Figment Toronto 2021 - Character Development for Beginners + Making Comics for the First Time Workshops!

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I will be presenting two FREE workshops with super talented artist Dominic Chenier for Figment Toronto for those wanting to know how we create characters and comics! 

Sign up links for Character Development for Beginners and Making Comics for the First Time workshops can be found below! Please note that each workshop has two parts so if you want to join them all, you will need to sign up for each date.

Character Development for Beginners (Remember to sign up for each date!):

Making Comics for the First Time (Remember to sign up for each date!):





Howard Wong - Writer
Howard Wong is a Joe Shuster Award: Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Writer nominated author, and creative development strategist working in animation, comic books, high-end collectible toys, video games, intellectual property, and creative content development for industry leaders including Bandai Namco Asia Company Limited, Bungie Inc., Hong Kong Disneyland, Marvel Comics, National Geographic Asia, Threezero (Hong Kong) Ltd., and WowWee Group Ltd.
Dominic Chenier - Artist

With over 20 years experience in the creative industry, Dominic has executed, consulted, collaborated, coordinated, and assisted in several projects for a wide variety of clients.

Dominic has been the Graphic Design Coordinator for both the Ottawa Children’s Festival in 2018, and 2019, when he created the official poster and promotional Art.

He has also served as Graphic Design Coordinator for the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival in 2018 and 2019. He has created multitudes of images and materials featuring headlining Artists from around the world such as; Chaka Khan, Herbie Hancock, Chicago, The Roots, Nora Jones, Boz Scaggs, Alison Krauss, and many more . His poster “Trumpet Man”, used for the official 2018 lineup poster, was inspired by the thick brush strokes found in Chinese ink Art and was meant to convey music and sound in physical form. The image was featured in several major news outlets including PBS, CTV, and CBC.

He’s also done graphic design, illustrations and film/television work for DC Comics, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Fox Animation Studios, Netflix, WarnerMedia and Bandai Toys.


Character Design for Beginners - 2 Part Workshop

Part 1 - Idea to Character Description 


Presenter: Howard Wong
When: December 4 @ 10 am - 12 pm EST
Presenter: Dominic Chenier
When: December 5 @ 10 am - 12 pm EST

Details: Character Design for Beginners:
Character Development is one of the key elements in any story. Be it factual or fictional, characters are the reader's guide into a story where they help immerse us into the world of the story, connect us with the motifs, message and the heart of it all. The importance of creating characters that are relatable and functional for your story is what this workshop will focus upon, revealing trade secrets to techniques I've learned throughout my career creating them for companies like Marvel Comics to Bandai.

Character Design for Beginners is a two-part workshop hosted by two creative professionals, who work in animation, comics, film, mobile games, toys, and video games where they will be sharing core techniques and tricks used in their work in animation, comics, mobile games, toys, and video games. Go from idea to concept art, as you follow along and create your own original character!

Making Comics for the First Time - 2 Part Workshop

Part 1 - Idea to Comic Script 

Presenter: Howard Wong

Part 2 - Comic Script to Layout/First Draft Art

Presenter: Dominic Chenier
When: December 12 @ 10 am - 12 pm EST
Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-a-comic-book-for-first-time-tickets-220373271387?aff=eprofsaved&keep_tld=1


Details: Making Comics for the First Time

Ever wanted to make your own comic book but didn't know where to start? This is the workshop for you!

Making a Comic Book for the First Time is a two part workshop hosted by two creative professionals, who work in animation, comics, film, mobile games, toys, and video games where they will be sharing core techniques and tricks used in making comics. Go from idea to script, and script to layout/first draft art, as you follow along and create your own one page comic story!




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