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My First Time Teaching & Digital Events

Added 2020-06-22 13:20:13 +0000 UTC

The one-week Digital Coloring For Comics workshop at the Center for Cartoon Studies went very well, I'd say! The class of 12 really threw themselves into the course material and worked through the frustration of learning brand new software remotely.

Me and my happy but pixelated class!

The most difficult concept to instruct was gamut mapping: using restrictions in the color wheel to build a cohesive palette. It took me....4?? 5??? TRIES??? To get figure this out on my own and I only demonstrated the concept once for the workshop attendees. The idea is that they may never use this concept, but hopefully they'll be familiar.

This is me deciphering the section on gamut mapping from Color and Light by James Gurney. An essential book.

I learned that repetition and patience are key in teaching, but especially when it comes to teaching software. Even though I'm familiar with Clip Studio, it's a particularly dense program and unpacking all of its endless features requires deep breaths and meditative breathing!
I WAS ASTOUNDED WITH HOW MUCH PROGRESS EVERYONE MADE!! Some folks hadn't taken an art class since high school, and were full-on doing color holds in Clip! What!
Within the class, there was a group who lived life on the razor's edge and opted for shading directly onto their flats—no new layers for rendering. This was the "bad boys" club and I perhaps was a member.

Digital Events!

I will be participating in some digital events with the Newton Free Library and Wellesley Books! If you're interested in attending, please check out their virtual events pages. If the information is not listed, you might have to contact the organizations directly to get a link. Just so you know!