise 1 • Lecture-demo • Group Review of Homework  •  In-class Exercise 2   •  Your Assignment  •  Next Time • In our next Thursday evening meeting, we'll have more hands-on joy with inking tools, as we chat about the choice-filled life of the inker.   Warm up: Wake up your drawing brain with ink doodles (no penciling!) In-class Exercise 1:  Ink a panel on Bristol board (and and paper provided) Inking Decisions Demo-Lecture Inking Decisions Lecture-Demo In-class Exercise 2:  TBA THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT is a sequel. Call it "TWISTED NURSERY RHYME 3: The Inkening" It's simply inking your story, old school or digitally (and using any other technique you fancy) to "plus" it and get readers to look at the important bits. We'll talk about it in class; I'll address your Qs.  If you have questions, or miss...
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For the Love of Comics Art Bootcamp Wk2

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Jan. 29, 2026 •   Big 3 in concert  •  In-class Exercise 1 •  PET SHOW  •     •   In-class 2     •  Your Next  Assignment  •  Next Time • Here We Go... Have yo u select ed a couple of favorite inking tools (your "pets") to let your mates try out at tonight's Pet Show?? I'm bringing a ton, mostly as backup.  Big 3 in Concert With some art examples on screen, I'll try to suggest all that the Big 3, that is... Line of Action Silhouette  and Acting (pose & gesture)  ...can do for your art, and thus for your readers' experiences in the imagined world or worlds you may already be bringing to life. THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT "Twisted Nursery Rhyme"  Take your (ideally) loose, soft layout of last week and realize the pencils more completely: Add in shading, texture, pattern to the degree you looks good. Try to err on the side of economy: Better to under-do than over-do. But make sure charact...
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FTLOC Comic Art Bootcamp - Wk4+

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                               February 2026   •   What's Happening?  •  "Hanging Figures" •  Materials List  Welcome Back! Hail thee, you lucky few-- our original five, you the reenrolled and any new additions! Gio will communicate with you regarding our next meeting details. In the meantime, on the chance that some of our original five are checking back in here, onward I blog! I want to explain one of the several handouts I left with you: Hanging Figures on the Horizon I belatedly added a little text in the upper left to make clearer this easy, yet very helpful, tool of basic perspective. Here's the same song, sung by David Chelsea in his classic book on perspective for comic book artists. Oh, and then he casually introduces  VANISHING POINT , whom you already know, if only in your artist's heart and your dreaming mind. Yeah, ol'  "VP"  himself just drops...
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