The document provides instructions for making a comic book in 6 steps: 1) Research comic book styles and character types; 2) Create main characters with basic frames and proportions; 3) Design costumes based on the character's role, like dark colors for stealthy heroes; 4) Lay out illustrations in a zigzag "Z" format across comic book pages; 5) Ink illustrations using black pen, adding thicker lines for shadows; 6) Color pages using art markers, making photocopies first to preserve black and white versions.

1. How to make a comic book
2nd Year
ARTS

2. Overview
Comic book tell bold and
exciting stories with a
combination of colorful
characters, speech bubbles
and bright colors.

3. What you need:
1. love of storytelling
2. brave heroes and heroines
3. a fantastic adventure

5. Step 1
Research what comic books you like.
- style of the illustrations
- what types of heroes and heroines
a. futuristic space operas
b. detective dramas
c. medieval adventures

6. Step 2
Create the characters for your comic
book.
a. draw a blueprint for each
major character
b. create these characters using
a basic frame

7. c. Draw an oval for the head, rectangle for the
chest and an upside down triangle for the pelvis

8. Step 3
Create the costume for your hero.
What kind of hero or heroine you are creating ?
-stealthy and lurks in shadows, then dark
masks and black clothes should be used
-bold and strong hero, perhaps consider
bright colors and a flashy cape

9. Step 4
Lay illustrations on a comic book page.
-These should be on pages that are 11 inches
wide and 17 inches long.
Lay out :"Z" format , diagonally left and then
right , start with a large picture showing a
lot of action then continue diagonally left
and to the right for smaller frames that
help support the main action .

11. Step 5
Ink your pages using a black ink pen.
-Place thicker lines of black wherever there is a
shadow.

12. Step 6
Color each page using art markers
Take note:
1. Make a photocopy of your inked work before
coloring the comic book to preserve a black
and white copy of the book.
2. Keep in mind that a black and white comic
book will be much cheaper to print than a color
comic book.

14. Activity 1
On 1 whole sheet of paper,
create 1 hero/heroine and 1
villain.

15. THE END
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