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My comic making class “Character-Driven Comics: Self-Pub to Industry” is now up for pre-order on Coloso

This post was created as part of the Coloso Supporters event. I received no financial compensation; I was only given free access to the following course for review purposes.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8

This is the last part of the course… The final assignment… Drawing my character's bedroom, as a full background set.

This is intimidating but it's ok, each step is guided by Anh, who works through her own example alongside.

This is my art?? I did this???

It's strange, I am proud of the end result and I can tell it's a big improvement from my previous pieces, yet I can still see so many areas to improve! This is a good sign though, it means I know what to practice and how.

Before ending this course, Anh provides lots of advice for anyone looking to work in the animation industry, or more generally trying to have a professional art career. I think it's interesting to listen to, but as a hobbyist I am clearly not in the target demographic. Nevertheless, I'm sure the networking and portfolio advice are valuable! I'll definitely go back to these in the future if I look for freelance illustration jobs.

One thing I found potentially very useful for someone looking to get a job in the industry is a list of organisations and resources for finding professional support and community (ex. Women in Animation, Warrior painter… etc). They are mostly based in the US though.

Anh also gave an AMAZING list of art resources! I didn't know a lot of them and I can already tell they'll be useful.

Schoolism: Online art classes by industry professionals

Feng Zhu School Youtube Channel: Concept-art oriented classes

Animation Mentors: Online animation school

IAMAG Master Classes: Interviews and masterclasses from industry professionals

The course ends on a note about mental health as an artist, with advice on how to avoid burnout/artblock. Anh says it's often caused by having too many expectations and taking yourself too seriously. In hindsight, this also happened to me ahah... Taking the time to learn and experiment was healing and very rewarding. I'm proud of the progress made!

Here is a video of my painting process for the final assignment. See you on Part 8 for my final thoughts about the course!

Sangsoo Jeong

freelancer concept artist / Illustrator

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