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.
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
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 Examples of Location, Place and Environments
Andy Bugpowder's Early Comics Archive
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)