General outlook of all images featuring in the whole course.
List of tools and materials needed.
A look into plane figures and fundamental volumes.
Composition of basic shapes and their assembly and distortion in order to create more complex shapes.

Perspective and its relationship with shapes and objects.
Perspective in a context.
The theory of shading applied to perspective.

Anatomy in comic drawing. Creating a character.
Anatomy in comic drawing, specific anatomical aspects: hands, feet, shoes, tails, ears, paws, limbs, and the face of comics characters.

The line of action (physical expressions and the importance of making characters “live”).
The connection between comics, video-comics and cartoons with reference to the line of action, body language and facial expressions.
Conceiving and creating a short feature animated cartoon.

Features of characters.
Different looks for different characters (the silly man, the typical woman, the nice guy, etc.).
Initial tips on colouring techniques

Features of characters.
Different looks for different characters (the bizarre and gullible man, the baddie and female characters).

Inking techniques with brush, nib, felt-pen, etc.
The theories of inking. Inking a cartoon.

Explanation of the various techniques to apply colour.
From watercolours to coloured pencils, from tempered colours to airbrush.

Their position in a cartoon, content and lettering.
Pictograms and visualized metaphors.
Onomatopoeia (graphical and chromatic form).

Preparing a page of cartoons (plan, initial draft, layout).
Final talk and achievements.