"Visual Storytelling" with Cody Anderson | 8-12yrs | 4:15pm-5:15pm Fridays | 4 week course commencing 10th May 2024 | TERM 2 2024
"Visual Storytelling" with Cody Anderson | 8-12yrs | 4:15pm-5:15pm Fridays | 4 week course commencing 10th May 2024 | TERM 2 2024
Join us for an exciting journey into the world of comic characters through visual storytelling!
In this 4-week series, you'll learn how to create your own comics or dynamic scenes featuring your very own characters.
Explore various aspects of visual storytelling to bring your character to life on the page.
Week 1: Craft characters that leap off the page with expressions and emotions while mastering the technical art of light and shape.
Week 2: Set the stage for your stories by mastering scene-building, character development, and dialogue magic.
Week 3: Dive deeper into your narrative with character encounters, dynamic interactions, and the secrets of shadow and line.
Week 4: Unlock endless storytelling potential as you learn to generate ideas, add finishing touches, and perfect your visual storytelling craft.
Whether you're a budding artist or a seasoned storyteller, this workshop will equip you with the tools and techniques to unleash your creativity and craft compelling visual narratives. Don't miss out on this opportunity to dive into the exciting world of visual storytelling!
$79 incl GST
Workshop will run 4:15pm - 5:15pm Friday 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st May 2024 at Bluebird House (Cnr Carr & Swanston Streets, South Geelong).
Terms & Conditions
Bookings are non-refundable but, should you be unable to attend, your place can be transferred to a friend. Please contact us if you should need to transfer your booking.
We believe that the arts play an important role in community wellbeing and with sensible precautions in place, we can provide programs at Bluebird House. Our guidelines have been informed by the Victorian Department of Health. All participants will be required to adhere to Bluebird Foundation’s COVIDSafe Plan.
NDIS Participants: If this student will be using funds from an NDIS plan. Please contact sarahmoore@bluebirdfoundationinc.org.au for enrolment and an invoice exclusive of GST.
Please note: This workshop requires a minimum number of participants to run. In the unlikely event that we don't get this number of participants, we'll cancel the class and fully refund you and inform you via email, so please watch your email a few days prior to the class.
Cody Anderson
Cody Anderson is an Australian comic book artist, illustrator, videographer, painter, musician, and generally creative type. He has a passion for storytelling in it’s many forms, and aims to bring story into everything he creates.
Having been passionate about drawing since he can remember, Cody ramped up his artistic self-education after high school, illustrating the likes of band artwork, wine labels, poetry books and more. Throughout this time his interest in comic books and sequential storytelling grew rapidly, leading him to illustrate his first published comic for New London Comics in 2015, and later, multiple stories for Australia’s premier comic and graphic novel publishing house, Gestalt Publishing. In 2017/18, Cody worked as a Background Artist for TV animation at Studio Moshi, and shortly after, developed his love for film-making and videography, creating multiple music videos for The Kite Machine and even Bluebird’s very own MusicSpace band, The Rockheads!
Throughout all of it, Cody has been performing as a percussionist and singer with his brother Levi Anderson and a list of other amazing artists from Geelong’s music scene. Over the last decade, Cody has learnt and relearnt the importance of finding joy in art and creative expression. He believes that connecting with the joy of the creative act itself is at the core of finding fulfilment in it. Over the past few years, Cody has focussed on strengthening his own love for creativity, all-the-while developing a passion for helping others to cultivate the same.
