Young Artists, ages 8 to 12, worlds and stories
Comic Lab
Panels, speech bubbles, shots, a character you can draw fast, and the timing of a joke.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Lessons
- 7 in 4 units
- Time
- 2 hours of lessons
- Pace
- About four weeks
Already drawing with Lapis? Open the course in the app
The goal
What you’ll be able to draw
Tell a story in pictures: panels and reading order, speech bubbles, shots, a character that stays the same, and the timing of a joke.
How you’ll see the progress
One funny panel at the start and at the end, and your finished comic page.
Skills
- Stories and comics
- Characters
- Planning a picture
Pictures you’ll make
- A Three-Panel Joke Project
- My Comic Page Project
4 units, 7 lessons
The syllabus
Unit 1 is free for everyone, so you can see how it feels first.
- 2 then and now
- 2 checkpoint
- 2 project
- 1 concept
- Free
Unit 1
Comic basics
Reading order, speech bubbles and action lines.
- 01 Then: One Funny Panel Then and now, 10 min Then and now 10 min
- 02 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 2
Shots
Wide, medium and close: pick the shot that shows the feeling best.
- 01 Close-Up, Medium, Wide Concept, 4 min Concept 4 min
- 02 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 3
Characters that stay the same
A character simple enough to draw the same every time.
Lessons for this unit are on their way.
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Unit 4
Comics
Backgrounds in a few lines, a plan for any story, and your own comic.
- 01 A Three-Panel Joke Project, 40 min Project 40 min
- 02 My Comic Page Project, 40 min Project 40 min
- 03 Now: One Funny Panel Then and now, 10 min Then and now 10 min
When you finish
A certificate for the fridge
Finish every lesson and Lapis makes a certificate to print or download, with the nickname, the course, the date and a drawing from it. Children get one too.
Lapis certificate
Comic Lab
finished by
your nickname
and the date you finish
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