Comics Open Studio 1W22
Need help producing that comics memoir or want to create your first mini-comic from scratch? Bring your ongoing comics projects to this open form studio class. Refine your storytelling chops, improve your drawing, learn technical skills, get your comics ready for print, and get feedback on what you are making. We will also study the masters of the medium and learn about their process. Make that comics project a reality!
Jerel Dye
Jerel Dye has illustrated two graphic novels; Pigs Might Fly in 2017, and Einstein in 2022, listed as one of the top 10 graphic novels of the year by ALA Booklist. He has been creating art and comics since 2005, producing dozens of self-published mini comics and creating comics stories for anthologies such as Inbound, Minimum Paige, Hellbound, and the award winning Little Nemo/Winsor McCay tribute Dream Another Dream. In 2012, he received the MICE comics grant for his mini-comic From the Clouds.
Much of his art stems from a deep interest in science and technology, though it frequently contains a healthy dose of wonder. Jerel Dye received his BFA from UMass Dartmouth in Painting, and his MFA at MassArt in the Studio for Interrelated Media. Jerel has been teaching courses in comics, drawing, and cartooning for over 12 years.
Materials for this class are dependent on how YOU want to produce your comics. You can work traditionally with pen and ink, or you can work with crayon, colored pencil, cut paper collage or right on your laptop, the list goes on.
Recommended:
Sketchbook 8” x 10” or larger
Pencils
Erasers
Sharpeners
Bristol Pad 11” x 17”