Individual Exercises
This section contains a list of short exercises. This material has been contributed by various cartoonists and educators. All items are available in printer-friendly adobe .PDF format.
• The Wrong Planet: Timing, Closure and Editing contributed by Paul Hluchan
• Design Vs. Drawing contributed by James Sturm
• It’s Easy as Changing the Film contributed by Patrick Welch
• Editing contributed by James Sturm
• Show Time Passing contributed anonymously
• Basic Storytelling… Lights, Camera, Action! contributed by Patrick Welch
• Intro to Lettering contributed anonymously
• Intro to Inking contributed anonymously
• Describing the Complex World contributed by Patrick Welch
• Silent Gag Cartoon Exercise contributed anonymously
• Poetry and Comics contributed by James Sturm
• Comic Strip: Character/Place/Situation contributed anonymously
• The Irony of Humor contributed anonymously
• Autobiography Do’s and Don’ts contributed anonymously
• Think Before You Ink contributed by James Sturm
• Scenes as Building Blocks contributed by Tom Hart
• 20 Questions for Characters contributed anonymously
• Intro to Caricature contributed anonymously
• Character Exploration Initial Writing Exercises contributed by Tom Hart
• Form and Chaos contributed anonymously
• A Definition of Comics contributed by James Sturm
• Closure Exercise contributed anonymously [ closure_handout ]
• Expressive Lettering and Balloons contributed anonymously [ lettering_template ]
• Iconographic Language in Comics contributed anonymously
• Cartoon Characters Doodled from Memory contributed by Ivan Brunetti
• Practicing Text-Image Relationships contributed by Christian Hill
