Graphic Novel Resource Package

Graphic Novel Development Resource Package

A huge library of resources about writing, drawing and storytelling, curated by Tom Hart for SAW

Want more resources and info to draw from?

Eager to learn more about making your graphic novel?

Welcome!

to our exclusive graphic novel development resource package!

A Masterclass of Material

This bank of materials comes from almost 20 years of teaching college and graduate level comics to people like you.

This collection is a BONUS to the Graphic Novel Development Course and is only available to people engaged with exclusive SAW programs!

These materials will help and inspire you. Let's make your story happen!

What is Included

18 Videos
16 Texts
67 PDFs
1 Audio
1 Download
2 Presentations
50 Hours

Course curriculum

1. About this Course
2. Character problems and wants in a story.
3. Rosalie Lightning Pitch PDF
4. Problems and Characters in Fun Home and Epileptic
5. The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan Script to Finish VIDEO NOTES
6. Rosalie Lightning Book Outline
1. Why grids?
2. 4-Panel Grid
3. 6-Panel Grid
4. Balloons, Panels and Bubbles - Common Comics Language
5. Jessica Abel on Visual Scripting
6. Brief outline of comics making process
7. From Script to Finish. The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan
1. Silent Storytelling Introduction
2. Some Silent Stories
3. Some Silent Stories - PDF
1. Voice Introduction
2. Narrative Voices Video 1 of 3
3. Narrative Voice Video 2 of 3
4. Narrative Voices Video 3 of 3
5. Narrative Voices Exercise PDF Format
1. Introduction to Drawing Bodies and Heads
2. Drawing the Figure - Famous Artists Cartoon Course
3. Drawing the Head - Famous Artists Cartoon Course
4. Cartooning the Head in Detail - Famous Artists Cartoon Course
5. Cartooning the Figure in Detail - Famous Artists Cartoon Course
6. Drawing Children, Adults and Teens
7. Emotions PDF
8. Random Bodies and Stuff
1. Introduction to Show and Tell
2. Scott McCloud - Chapter 6 Show and Tell
3. A Walk Through Comix 2000 - Video Playlist
4. David Mamet On Directing Film Excerpt
1. Introduction to Composition in the Panel
2. Molly Bang - How Pictures Work - brief PDF introduction
3. Looking at How Pictures Work by Molly Bang - Video
4. Video: Staging Characters in the Panel
5. Disney's Basics of Composition PDF
6. Storyboarding the Simpsons Way - Composition PDF
7. Panel Composition by Kali Ceisemier
8. Drawing for Comics from Tom Hart's Comic Strips Book
9. Wally Wood's 22 Panels "That Always Work"
10. How To Read (and make) a Single-Panel Cartoon - by Tom Hart
11. Body Language PDF
12. Silhouettes PDF
13. Thinking With Your Artist Info and Assignment PDF Format - From Comics for Writers
14. VIDEO: Using angles for drama in your storytelling
1. Comic Lettering Tips From BLAMBOT
2. Tom Hart on Aesthetics of Lettering
3. Tom Hart on Display and Title Lettering
4. H. McGill at SAW on Digital Lettering
5. Annie Mok on Expressive Lettering for Comics
1. Video: Using Reference
2. Video: Some Principles of Comics
3. Coloring from Tom Hart's Comic Strips Book
4. Page Compositions Part 1
5. Page Compositions Part 2
6. Selection of Trees - PDF
7. Mining the Linefield Chapter from How To Say Everything - PDF
8. How to Ink by Studying the Inking Masters - Video Playlist
1. Introduction to Visual Metaphor and Motif
2. Sampling of Visual Metaphors
3. Gestural Text PDF
1. 01 - Why Comics?
2. 01 - Why Comics? - My Story
3. 02 - Gathering Material
4. 02 - Gathering Material - My Story
5. 02 - Gathering Materials - Exercises
6. 03 - Organizing Materials
7. 03 - Organizing Materials - My Story
8. 03 - Organizing Material - Exercises
9. 04 - Finding a Visual Style
10. 04 - Finding a Visual Style - My Story
11. 04 - Finding a Visual Style - Exercises
12. 05 - Getting Started
13. 05 - Getting Started - My Story
14. 05 - Getting Started - Exercises
15. 06 - Storytelling Strategies
16. 06 - Storytelling Strategies - My Story
17. 06 - Storytelling Strategies - Exercises
18. 07 - Visual Language
19. 07 - Visual Language - My Story
20. 07 - Visual Language - Exercises
21. 08 - Change Your Life
22. 08 - Change Your Life - My Story
23. 08 - Change Your Life - Exercises
24. 08 - Change Your Life -- Live Example
25. 09 - Finishing
26. 09 - Finishing - My Story
27. 09 - Finishing - Exercises
1. Western Comics Essentials Full 200-page History PDF
2. Ongoing list of links to online articles and books
3. Carol Tyler's Red Ribbons
4. Carol Tyler - Character Intros and Symbols
5. Carol Tyler and Tom Hart speaking at Society of Illustrators - VIDEO
6. Images That Sing - PDF from How To Say Everything
7. Diary Comics
8. Chester Brown - The Playboy Narrative Guide
9. Tom's Forest Story in Progress, Feb 2018
10. Lettering! Title and Display
11. Twisted Sisters PDF
12. I Remember (excerpt) by Joe Brainard
13. The Aquatic Uncle by Italo Calvino from Cosmicomics - TEXT
14. The Aquatic Uncle, by Italo Calvino from Cosmicomics - AUDIO
15. Tom Hart Rosalie Lightning, "Version 4", mid-draft PDF in InDesign
16. Lettering Video Presentation
17. Fearless Creating Chapter 4 - Working by Eric Maisel
18. Unterzakhn First Short Story by Leela Corman
19. Unterzakhn Opening Revision by Leela Corman
20. You Can't Do This in the Movies VIDEO PRESENTATION
21. You Can't Do This in the Movies PDF PRESENTATION
1. 01 Readings
2. 02 Gathering Material
3. 03 Organizing Material
4. 04 Finding a Visual Style
5. 05 Getting Started
6. 06 Storytelling Strategies
7. 07 Visual Metaphor
8. 08 Change Your Life
9. 09 Finishing
1. Starting
2. Gathering Material
3. Structuring Material
4. Structuring - My Story
5. Visual Style
6. Visual Storytelling
1. Storytelling with The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan
1. Intro to Procreate from Beth Trembley
2. Scanning Black and White Artwork
3. Print Reproduction Guide by Jordan Crane

About this course

Free
130 lessons
4 hours of video content

Sequential Artists Workshop

Graphic Novel Development Resource Package

Want more resources and info to draw from?

Welcome!

What is Included

18 Videos

16 Texts

67 PDFs

1 Audio

1 Download

2 Presentations

50 Hours

Course curriculum

0 - Introductions: Story, character, outlines, wants and problems

1 - Grids and Other Resources

2 - Silent Storytelling

3 - Voice

4 - Drawing the Head and Body

5 - More About Storytelling

6 - Composition of the Panel

6.5 Lettering!

7 - More Drawing Resources

8 - Visual Metaphor and Motif

9 - Readings from The Art of the Graphic Memoir

10 - Other Readings and Exercises

11- Self-Guided Exercises

12 - Videos from the Graphic Memoir Mini Course

13 - The Complete Storytelling with The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan Course!

14 - Tech Help

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