The blog for John Heebink's now-ended SATURDAY COMICS CLASS, formerly held at the late, lamented STEVENS BOOKS, 49 Ocean Ave, San Francisco, from 2016 to 2018. (Thanks to Joseph forever! This class was a great experience.)
What follows is, for the self-directed, essentially a couple years of free online course. Older entries have more complete lessons on average.
JH
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Saturday, July 9, 2016
Andy's Exemplary Art
Exciting
Variety...
...in figure size
..in tightness/looseness of cropping
one open panel (no borders)
Diagonals for energy!
Energetic, jazzy, confident inking! Non-fussy!
Clarity
Clean silhouettes, minimal BGs
Action cropped just close enough--art "breathes"
Staging is consistent--reader doesn't lose their place in the action. (Monster keeps coming in from left, robot from right)
Robot who comes in to save the day is established in first panel, so it doesn't seem he's coming out of nowhere.
Consistent light direction, bold shadows make characters "read" as physical objects in space
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