:: Tutoring with Tom Hart ::

A bit of philosophy

I'm reminded of a comment from a interview with a Walt Kelly, who stated (somewhat adamantly): "You have to be articulate!"

In my teaching, I try to focus on learning the craft of storytelling as a way of being articulate. Of giving yourself the largest vocabulary possible, but also to give you a deep understanding of how to maneuver, access and control that vocabulary.

More importantly, in learning that vocabulary, we often learn what it is we WANT TO SAY. By working deeply and by paying attention, our own unthought thoughts and hidden aspects of our emotional narrative can reveal themselves. In other words, what I try to teach is discovering what it is you want to say and how to best say it. Through exercises and personal connection, I hope to bring you to a new place with your own ideas and inspiration, while giving you the tools to connect with your readers.

My students over the course of my 7 years of teaching continually thank me for helping them learn to access their creative fire, but also to organize it. For giving them the ability to literally find new life on the page, and the tools to keep it alive and find purchase in the mind of a reader.

Huzzah!

Teacher, cartoonist, animator, Tom Hart is creator of Hutch Owen graphic novels and comic strips, critically acclaimed by The Comics Journal, Time.com, Publishers Weekly and the Library Journal. "One of my favorite cartoonists of the decade"- Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics
Comic and manga tutoring with Tom Hart For ages 10-100. Professional cartoonist, digital artist, animator with over 6 years teaching experience at School of Visual Arts, Parsons, Education Alliance, Young Audiences, numerous places across the country and all over New York City will tutor in comics and manga basics. Any level. No knowledge of drawing necessary, just a drive to figure it all out and tell stories. I have a structured program that serves to teach you the tools of basic sequential storytelling. Or we can just jump into your already established system or project and work from the inside out. Recent adult students have said "Our lessons are SO great! "you're such a great teacher!" And the mom of a 13 year old student says, "it was a great experience for him and he really learned a lot-- I think he even surprised himself." Click here for instructor's resume and portfolio of work. For more info, e-mail Tom at: hutchowen [at] gmail.com For FLASH animation tutoring click here For classes, click here for some recommendations Home
Some Resources: Archive of many amazing stories by amazing artists HERE including: Jack Kirby \| Harvey Kurtzman \| Jaime Hernandez \| Samm Schwartz \| Peter Arno and more Scott McCloud UNDERSTANDING COMICS Chapter 2 \| Chapter 3 \| Chapter 6 Some Diary Comics Some Biography Comics Some Examples of Location, Place and Environments Some recommended books Andy Bugpowder's Early Comics Archive Making your own comics Printers and printing your own comics Some pics by Eduard Muybridge here Tom's 2004 tutorial from notion, inspiration and theft to idea development to final inks and scan. (7 MB PDF) Tons of links on my webcomics class link here Back to Teaching Tom Hart's Main Site
A bit of philosophy I'm reminded of a comment from a interview with a Walt Kelly, who stated (somewhat adamantly): "You have to be articulate!" In my teaching, I try to focus on learning the craft of storytelling as a way of being articulate. Of giving yourself the largest vocabulary possible, but also to give you a deep understanding of how to maneuver, access and control that vocabulary. More importantly, in learning that vocabulary, we often learn what it is we WANT TO SAY. By working deeply and by paying attention, our own unthought thoughts and hidden aspects of our emotional narrative can reveal themselves. In other words, what I try to teach is discovering what it is you want to say and how to best say it. Through exercises and personal connection, I hope to bring you to a new place with your own ideas and inspiration, while giving you the tools to connect with your readers. My students over the course of my 7 years of teaching continually thank me for helping them learn to access their creative fire, but also to organize it. For giving them the ability to literally find new life on the page, and the tools to keep it alive and find purchase in the mind of a reader. Huzzah!