Nov 4, 2025
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IN THIS ARTICLE
1
Introduction
WRITTEN BY
Clayton Barton
Founder · Instructor · Mentor
A professional comic book artist and educator, Clayton has helped thousands of artists around the world improve their skills and bring their ideas to life through comics.
“Talent is merely the motivation to master that which you’re most passionate about.”
— CLAYTON BARTON
BACKGROUNDS/ENVIRONMENTS
INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING
FOREST ENVIRONMENTS
Clayton Barton
Nov 4, 2025 · 2 min read
In this lesson I'm going to show you how to draw forest environments from the ground up, starting with rough, messy shapes and transforming them into rich, atmospheric forests that could serve as the perfect backdrop for your storytelling.
SEQUENTIAL STORYTELLING
Slow-Paced Comic Sequences: Part 1
In this lesson, we'll focus on the art of deceleration—making moments expand and breathe on the page.
By Clayton Barton · Feb 9, 2025
FIGURE DRAWING
How to 'Un-Stiff' Your Characters
In this lesson we'll discuss the important role of gesture, keeping your poses loose, and feeling the movement, weight and momentum of your characters as you draw them. By the time you've completed this lesson, you'll have all you need to push the poses of your characters just that little bit more, while avoiding unnatural, robotic looking movements.
By Clayton Barton · Jan 25, 2026
ANATOMY
Arm Anatomy with Ed Foychuk
In this lesson, special guest instructor Ed Foychuk teaches Arm Anatomy! He'll break down the arm into basic building blocks and show you how to construct it from the ground up - muscle by muscle.
By Clayton Barton · Nov 16, 2025
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