Constructive Storytelling: The 180 Minute Master Class, 1 - 4 pm

February 27, 2010

1:00 – 4:00 pm

Workshop Itinerary

Constructive Storytelling: The 180 Minute Master Class, 1 - 4 pm:

This 3 hour workshop will offer a glimpse into the creative process of the 2009 Eisner award winner for Best Penciller/Inker… GUY DAVIS.

The workshop will begin with a digital presentation illuminating the scope of Davis’ career and the steps he goes through to bring the written word to life. Starting with the thumbnail process, Guy will show students how he directs the eye through each panel. Concepts such as staging, spotting blacks, shape design and visual flow will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to interpret and roughly lay out a page of script with sample character designs and reference provided. Guy will then critique each student effort in an attempt to illustrate the multitude of possibilities for page construction.

Throughout the lecture component the instructor will demonstrate by drawing directly in front of the class. By the end of the workshop students should have a strong grasp of how to interpret a page of script for maximum visual impact. Character design and research will also be touched upon.

Portfolio reviews will not be a part of this workshop, but Guy will be glad to give individual critiques when opportunity permits at the Toronto Comicon event the following day, February the 28th.

$105 per person. Limited spots available (15 persons)

Fees are non-refundable. There is sure to be a waiting list for this event, so don’t delay. Sign up today!

This workshop is presented in association with the Toronto Cartoonists Workshop. For a list of their ongoing courses offered in the downtown Toronto area please visit www.cartoonistsworkshop.com. For further information and to arrange payment, click here.

Artist Bio

Guy Davis (b.1966)

A self-taught illustrator, Michigan based artist Guy Davis began cartooning with a comic strip that ran in his hometown newspaper while Davis was still in school. After graduating in 1984, he continued working towards a career in comics, and in 1986 he started his professional work as penciller on The Realm for Arrow Comics. A few years later he would write and illustrated his first creator owned series; the Harvey Award nominated Baker Street for Caliber Press. It was Baker Street that led him to DC Comics/Vertigo and Sandman Mystery Theatre written by Matt Wagner and Steve Seagle.

Since then he has worked for Marvel Comics as artist on the Eisner award winning Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules written by James Sturm, The Nevermen for Dark Horse Comics, and The Zombies That Ate the World for the French publisher Les Humanoides Associes. Other works have included illustration and conceptual design for various role-playing games, and multi-media projects including designs for the animated pilot of Mike Mignola?s The Amazing Screw-On Head and animated comics for both the Pan?s Labyrinth and Hellboy 2 dvds.

Currently, he is the series artist on the ongoing Hellboy spin-off series; B.P.R.D (work which one him the 2009 Eisner Award for Best Penciller/ Inker) written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, along with continuing his creator owned series The Marquis for Dark Horse Comics.