Cartoon Comedy for Beginners

A course by Raúl Salazar , Cartoon and Humor Artist

Cartoon and Humor Artist. Valencia, Spain.
Joined April 2014

Learn to conceptualize and draw a current affairs cartoon

95% positive reviews (302)
4,814 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Learn to conceptualize and draw a current affairs cartoon

Turn your critical spirit into a professional weapon. In this online course, Raúl Salazar, cartoonist for El Jueves, tells you step by step how to become an ace of cartoon illustration humor. With a well-sharpened pencil and some sarcasm, learn to create illustrated jokes on current affairs, getting to know the big names from the political-social opinion cartoon world and working on the script from the idea to the final comic.

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What will you learn in this online course?

16 lessons & 7 downloads

The limits of humor
7 minutes, 52 seconds
Laugh or cry
4 minutes, 37 seconds
The joke
7 minutes, 2 seconds
  • 95% positive reviews (302)
  • 4,814 students
  • 16 lessons (2h 18m)
  • 7 additional resources (3 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Devise and bring to life a comedic cartoon based on current news. This course provides you with the tricks and tools to be able to produce a new cartoon day after day, news item after news item.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Anyone who wants to understand the mechanism of cartoon humor and who wants to use the pencil as a critical weapon. It is not necessary to know how to draw since, as Raúl indicates, you can create a story with very simple lines.

Requirements and materials

A pencil, paper, markers, a computer with Photoshop, and the desire to make your friends laugh and embarrass your enemies.


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4,814 Students
302 Reviews
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Raúl Salazar

A course by Raúl Salazar

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Cartoon and Humor Artist

A graduate in advertising and public relations, and staunch defender of creativity in any department and sector, Raúl has undertaken countless creative projects. In 2006, along with other colleagues, he founded the Círculo Rojo advertising agency, where he was in charge of the creative department and the design area. He has combined this in recent years with other marketing roles in other non-agency projects.

Currently, he is reaping the fruits of those years when he kept his own blog of cartoon humor and current affairs, Un Respeto a las Canas , which has led him to publish continuously in the satirical magazine El Jueves or in various online newspapers.


Content

  • U1

    Presentation

    • Neither football player nor astronaut
    • The recipe
  • U2

    Role of the bullet today, (or the current bullet on paper)

    • Is the bullet an opinion piece?
    • The limits of humor
    • The current issue in communication and society
  • U3

    Pillar the grace: the script

    • Laugh or cry
    • The importance of the script on the drawing
    • The joke
    • The creation of a joke 1
    • The creation of a joke 2
    • Narrative resources of a current bullet 1
    • Narrative resources of a current bullet 2
  • U4

    Drawing

    • Drawing style The personality
    • Caricature and secondary characters
    • Drawing the bullet
    • Funds, color, typography and other resources
  • FP

    Final project

    • Graphic humor for beginners

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Cartoon Comedy for Beginners. Illustration course by Raúl Salazar

Cartoon Comedy for Beginners

A course by Raúl Salazar
Cartoon and Humor Artist. Valencia, Spain.
Joined April 2014
  • 95% positive reviews (302)
  • 4,814 students