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Learn the art of creating captivating comic book illustrations, from sketching to inking, in the heart of NYC. Dive into character development, panel layout, and storytelling techniques, and bring your imagination to life on paper.

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Joke in the Box: An Introduction to Gag Cartooning

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

An introduction to the subtle wizardry that is gag cartooning. We’ll be doing exercises meant to generate ideas, spark jokes, and inspire cartoons in the single-panel format.  If we do this right, you’ll walk out with a stack of beginnings and ideas for comics that you’re excited about. If we do it wrong, I’ll be left tied to a pole covered in gasoline out in the desert somewhere.  Worried about your drawing skills, or lack thereof?...

(252) Beginner 16 and older
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Teen Manga Art

SMB Studio Arts Inc. @ 3777 Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY

Love to draw? Love anime? Then this is the class for you!  In this 5-week class you will learn the basics of making your own character, facial expressions, & poses in the anime style.  Note: Adult Manga is not practiced. 

(1) All levels 10 - 18 years old
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$215

4 sessions

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Teen Manga Screentones

SMB Studio Arts Inc. @ 3777 Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY

Bring your imagination to life the way professional mangakas do. Students will learn the basics of character construction, storytelling, paneling and work with prisma pencils, screentones, and inks to create their own character reference sheet and one page manga.  This class is focused on cartoon/anime art styles such as shounen and shoujo! *Note: Adult Manga is not practiced.

(1) All levels 13 - 16 years old
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$230

4 sessions

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Kids: Foundation Painting & Drawing (Beg. - Int.)

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

The perfect foundation art class for kids who love Art & want to explore their own self-expression through Drawing and Painting. Learn basic skills to set you free and apply professional techniques the pros use. Study composition and develop your own style, using personal subject matter and special effects you can transfer your ideas confidently into finished pieces of Art. This class is perfect for Beginners or for students who have taken some...

(181) Beginner 5 - 8 years old
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Kids: Manga Fun

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

With the support of a professional Manga Instructor students design your own manga characters or  draw your own self portrait in Anime. We will provide demos with step by step exercises to help achieve characters that leap off the page in fun compositions. For kids who love Manga Cartoons, this is a super class to learn the basics and hone drawing skills. Children learn how to use line and form, add color and study facial features- how to draw...

(181) All levels 5 - 8 years old
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Making Komics with Kids

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

Have you ever wanted to make your own comic strip? Well, cartoonist Patrick J. Reilly will show you how! You'll learning what goes into a panel, how creating a single panel and how to set up the joke of a three panel strip. By the end of the class you'll be able to make your own comic strip. Please Note: Outside food and drinks are not allowed. QED has coffee, tea, soda, beer & wine plus snacks and pre-made wraps and sandwiches available

(252) All levels 18 and older
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Political Cartooning

Classeteria @ 284 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY

In this class students will gain an understanding of the elements that make up political cartoons and they will learn how to create them. Through discussion and work samples we will take a look at the history of the art form including such artists as Thomas Nast. The class will study visual literacy, cartooning as a language of symbols and as a language of shared knowledge. Students will learn the art of interpreting information and making connections....

(3) All levels 16 and older
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$150

4 sessions

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Comics Compositions

Ashcan Digital Academy @ 45 East 34th St, New York, NY

Comics involve many compositions that are used to visually tell a story. You may already know some of these compositions, like close-ups or wide shots. In the Comic Composition course, we introduce students to commonly used angles in comics, using different perspective techniques for reference. Subjects include: Dynamic Perspective Cinematic Composition Cinematic Light Composition Panel Composition Storyboarding There are important...

(1) Intermediate 13 and older
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$800

8 sessions

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Teen Drawing (Ages 11+)

The Art Studio NY @ Online Classroom, Online, NY

NOTE: This is an Online Art Class. Our instructors will work with you over high-quality live video and teach you to make art from the comfort of your home. We will move back to in-person art classes in our art studio when the uncertainties around Coronavirus are resolved. If you are a teen who loves to draw and is eager to express yourself through drawing and art, this Teen Drawing Class if for you! Learn endless drawing techniques, use your...

(632) All levels 11 - 17 years old
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$59

3 sessions

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Comic Creator (Ages 7 and Above)

Bricks 4 Kidz

Bricks, camera, comic action! Class Highlights: Explore the artistic form of comic book design as you learn to create your personalized edition.  Create your own characters, develop story lines and incorporate pictures of actual sets, all designed with LEGO® Bricks!  After creating various scenes, campers will snap pictures and upload them, utilizing a software program to create their very own, one of a kind comic book.  Along...

All levels 7 - 13 years old
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Summer Camp: Digital Cartooning (Grades 6-12)

One River School @ 319 Franklin Turnpike , Allendale, NJ

Students will create unique digital characters by breaking the traditional proportions of the body and face while advancing their skills rendering light, textures and patterns in advanced ways using Adobe Photoshop.

(13) All levels 11 - 17 years old
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$410

5 sessions

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Teens: Intermediate Anime & Manga: Anatomy & Character

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

Suitable for teenagers 12-16 yrs who have already taken our beginner Manga/ Anime Class. This class is designed for students who have already taken our beginner Anime/ Manga Class before and who are geared up to learn more & push this exciting media up a notch. Learn how to draw the human body or animal forms in movement with skill and precision as we look in detail at expression & character design. Explore facial proportions: skin, hair,...

(181) Intermediate 12 - 16 years old
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Saturday Morning Cartoons

Irish Arts Center

Whether you grew up watching classic Hanna Barbera or spent your Saturday mornings with the Snorks, we all remember those comfy, cozy mornings in front of the TV with our favorite cartoons. Relive that tradition with your kids! Come in pajamas, grab some pancakes, and snuggle up on the Donaghy Theatre stage to enjoy the best feature films, TV shows and short films from some of the leading Irish animation companies, including Cartoon Saloon (Puffin...

(53) All levels 18 and older
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Manga & Anime (Grades 6-12)

One River School @ 319 Franklin Turnpike , Allendale, NJ

Manga comics have a long history in Japanese art, and in the following years became increasingly popular worldwide. Their highly stylized characteristics and engaging storylines have become a cultural phenomenon.  Students will work in a variety of media to create their own interpretations of manga characters and comics demonstrating their technical drawing skills as well as their creativity and imagination.

(13) All levels 11 - 17 years old
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$385

5 sessions

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Manga Comic Workshop

SMB Studio Arts Inc. @ 3777 Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY

Love to draw? Love anime? Then this is the class for you! In this 4-week workshop you will learn the basics of making your own character in the anime style and learn how to draw various facial expressions and poses. Service fee and Registration fee included.

(1) Beginner 11 - 18 years old
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$255

5 sessions

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Comic Art (Teen)

SMB Studio Arts Inc. @ 3777 Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY

Learn the fundamentals of cartooning and comic book art illustrations the way the professionals do it. Emphasis on anatomy setup, character profile, and design. Pencil, inks, and color techniques are applied. Students can pick any comic genre they wish. Note: Service fee and Registration fee included. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? Yes

(1) All levels 13 - 18 years old
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$255

6 sessions

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Fantasy Realms of Illustration:Drawing from Imagination

92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY

Level up in this illustration class for lovers of fantasy adventures! Join illustrator Rick Bleier to create drawings of dreamscapes and impossible realms in pencil, colors, and ink. You’ll stretch your imagination and drawing skills creating magical characters like wise wizards, looming dragons, and gravity-defying genies set in landscapes from places far, far away.

(1068) Beginner 18 and older
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$190

4 sessions

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Beginners Comics and Cartooning Drawing

The Art Studio NY @ Online Classroom, Online, NY

Calling all creative comic book, manga, and cartoon drawing lovers who are eager to express themselves creatively AND have FUN in the process! In this engaging and inspiring comics, cartoons, and manga drawing art class, learn to express yourself creatively while tapping into your inner artist!  Learn the fundamental techniques of drawing comics, cartoons and manga while unlocking your unique artistic voice and personal, authentic self-expression....

(632) Beginner 18 and older
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$125

4 sessions

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Who is the Parisian Roz Chast?

Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY

For the final event in our Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs program series, we lift our eyes up to gaze across the Atlantic at the ever-lively and inventive world of French cartooning. What does the contemporary cartooning, graphic novel and comics scene look like in France today, home of the beloved classic comix series of Tin Tin and Asterix, but also the provocative/incendiary Charlie Hebdo magazine? Who is the Parisian Roz Chast (if there even is...

(50) All levels 18 and older
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New Yorker Cartoons: Past, Present and Future

Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY

Join us for a lively evening with Bob Mankoff, Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker, as he muses on the subjects that make us laugh. An accomplished cartoonist with four of his own book titles, Mankoff also edited the anthology The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker, featuring all 68,647 cartoons published in the magazine since its debut in 1925 up to the book's 2006 release.  The bestselling volume includes hundreds of Mankoff’s works; one...

(50) All levels 18 and older
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