ENGRAVING WORKSHOP B

Director: Michalis Arfaras, Professor

Faculty:
Ioannis Stamoulis, Workshop Teaching Staff

Staff:
Efstathios Mangos, Special Technical Workshop Staff
Pavlos Metsovitis, Special Technical Workshop Staff
Konstantinos Bakas, Special Technical Workshop Staff


WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

ILLUSTRATION– COMICS - ANIMATION
Semesters A & B:

1. Main principles: Line, Shape, Shade, Form, Colour, Space, Rhythm
2. Drawing with a model: Portrait, Anatomy study, Perspective model drawing, Model movement study, Model Drawings from memory 
3. Thumbnails, Key black-and-white and colour composition principles, Composition study
4. Natural materials (pencil, coal, marker, ink, watercolour, acrylics, oils) and digital means (SAI Tools, Krita, Photoshop)
5. Types of paper and their characteristics
6. Black-and-white and colour monotype (printing using rotorgravure press)
7. “Engraving from Renaissance to Modernism” (lecture)
8. Drawing of internal and external spaces (perspective), Drawing of internal and external spaces from memory
9. Drawing in nature (trees, rocks, atmospheric perspective), colour studies in nature
10. Drawing of daily objects 
11. Sketchbooks 
12. Key principles in colour (shade, tone, complementary, warm, cold colours, colour palettes, earthy colours) 
13. Experimental expression techniques, Use of reference (i.e. photos, video stills) 
14. LETTERPRESS 
15. Black-and-white and colour xylography 
16. “Engraving from Renaissance to Modernism” (lecture, continuing in the 2nd semester) (The curriculum of semester A will be repeated in semester B)

Semesters C & D:
Drawing and colour of semesters A’ and B’ curriculum

1.  Study of various textures (drawing and colour), Drapery 
2. Drawing of animals, drawing of figures from memory 
3. Drawing of figures using various materials 
4. ILLUSTRATION 
5. Image and text relation 
6. Introduction to illustration aesthetics and techniques, Significance of the expressive 
7. style 
8. Drawing and painting techniques using natural means and digital media (photobashing) 
9. PHOTOGRAPHY 
10. Photoshooting in a studio (lighting, composition techniques), Photoshooting in outdoor 
11. spaces 
12. Printable digital photography (linear and raster photography) 
13. Introduction to Photoshop 
14. Introduction to Typography (Workshop) 
15. “Engraving from Modernism to Pop art” (lecture) 
16. Drawing and colour of semesters A’, B’ and C curriculum 
17. ILLUSTRATION - COMICS 
18. Choosing illustration related to the text 
19. Comics and cartoons 
20. Font design for comics/cartoons 
21. Key narration principles with Comics, Comics layout 
22. Comics creation using natural materials and digital media (Clip Studio, Manga Studio) 
23. LETTERPRESS 
24. Photo clichés and letterpress printing (Workshop) 
25. Graffiti art elements 
26. Introduction to human body drawing (tattoo) 
27. “The Aesthetics and History of Comics” (lecture) 28. “The art of books and Graphic Arts” (lecture)

Semesters E’ & F’:
Drawing and colour of semesters A’, B’ and C curriculum

1.  COMICS 
2. Black-and-white drawing and colour in Comics 
3. Layout (image and text) 
4. Scenario principles and character forming, Drawing of heroes and scenery 
5. Storybord (key principles, visual narration, animatics) a. Digital illustration (Corel Painter, Photoshop, Clip Studio, Manga Studio) b. Combination of drawing digital and natural materials 
6. Micro-sculpture of characters using polymer clay 
7. Introduction to offset (Workshop) 
8. “Comic - Animation and Graphic Arts” (lecture) 
9. COMICS 
10. Scenario and dialogues in Comics and Animation 
11. Comics Layout (shot composition, visual page flow) a. Comics Techniques (line art, toning, penciling, inking, coloring) using natural materials and digital media b. Storybord (visual narration) c. Introduction Animation: various expression forms and techniques (cut outs, puppet animation, animation using modeling clay, stop motion using objects, animation using ink, oil, crayons, coal, sand, pixilation, rotoscoping) 
12. Introduction to 2D animation programs (Toon Boom, Anime Studio Pro, Tv Paint, Photoshop, Corel Painter) 
13. Introduction to digital sculpture (Zbrush, 3D Coat) 
14. Introduction to screen print (Workshop) 
15. “The special aesthetics of videoclip” (lecture) 
16. “Comic - Animation in Graphic Arts” (lecture)

Semesters G’ & H’:

1.  ANIMATION 
2. Storyboard and direction 
3. Animation using natural materials (cut outs, puppet animation, animation with modeling clay, stop motion with objects, animation using ink, oil, crayons, coal, sand) 
4. Digital animation (Toon Boom, Anime Studio Pro, Tv Paint, Photoshop, Corel Painter, Dragon Frame, Stop Motion Pro) 
5. Rotoscoping (Silhouette) 
6. Facial expression/Lip sync 
7. Claymation (character forming, set, lighting) 
8. Micro-sculpture of characters using polymer clay 
9. Introduction to digital sculpture (Zbrush) 
10. Photography and editing in animation (Premiere), Introduction to After Effects 
11. “Comic - Animation in the States and Japan” (lecture) 
12. ANIMATION 
13. Rotoscoping and video footage (Corel Painter), Painting with video footage (Photoshop and Premiere) 
14. After Effects (Green screen, video footage with animation combination, motion tracking) 
15. Special programs (Mokey, Mocha) 
16. Recording of natural sounds, speech and processing (Adobe Audition) 
17. Sound and music editing 
18. Colour processing and film extraction in various formats (Premiere) 
19. 3D animation elements 
20. Motion Capture Elements 
21. “Comic - Animation in Europe” (lecture)

Semesters I’ & J’:
ILLUSTRATION– COMICS - ANIMATION
Thesis preparation and compilation


WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:
ACTIVITIES

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