{"id":482,"date":"2009-05-22T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/2009\/05\/comicsclass2700\/"},"modified":"2009-05-22T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-22T17:24:00","slug":"comicsclass2700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicscomicsmag.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"COMICSCLASS2700"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_D8lGkTzFWrk\/Shc4FrkXFgI\/AAAAAAAAA9Q\/njpnZxKQxKc\/s1600-h\/MOMEtemplateLEFT.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_D8lGkTzFWrk\/Shc4FrkXFgI\/AAAAAAAAA9Q\/njpnZxKQxKc\/s320\/MOMEtemplateLEFT.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338797553516746242\" \/><\/a><br \/>Saturday JUNE 13th noon to six<br \/>COMICSCLASS2700 <br \/>with FRANK SANTORO<br \/>&#8220;DISCOVER THE HIDDEN TEMPO OF COMICS&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hey Everybody.  Your friendly neighborhood loudmouth here, Frank Santoro.  I&#8217;m doing a workshop class in New York City at the infamous Westbeth artists&#8217; co-op on June 13th.  Be there or be square.  It&#8217;s gonna be an intense, small class of six people.  Not for beginners.  Come ready to draw.  <\/p>\n<p>The focus will be on the student&#8217;s contour line drawing and composition.  This class will explore the process of improvisation within a rigorously structured page design.  Meaning students will learn how to find a framework of harmonic points on the comics page. These points act like a &#8220;tuning fork&#8221; and provide page proportions which allow the drawings to unfold in sequence while firmly remaining &#8220;in key&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p>Seriously.  See, the problem I <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">see<\/span> with most comics is that often there is a real lack of a consistent narrative pace.  Comics can be structured like songs and utilize tempo, rhythm, harmonies and melodies to <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">change<\/span> the pace of a story.  It&#8217;s this invisible structure that will be explored, diagrammed and discussed.<\/p>\n<p>And as for the drawing end of it, we will be drawing in a contour line style.  No shading, just lines.  And no color.  Students will be making a <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">manuscript<\/span>, a &#8220;print dummy&#8221; of sorts for making their own 16 page zine.  Each student will be &#8220;improvising&#8221; upon a pre-existing story structure designed by myself.  Straight ahead, no-frills drawing and composition, transitions and sequencing will be the order of the day.  I will be working with each student one on one to really explain how structure and improvisation can unlock one&#8217;s narrative vision.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_D8lGkTzFWrk\/Shc4RQGMCPI\/AAAAAAAAA9Y\/mqdga0XCts0\/s1600-h\/MOMEtemplateRIGHT.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_D8lGkTzFWrk\/Shc4RQGMCPI\/AAAAAAAAA9Y\/mqdga0XCts0\/s320\/MOMEtemplateRIGHT.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338797752300865778\" \/><\/a>Email me: capneasyATgmailDOTcom if you&#8217;re interested and I&#8217;ll fill you in on the details.  It&#8217;s 40 bux.  Noon to six with a lunch break.  June 13th.  Saturday.  Space is limited to six people.  Thanks.<br \/>[UPDATE] <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">THE CLASS IS FULL<\/span> . I&#8217;m making a wait list and hopefully will be doing this again soon, so please email me if you&#8217;re interested and I&#8217;ll let you know what&#8217;s up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday JUNE 13th noon to sixCOMICSCLASS2700 with FRANK SANTORO&#8220;DISCOVER THE HIDDEN TEMPO OF COMICS&#8221; Hey Everybody. Your friendly neighborhood loudmouth here, Frank Santoro. I&#8217;m doing a workshop class in New York City at the infamous Westbeth artists&#8217; co-op on June 13th. Be there or be square. It&#8217;s gonna be an intense, small class of six people. Not for beginners. Come ready to draw. 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