Illustration and Comics Foundations

Join artist Floyd Hughes to explore the art of pictorial storytelling: combining images and text to create visual narratives.

Students will investigate all aspects of this exciting art form: from drawing techniques, lettering, and inking, to composition, perspective/camera angles, panel sequences, and developing your own original stories to create single panel cartoons and strips. Drawing on Floyd’s vast experience as a comic artist, character designer, and storyboard artist for clients like Marvel, DC, MTV Animation, and Spike Lee you will be introduced to skills that will provide a foundation for creative processes such as: children’s book illustration, storyboards for film and television production, and animation. Students’ skill levels will be individually catered to, and all areas of interest and genres are acknowledged, such as fantasy, historical, autobiographical, super heroes, horror, science fiction, humor, adventure, and more. The goal is not to change what you do, but to make you much better at doing it! This course will have simultaneous appeal for those hoping to ‘go pro’, or those who simply want to have fun!

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This program is part of the Gilda and Henry Block School of the Arts.

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Floyd Hughes

Floyd Hughes was born in London’s East End to Guyanese parents. In England he worked as a writer and illustrator, and in comics for Crisis, 2000 A.D., Heartbreak Hotel, Revolver, also producing posters for Marvel U.K.. Floyd also worked in the advertising and film industries as a storyboard and concept artist on movies that include Hellraiser’s 1 & 2, and the original Highlander.

After moving to the U.S., Floyd worked for Marvel, D.C., Heavy Metal, and Image on characters that include The Avengers, Green Arrow, Deadpool, ...

Floyd Hughes

After moving to the U.S., Floyd worked for Marvel, D.C., Heavy Metal, and Image on characters that include The Avengers, Green Arrow, Deadpool, Ghost Rider, Conan The Barbarian and many others. For MTV Animation, Floyd worked as a Character and Prop Designer for the shows Downtown and Celebrity DeathMatch.

Floyd has also worked as a Visual Consultant and storyboard artist on several Spike Lee projects including Blackkklansman and an undisclosed project with Chris Rock. Floyd taught at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art and is a longtime Associate Professor at the Pratt Institute School of Design in Brooklyn, where he also resides with his wife, daughters, son, two red eared sliders and a very big golden doodle.