Learn to Create Visual Stories

Does this sound like you?

> You have a GREAT idea for a visual story, but don’t know where to start and how to turn that into a plan of action…

> You’ve spent hours trying to build attractive artwork, and you feel stuck with a slow workflow…

> You’ve been trying to find a consistent style that makes your artwork different from everyone else…

> There’s a feeling of overwhelm in trying to get your story told, when dealing with digital art tools…

We’ve felt the pain of these hurdles above but have also seen the satisfaction of artists that feel proud of publishing and talking about their stories, even if it’s just one frame at a time.

So we have created the Visual Narratives Academy as a large scale resource to help  develop your story ideas to fully rendered sequential artwork.

We specialise in teaching the use of 3D character software DAZ Studio and Poser at the heart of the workflow and then using Photoshop (or GIMP) for postwork. Our professional instructors also coach the use of supporting applications for further postwork effects, layout and framing of your stories. You’ll be surprised at how many cost effective resources are available!

What’s your story?

• It may be in the form of single images portraying powerful character moments. Thinking of being a professional illustrator to create book or product covers?
• You may be aiming to tell your story in a short sequence of panels providing a more tantalising tale.
• What about grander designs to launch a graphic novel or a series? Learn how to hook your readers into sympathising and following your characters.
• Use the power of motion graphics to bring your characters and story ideas into vibrant life.

What does this resource contain?

The tutorial library contains a library of videos by Drew Spence, Peter von Stackelberg, Tasos Anastasiades and other artists going over techniques and workflows creating story-telling artwork (including comics and graphic novels). The collection includes 39 sets of videos.

Also embedded is a private forum for visual narrative artists. Here you have the opportunity to reach out to other visual narratives that will have similar aspirations to you.

Our magazine “VISNews” is especially for artists creating stories with digital art tools, including the use of DAZ Studio and Poser for character based scenes. It’s an absolutely unique publication that includes market news, software and plugin news for visual storytellers and an in-depth interview each month with a professional visual narratives artist. The volume stands at 32 issues.

Tutorial Library


Searchable Tutorial Sample from the Comic Creation Foundation course by Drew Spence

Peter von Stackelberg

Peter von Stackelberg – Visual Narratives Writing Course (new for 2022)

15 hour course with set exercises and worksheets

Drew Spence

Tasos Anastasiades

Miscellaneous Artists

 

PROFESSIONAL VISUAL NARRATIVE ARTISTS

Our professional artists are the main set of presenters in the academy video library.

Tasos Anastasiades

Tasos Anastasiades is an Assistant Professor and the Vice Chair in the Department of Arts at the European University Cyprus.

In 2004, he started publishing the “Plastic Comics” magazine, the first comic book created and published in Cyprus. In 2006 and 2009, he won Distinctions for professional artists in the Annual Greek Comic Book Competitions in Greece.

In 2013, he co-created ” Uni-Man”, the first superhero of Cyprus and became a Co-Founder of the Cyprus Comic Con.

In 2014, he published his first graphic novel titled ‘Fascista’.

In 2015, Tasos Anastasiades visual work was selected to be used in the official Promo Real of Poser Pro 11. Poser Pro 11 is a 3d software that is produced by Smith Micro, one of the biggest companies in the field of 3d design, animation and illustration.

He has published a short comic book series title “The Traveller” in collaboration with Neil Gibson, owner and publisher of T-Pub comics in London.

Drew Spence

Drew Spence is a graphic comic writer and illustrator from New York city. He creates under the title of The Dynamic Universe. He has combined his music and video into several works- including Mark of the Griffin, which is both a graphic novel and web series. He is part of the instrumental group Fallout Shelter which provides the soundtrack.
Drew Spence is a graduate of Stony Brook University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art and holds various certificates – from graphic arts to web design. Drew Spence was the CEO and Editor-in-chief of Producer’s Edge magazine, a quarterly publication dedicated to all aspects of music production.
He crafts his comics using CGI and photorealistic image manipulation with DAZ Studio, Photoshop and a wide array of valuable tools and resources.
www.TheDynamicUniverse.com
@DynamicaMusic

Peter von Stackelberg

“Whether it’s with words or images, I love to tell stories. I’ve been a storyteller as far back as I can remember — well before I made journalism my first career.

I studied journalism at Ryerson University (long before it was known as a university) and spent a number of years as an investigative journalist and news photographer. With the emergence of the web in the 1990s, I worked as a web designer, e-commerce developer, and IT project manager. In the early 2000s, I was a professional futurist doing technology forecasting and working as a technology strategist. I also began teaching college classes in strategic management, managing technology and innovation, project management, business communications, systems thinking, and other courses.

Through all of these jobs writing and visual communication remained a core part of the work I did.

I have a B.A. in Journalism from Ryerson University, an M.S. in Studies of the Future from the University of Houston-Clear Lake, and an M.S. in Information Design & Technology from SUNY IT (State University of New York Institute of Technology).”

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