CAR 301 - Advanced Comic Arts

Advanced Comicsfocuses on utilizing style, theory and practice learned in Fundamentals of Comics to practice advanced processes in cartooning and comics with a primary focus on visual narrative, story, plot, character, symbolism, visual metaphor and other visual storytelling techniques. The student will participate in lectures, in-class activities, studio work and written assignments that are intended to challenge their skills and understanding of the comic media (tools) form and theory.Students will use their total collected understanding of the medium of comics to propose an original work (45-60 pages) and develop the comic over the course of the semester.Students, at the end of the course, will present a portfolio of their and their completed project with process, planning and story outline. CAR201 (3 Credits)