Be a comic book colorist!

Developed by Andy and popular colorist Chris Sotomayor (Avengers, Captain Marvel, Batman, X-Men, and many more), this six-week intensive class for colorists teaches you all the necessary tools and tricks for not only coloring with Photoshop, but also how to tell great stories through color. You’ll get access to all the tools of the trade, tips on how to break in, and you’ll be working with Chris on the pages you color for the class.

Finally, as if that wasn’t enough, you’ll meet an additional professional colorist as a guest speaker! During the course, you will color several comic book pages, including pinups, covers, and interior sequential pages—and rework them with the instructor’s advice. Just the way the pros do it! If you’ve ever dreamt of coloring comics, this class is for you!

Sign up right now! Just click on the Paypal link below or go to the DETAILED course description page for more information!

Course Details:

	Course begins Monday, January 9, 2012 and is held in an online environment, accessible to anyone with Internet access.
	Meets between 9:00 and 11:00 pm EST, once a week, for six weeks.
	You will learn from best-selling and highly respected colorist Chris Sotomayor (Avengers, X-Men, Supreme Power, Batman, Firestorm).
	You’ll get Chris’s lessons and lectures and discussions!
	You will meet a special guest colorist!
	You’ll get Andy and Chris’s wealth of experience and training.
	All of this, for just $495.
	You may pay via Paypal—just click on the button below and you’re enrolled!
	Class size is limited to keep it awesome!

Note: In order to complete the work, the following system requirements are recommended:

	Photoshop (any version, preferably 7 or higher: 7, 8, 9, or CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4)
	At least a mouse, preferably a pressure sensitive tablet
	1 Gigabyte of RAM

Online registration only! Click here to enroll for just $495!

Raise your storytelling to a new level!

You've taken the introductory course, and you've got your portfolio pages. Now, take the next step to artistic and business success! In this seven-week intensive course, you'll expand on the skills you've already developed and work hand-in-hand with comic book penciler Robert Atkins (G.I. Joe, Snake Eyes, Amazing Spider-Man, Heroes for Hire, Ultimatum Fantastic Four: Requiem) to propel your art to the next level!

Along with extended workshopping of your storytelling pages, topics cover networking within the industry, finding good scripts to work from, how to pencil for inking and for coloring, rendering textures and objects, with a focus on a professional level of finishing and getting published!

Course Details:

	Meets one night a week starting Thursday, January 12th, 2012 between 9:00 and 11:00 pm EST, for seven weeks.
	You will complete your own 8-12 page comic book story!
	You’ll get all of Robert’s best tips and training.
	All of this, for just $695.
	This time, you bring your brain and your ambition--the rest is provided!

Note: You must have completed the Introduction to Comic Book Art Course to enroll in the Advanced class.

Class size will be limited to keep the course intimate and ensure that every student gets the attention he or she deserves.

Online registration only! Click here to enroll for just $695!

In Andy’s six-week intensive class for writers, you’ll learn all the necessary tools and tricks for not only telling great stories, but for doing so in the comics medium—the language of comics, how to format your scripts and the tools of the trade!

You will conceive, outline, write—and rewrite—a complete 5-page comic book script, just the way the pros do it! If you’ve ever dreamt of writing your own comic, you can’t afford to miss this course!

Andy’s course has proven effective for several years now and dozens of students. Now Andy is offering an online version of the course. Be the first to join in!

Sign up right now! Just click on the Paypal link below! Or go to the Detailed Course Description for more information!

Course details:

	Meets one night a week starting Monday, January 16th, 2012 between 9:00 and 11:00 pm EST, for six weeks.
	You will meet a professional comic book writer.
	You will meet a professional comic book editor.
	You will write a complete 5-page comic script under Andy’s expert guidance.
	You’ll get Andy’s wealth of experience and training.
	All of this, for just $495.
	Simply click on the Paypal button below and you’re enrolled.
	You only need to bring your brain—the rest is provided.

In Andy’s four-week intensive class, you’ll learn how to find collaborators, manage a budget and time table, bring the best out of your writers and artists, problem solve, and make a professional looking project that also connects with readers and retailers!

Andy takes a conversational approach to this class that allows for individualization for every student as well as relating a career's worth of experience in a way that is useful, organized, concise, and hopefully fun!

Andy's techniques and editorial approach have helped craft some of Marvel's biggest events in the last 10 years (Civil War, Annihilation, X-Men: Messiah CompleX) as well as revived franchises to new creative heights while at IDW (G.I. Joe, Transformers, and Dungeons & Dragons). If you want to help build great comics with real sales potential, this course is invaluable!

This is the first time this long-in-demand course has been offered and spots will go fast. Be sure to sign up immediately! Be the first to join in!

Sign up right now! Just click on the Paypal link below!

Course details:

	Meets one night a week starting Thursday, November 10th, 2011 between 9:00 and 11:00 pm EST, for four weeks (11/10, 11/17, 12/1, and 12/8--skipping the week of Thanksgiving)
	You will learn how to build a professional project from start to finish!
	You will learn how to get the best work from your creative partners and how to get it on time!
	You'll get Andy's wealth of experience and training.
	All of this, for just $495.
	Simply click on the Paypal button below and you’re enrolled.
	You only need to bring your brain—the rest is provided.

This course is SOLD OUT!

Be a comic book artist!

Comics penciler Robert Atkins (Amazing Spider-Man, Ultimatum Fantastic Four: Requiem, G.I. Joe) and Andy Schmidt (X-Men, Annihilation, Fantastic Four) bring this action-packed course to life.

You’ll learn how to improve your storytelling, what the professional standards are, how to avoid common pitfalls, how to build a great cover, and strategies to break into the business.

You’ll be asked to complete five pages of sequential comics pages under the guidance of your instructors and you’ll get all the behind the scenes tips they can pack into six weeks.

And best of all, Comics Experience maintains a fun and creative environment built on positive reinforcement and encouragement. This is a safe place to bring your work and grow. You’ll get honest feedback meant to help bolster you forward.

Visit the DETAILED course description page for more information!

Course Details:

	The course meets for six weeks.
	You will complete five pages of sequential pages under Robert and Andy’s guidance.
	You’ll get all of Robert and Andy’s best tips and training.
	You’ll meet a guest speaker!
	All of this, for just $495.
	Technical Requirements: Internet Access and your artist hat.

The course is limited to keep the class intimate and ensure that every student gets the attention he or she deserves.

If the introduction course just got you geared up to learn more and take a crack at paid professional work, then the Comics Experience course on Advanced Coloring is for you! If you’re a working professional looking to improve your skills and learn in a group setting, then dig in, because colorist guru Chris Sotomayor has cooked up an incredible seven-week course that builds upon the skills developed in the level one course!

Covering how to customize paint brushes, dealing more in-depth with layers and special effects, creating time-saving Photoshop Actions, customizing your palette, enhancing your experimental styles and increasing your over all skill level, this course is packed with insider information, tricks, tools, and insight that you can’t get anywhere else!

Bonus Guest speaker: One night during the course, guest speaker Morry Hollowell will drop in to review your work, give tips of his own, and take your questions directly! No other comics course offers this level of access to the working pros!

Course Details:

	Meets once a week between 9:00 and 11:00 pm EST, for seven weeks.
	You will color a complete story featuring artwork from the top comic book publishers.
	You will learn several new coloring techniques.
	You’ll get Chris Sotomayor’s wealth of experience and training.
	You’ll meet a special guest colorist.
	All of this, for just $695.
	You may pay via Paypal—just click on the button below and you’re enrolled!
	You bring your enthusiasm and your creativity—the rest is provided!

Note: The following software/ hardware is needed to do the course work. If you do not intend to do the course assignments and are just taking the course to learn (if you’re interested in editing, for example, or just a curious fan) then you will not need them.

	Mac or PC running Adobe PhotoShop 7.0 or later.
	Pressure sensitive tablet is recommended (WACOM Bamboo or Intuos 3 or better).

Join letterer Dave Sharpe and Andy for a six-week course on lettering comics and production work. In today’s digital world in which anyone with a computer can letter their comics, having good lettering and understanding how it works effectively is even more important than before. And being able to do it yourself can save you a lot of cash!

Dave and Andy will take you through the programs, the thought-process, and the decision-making skills to create comics with slick, professional lettering. As if that wasn’t enough, you’ll also learn the production work associated with publishing comics! Setting up covers with logos, cover elements, integrating the digital lettering files with the digital color files properly, and page set-up along with a healthy dose of trouble-shooting the most common problems.

A clean, effective, and powerful looking comic with professional lettering and production work is just around the corner! Sign up today! Go to the DETAILED course description page for even more info!

Course Details:

	Meets once a week between 9:00 and 11:00 pm EST, for six weeks.
	You will letter an 8-page comic book!
	You will do the production work on the same story.
	You will set up a cover with all its elements.
	You’ll get Dave Sharpe’s wealth of experience and training.
	All of this, for just $495.
	You may pay via Paypal—just click on the button below and you’re enrolled!
	You bring your enthusiasm and your creativity—the rest is provided!

Note: The following software is needed to do the course work. If you do not intend to do the course assignments and are just taking the course to learn (if you’re interested in editing, for example, or just a curious fan) then you will not need them.

	For lettering and production work, you will need:
	Adobe Creative Suite (CS2 or later)
	Microsoft Word