Rat in a Cage: Live Zoom Comics and Storyboarding Class with Derek Ballard
Work with Adventure Time artist Derek Ballard to challenge your imagination and skills to develop new ideas and stories.
Live Comics and Storyboarding with Derek Ballard!
4 Weeks starting October 10, 2021 on ZOOM.
Sundays October 10, 17, 24 -skipping Halloween- and then Nov 7.
Work with Derek to challenge your imagination and skills to develop new ideas and stories.
CLASS COST: $99 to $199 USD sliding scale
LIVE CLASS TIMES:
Four Sundays at 7 pm - 9pm EST.
ZOOM link sent upon sign-up.
Rat in a Cage - Live Comics and Storyboarding with Derek Ballard Link
4 - Week Curriculum
Week 1 Templates
Zoom Archive from Week 1
Zoom Archive from Week 2
Week 2 PDF - Color
Week 2 PDF - Choreograph
Zoom Archive from Week 3
Zoom Archive from Week 4
Bonus: PDF Download of Derek's 2020 Class Booklet
Storyboarder's Audio Commentary on *Nemesis* Full Episode
Instructor Bio:
How do you get a gig storyboarding for Adventure Time and other amazing shows? Derek did it by being true to his vision, by being original, and loving drawing and telling stories.
In his courses, he takes you on his journey from comics and storyboarding newbie to creating characters and stories for two episodes of Adventure Time, plus episodes of the new Netflix show, Midnight Gospel.
Instructor
Derek's curriculum involves examining character-creating, world-building and formal narrative rules to prompt the most amount of creativity from artists.
Week 1 - NO ROOM FOR JACK ON THE RAFT, Speech balloons and Sound Effects and how they affect creation
Week 2 - RAT IN A CAGE, Adding Constraints (Deeper into Comics) -
Week 3 - Storyboarding IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE (of trying to be economical.)
Week 4 IN THE WRITER’S ROOM, Deeper into Storyboarding