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Visual storytelling is a way for people to communicate their story using visuals and digital media such as video, graphics, and photography. This technique appeals to the emotions of the intended audience and it can humanize the business, giving the target market a way to relate to the business and their story.

When creating these visuals, it's most important to think about the audience you are trying to reach:

What needs are you trying to fulfill?

What is the value you are providing to them?

Want to learn about the ins and outs of visual storytelling? Check out this new free ebook we've just published in collaboration with our friends over at Hubspot, where you'll get to learn about things like storytelling concepts, data visualization, choosing the right customer story, and the impact of case studies. Click the below GIF to download the ebook!

Below is a list of awesome free and for-purchase courses that dive into all different aspects of visual communication and storytelling. These courses are developed by a wide array of people including artists, film directors, digital marketers and more.

We all are in the storytelling business one way or another so these courses may be worth the browse if you are even the least bit curious.

"The Art of Storytelling," the Khan Academy

What's the course?
The Art of Storytelling is a free course offered through Khan Academy. Through the eyes of Pixar directors and story artists, the course explains the difference between good and great storytelling. Hear what inspires these Pixar creatives and apply it to the stories that you wish to bring to life. With this course, you will learn how the amazing creatives at Pixar develop their stories.

The course is broken down into six sections:

1. We are all storytellers

2. Character

3. Story structure

4. Visual language

5. Film grammar

6. Storyboard your film

Who is it for?
This course is perfect for anyone who wants to learn to tell a story that really resonates with the audience. If you are a writer, blogger, artist, in the film industry, or just curious about how the people at Pixar build their stories, this is the course for you.

Cost: Free
Click here to access the course.
"Business Storytelling for Entrepreneurs and Startup Founders," Udemy

What's the course?
This 1-hour course was created by Dwayne "D.K." Sutton who is the author of five books including two Amazon.com bestsellers. He is a startup advisor who has helped entrepreneurs generate over $300 million in revenue.

He is also the founder of Parrish Street Press, a company that publishes books on entrepreneurship. Dwayne also owns a company called Little Bits of Wisdom, which is an ecommerce business that produces inspirational material for entrepreneurs.

Dwayne created this course to help people learn the difference between a bland and captivating story.

You will learn the five elements of a killer story among other useful tips such as how to write a persuasive "about" page that leaves people wanting more. Check out the curriculum for the course here.

Who is it for?
This course is for e ntrepreneurs, startup founders, and game-changers.

Cost: $10 USD for a limited time if you are a new student. Regular price: $200 USD
Click here to access the course.
"Visual Thinking: Drawing Data to Communicate Ideas," Skillshare

What's the course?
This class was designed by digital artist Catherine Madden. She is "on a mission to get everybody to think visually and untap their creative talents". This is a free one-hour course offered through Skillshare. You will need to make an account with Skillshare to be able to view the course.

In this course, Catherine discusses what visual thinking is and how to organize and brainstorm your ideas for the intended audience. If you're interested in visualizing data in a powerful way, then this may be the course for you.
Click here to access the course.
"Storytelling for Marketing and Entrepreneurship," Udemy

What's the course?
This is a 2.5 hour course offered through taught by Alex Gold. This course is for marketers and entrepreneurs looking to to learn how to extend their reach uniquely and creatively. Alex has trained people all over Europe and Asia in public speaking, storytelling, and leadership. Alex is a storyteller himself and has shared his knowledge with over 3,600 students and is also a TEDx speaker.

With this course, you will learn how to make your business stand out in all the right ways and learn to enhance the customer experience through storytelling. Check out the curriculum here .

Cost: $10 USD for a limited time if you are a new student. Regular price: $95 USD
Click here to access the course.
Watch Alex's TEDx talk on how he became a storyteller before you make your choice.

"The Art of the Story: Creating Visual Narratives," Skillshare

With this class you will learn how to create a compelling and visual narrative. What's the course?
This class is taught through Skillshare by Debbie Millman, who is an award-winning author and artist. Debbie has over 20 years experience and is President of Sterling Brands. She has worked with companies such as P&G, Nestle, Pepsi, and Kraft.

With this course, you will learn how to find inspiration for your story, create a story that is entertaining and well-thought out while experimenting with different materials and styles of writing.

You will also get a behind-the scenes look at Debbie's personal collection of favorite visual stories, books, art objects, and more.

Cost: You will need a Skillshare account to view this course. The cost for a Skillshare membership is $10 USD/month.
Click here to access the course.
Listen to this Good Life Project interview with Debbie on lifestyle design before you make a choice on the course.

"Visual Storytelling: Creating More Persuasive Presentations," Skillshare

What's the course?
This class is taught by Susannah Shattuck, the Content Marketing Manager at Prezi. You do not need to be an artist or have any design experience to master the art of visual storytelling. In an hour, you will be able to translate your story into a eye-catching presentation using a presentation software of your choice.

Course Lessons:

Define visual storytelling

Show why it's essential for a compelling presentation

Demonstrate core principles through four real-world examples

Provide frameworks for transforming your own key messages into visual metaphors

Who is it for?
According to Susannah, this class is perfect for entrepreneurs, professionals, marketers, content strategists, and everyone who needs to hook, persuade, and resonate with an audience.

Cost: You will need a Skillshare account to view this course. The cost for a Skillshare membership is $10 USD/month.
Click here to access the course.
Susannah shares her presentation design tips in the below video.

"Marketer's Crash Course in Visual Content Creation," Hubspot

What's the course?
This crash course is for all of you aspiring designers out there. This course was built with marketers in mind.

[clickToTweet tweet"If you can't win your prospects' attention, you can't convert them into customers." quote="If you can't win your prospects' attention, you can't convert them into customers."]

Visual content is in high demand especially with our inability to pay attention for long periods of time.

What you'll get with the course:

Checklist: 10 commandments of DIY design

23+ easy and free tools for creating amazing visuals on a budget (without photoshop)

60+ customizable PowerPoint templates for creating social media images

Free design templates you can use to create visual content

Who is it for?
Marketers, writers, social media managers, and designers out there should check this out if you are looking for creative ways to grab a prospect's attention.

Cost: Free

"Content Storytelling Rules for the Digital Marketer," Online Marketing Institute
Click here to access the course.
Online Marketing Institute (OMI) offers courses predominantly for digital marketers and business professionals. There are a few paid plan options to choose from depending on your needs. You'll get numerous digital marketing certifications upon completion of their courses including storytelling, content marketing, and social media marketing.
What's the course?

With this course, you will learn storytelling fundamentals as well as how to engage with your target audience.
If you are looking to take your digital marketing career to the next level and gain more credibility in the industry, then this is something you should look into.

Cost: They offer a free trial if you aren't sure if you want to make the commitment to a subscription right away. The is $27 USD/month.

"Learn to Storyboard: The First Steps of Visual Storytelling," Skillshare
Click here to access the course.
What's the course?
Designed by a Story Artist at Walt Disney Studios, this course teaches you all about storyboarding. Leo Matsuda, the Brazil-born creator of this course, attended Cal Art, interned at Pixar, and then applied his talent in "The Simpsons Movie".

Leo is now at Walt Disney Animation Studios where he storyboarded "Wreck-it Ralph". Most recently, he was a part of a team who crafted the story behind the Academy Award winning film Big Hero 6.

What You'll Learn:

Storyboarding and the fundamental tools needed to approach it.

How to come up with your story idea.

Where to find inspiration for your story and how to research your subject further.

Develop the blueprint of your story.

Who is it for?
This is an intro-level class for visual storytelling and is open to anyone of any skill level.

Cost: You will need a Skillshare account to view this course. The cost for a Skillshare membership is $10 USD/month.

"The Craft Behind Cinematic Storytelling," on Udemy

What's the course?
This course was designed by Kamal Sucharan Burri, a filmmaker and instructor. Currently pursuing a Ph.D in Storytelling Dynamics, Kamal aims to teach people how to streamline a set of ideas into a purposeful and entertaining story.
Click here to access the course.

This course is probably not for those who are looking for technical aspects of cinematic storytelling like operating the camera, learning editing software etc. Check out the curriculum for the course here.

Cost: $10 USD for a limited time if you are a new student. Regular price: $60 USD

"Free Content Marketing Certification," by Hubspot

Learn the power of storytelling with What's the course?
Hubspot's Free Content Marketing Certification. This course gives you the information you need to convert leads into new customers successfully and creatively. You will learn how to establish value on everything within your content library as well as learn to promote your content effectively.
Click here to access the course.
"Introduction to Data Visualization: From Data to Design," Skillshare

What's the course?
This is a 90-minute class with information designer Nicholas Felton which is an introduction to data visualization. Nicholas was one of the lead designers on Facebook's timeline and is also the cofounder of Daytum.com. His work is a part of the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) permanent collection and he has been profiled by the Wall Street Journal, and WIRED Magazine.
Click here to access the course.
Listen to Nicholas talk about transforming data into stories below.

With this class, you'll learn how to do things like build a data set, and use data to tell stories. Nicholas uses a mix of demonstration, slides, and real-world examples to teach the course.

It centers on a project called "condensing the news," where you'll be able to:

Follow your curiosity, studying a newspaper section's words or images

Build your data set from connections you discover

Design the data into a single, revealing graphic

Cost: You will need a Skillshare account to view this course. The cost for a Skillshare membership is $10 USD/month.

Knowledge is Power

Make your story come to life with the skills you learned from one or maybe even some of the courses above, and start gravitating towards using visuals to tell stories in a unique and beautiful way. We would love to hear which course excites you the most, feel free to reach out to us here!
Click here to access the course.
Happy storytelling!

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There are many books on how to write comics, like the ever popular "How to draw comics the Marvel way", but most of these books tend to skip over the most important part - coming up with a story!

This article is intended to give you a good start to coming up with a plot, planning and writing your story, structuring your plot and designing your setting and main character!

Writing a story is not just about sitting down at your computer, although that's part of it. Whether you are looking at a blank piece of paper or a blank document on your computer screen, a blank page is never a good place to start!

In preparation for writing your comic book, you need to do some thinking first. This can be done in your head or with a mind map, scribbles in a notebook or on a napkin! But you need a starting point.

Why not just start drawing the comic?

Some artists are able to produce great work without so much as a written outline or just from a bunch of scribbles in a notebook. The reason I recommend writing a script is this: It gives you an opportunity to fix problems before you start drawing.

It limits the risk of running out of gas, resulting in a half-finished comic and a bruised ego.

The preparation that goes into writing a script is like the plans for a house: You need an action plan, a solid foundation and the right materials. You don't just start building from a vague idea. Plan it, make the foundation and THEN start building. Your chances of succeeding will improve vastly.

Coming up with story ideas

How to get ideas for a story? Looking at newspaper articles can be an inspiration. Or take an existing story and change the genre or combine it with another story. Take a childhood memory, a dream or a story you heard someone else tell, change the elements around and ask the "what if?" question. What if this happende to me? To my brother-in-law? To Darth Vader or to Darkwing Duck? Try thinking in action and reaction, cause and effect. And write down notes to yourself, even if most of them are never used in a story!

My problem is usually that I have too many ideas! Not all of them belong in the same story, so I have to limit myself and weed out the stuff that isn't absolutely necessary.

If you get stuck halfway through your story, don't be discouraged. It happens to the best of us. Take some time off from staring at your computer screen, get out and get some fresh air. But bring a notebook, because ideas and solutions tend to come popping in your head when you least expect it! A lot of writers find solutions to story problems in the shower! But don't bring a notebook in there...

If you need more help coming up with ideas, listen to this podcast episode.

How much preparation is needed?

In episode 1 of our comics tutorial, Story First, I propose a list of six things you need before you start working on your story:

You can expand this list with things like theme, villain, tone or the message you want to convey. But the above checklist is an absolute minimum, if you want to be able to sit down and write a comic book script.

Point 1: Your genre

Genre is great to start with, because it gives you a ton of ideas right off the bat. There are tropes and clichés in every genre, from western to sci-fi to detective stories and college humor. Use the beaten path as a starting off point and give it a more personal twist as the ball starts rolling. Don't try to come up with a completely original story - because no such thing exists!

The setting is another great source of inspiration. Try to make the environment a character in itself, that helps set the mood and the tone of your story. An exotic location can also help set your story apart from others in the genre you're working in. Imagine if your detective story took place in the snowy mountains? Or your fantasy story took place in a hot and humid jungle? Use the setting as a springboard for your imagination and let it contribute to the theme.

Point 2: Your main character

Your main character or your hero is the centre of the story. It's how he or she chooses to react that makes up the action.

When designing your main character, here are a few guidelines:

Likeability. We have to spend a lot of time with the main character, so give him or her some reedeming qualities!

Don't make them TOO heroic or flawless! We relate better to characters that we can see ourselves in.

Every character needs to have both talents and flaws.

Unlikely hero. Try thinking of the least capable person to experience your plot, and make that the hero.

Make sure your characters have a will of their own, a motivation that drives them through the story. This goes for villains and minor characters too!

Your Comics plot

Points 3 to 6 is what is usually reffered to at the "plot", what happens in the story.

The beginning is where we meet the main character, see the the world he lives in and a get a hint of the problems to come. We don't have to know everything at this point, just enough to be able to follow the story. Some refer to this part of the story as "The Ordinary World" - but be careful not to make it TOO ordinary, and remember something out of the ordinary needs to happen to send our hero on his journey. Whether it is a physical or an emotional journey.

The middle part of the story is when things get complicated. Our hero has to go outside his comfort zone and get help from friends and allies. He has to continually work harder to achieve his goal.

Remember, that a story is like a piece of music. If all of it is a crescendo, it will sound like noise.

Pacing is important when writing comics. Let your hero succeed for a bit, before things get even more difficult. This is what is called turning points. Basically it means things don't go as planned or as we expect.

Right before the conclusion to the story comes a place where all seems lost. Our hero has to use all that he has learnt and overcome his own fears, flaws and imperfections to overcome. A good rule of thumb is to make the ending logical and inevitable while at the same time being surprising and fresh. Easy, right?

The ending needs to satisfy our need for resolution. It has to tie up all (or at least most) loose ends and make sense according to the rest of the story. You need to know whether your story has a happy or unhappy ending before you start writing, because that's what everything is sort of leading towards. It's the destination of your writing journey. You can take almost all the detours you want, but without a destination in mind, you run the risk of rambling. Or even worse: never finishing.

Sticking to story structure may seem like a pain in the butt, but it's really helpful to have a set of guidelines when you're writing a story. Rules, dogmas and constrictions to limit your possibilities can actually result in a much more interesting story. Make up your own!

But, as my screenwriting teacher at the Danish film school said; there is only one rule. If it's boring, rewrite it!

Write your own comic book script

Writing a script for a comic is different than writing a novel. To write comics is a form of visual storytelling, not unlike motion pictures. Your script can be written any way you like, as long as the person drawing it can understand what's going on.

When writing your script, note that only two things will end up on the actual pages of the comic:

The part you as the writer has most control over, is probably the dialogue, which ends up word for word on the page. When writing dialogue for comics, keep these things in mind:

Keep it short! 2-3 sentences, max. Longer speeches can be broken down into several balloons/panels in order to keep your reader's attention.

Don't serve cheese with cheese on top! If a character is saying something that is already apparent in the picture, cut or change the dialogue! Same goes for captions.

Edit afterwards! When you see the sketched or finished pages, go through your dialogue again to check for spelling, clarity and cheese-with-cheese-on-top syndrome.

Hope this little article was helpful. If you want to know more about story structure and the nature of writing for comics, check out episode 2 of our online comics tutorials: Writing Your Script!.

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Welcome back 😀 Season 4 Episode 3 has taken so long for release.

It's been a bit of a nightmare.

I was getting frustrated with editing the episode because I thought the guest Yamamoto was a bit rude.
Yamamoto might be on the Autism Spectrum which would explain some of his behaviour.

7 minutes in I decided to hire an editor to complete the episode because I got extremely tired and uninspired.

She gets half way through and decides to drop the project because she didn't have time for it.
Not even a professional wants to edit this goddamn episode.

She blocked communication with me, and I couldn't ask her for the work she'd already done.

At this point a cloud of procrastination loomed over me and my mental health really started to take a downward spiral.

I have some type of noise sensitivity (hyperacusis/misophonia) which got worse because I started wearing earplugs more frequently to protect me from unwanted sounds in the hostel.

A long term stayer at the hostel who I thought was my friend was trying to use me as a chess piece and I didn't do what he was trying to manipulate me to do.

He started giving me "I'm going to kill you" looks all the time and took my phone when I wasn't looking.

Eventually I moved to my own private room and changed my sleeping patterns so I could go to the kitchen at night and cook without worrying if I'd bump into him.

Social life deteriorated pretty rapidly because I got paranoid. I had a very quiet Christmas and New Years.

One person can truly wreak havoc on your life if you're a sensitive person but I recovered once I got my space again.

Every time I came to the project during this period, I had to stop working after 30 minutes or so due to the stress I felt.
I kept getting frustrated knowing that this episode has already been edited and I wasn't enjoying it at all.

I learned a few lessons about procrastination though.

Sometimes we procrastinate or can't focus on our work because we lack the meaning behind doing it.
Or the meaning we have assigned to it prevents us from wanting to do it (for me, "this guy doesn't deserve an episode, he's being rude to Urasawa, I don't like his style")

Sometimes the "flow" is right around the corner and you have to somehow push through the sloggy part to get there.

I wrote on a piece of paper "Get to work mate, people are waiting" and put it on my desk.
I also would tell myself "If you edit 3 minutes of footage you can watch an episode of Dark".

After overcoming procrastination it became apparent the second half really outshines the first and I got back into the swing of it.

Appreciate all your emails through my slow pace in releasing these. (Say hi! mangakaurasawa@gmail.com)

I've had S04E04 and the new Manben NEO S05E01 + S05E02 translated into English now ready for editing and uploading! We'll get there eventually folks!

I'm not Naoki Urasawa. I'm just a supporter of his work.

On this site you'll find English subtitled versions of "Urasawa Naoki no Manben", the interview series created by Naoki Urasawa himself, where he interviews other mangaka about their creation process.

The 4th episode of S2 and the majority of Season 3 and 4 weren't translated originally so I had them translated into English, then annotated the videos and subtitled them.

I've taken notes on the episodes and created summary pages of the advice given, tools used, inspirations and much more so you can get the most out each episode.

The episodes can be viewed in any order.

Disclaimer: This website was created for educational, reporting and inspirational purposes to share the advice of the creators with a wider audience. I am not the owner of the video material created.

If anything is wrong with the site I'd appreciate it if you could send me an email: mangakaurasawa@gmail.com

...or if you just want to say hello that'd be nice. Happy drawing!

**UPDATE JAN 2019**

Hey guys, so I was going hard on editing these episodes from Japanese to English, got to S3E3 and had to stop for 2 reasons.

1) NHK flagged my videos for copyright violation and my youtube account got taken down.
2) I had to go through cancer treatment which I'm still doing, radiation in Feb.

However I've received lots of positive emails from people requesting more episodes and showing appreciation for the project.

So now I have a new lease of life and want to continue with this.

If anyone has any good suggestions for where to upload the videos let me know. Dailymotion seems to be having issues.
S3E3 will be out soon so stay tuned.

Subscribe to my reddit for posts about videos: https://www.reddit.com/user/LownLion

Can't wait to complete this project,

Anonymous.

**UPDATE JUL 2020**

I've just spent a whole week editing the Naoki Urasawa Manben Episode with English Subtitles.
Here it is: https://www.naokiurasawa.com/naoki-urasawa/

I apologise for the delay, there's no excuse really, but an update on my personal life:
I am still battling cancer, I have a 13 inch scar going around my neck from 2 surgeries.
I was living in a van last year to save money so I could get out of credit card debt, after 6 months of that my online business took off.
Now I'm living by the sea, I have a partner and beautiful pup, making quite a lot of money and helping a lot of people whilst having plenty of free time and resources to do things like this.
Having cancer, has actually been a blessing, it puts life in perspective.
You might die or lose your health in the next few years, how do you want to spend that time?
You want to be flattened by debt and spending hours upon hours consuming media?
Or do you want to turn things around and make your life the story you know you want told?
Something to consider, it's easy to consider actually but when it runs through your mind on a daily basis, every time you pop the pill that's keeping you alive, reminding you you should be dead or dying right about now, life really begins to happen for you and you start making changes.

This project is not about money, it's slightly selfish because I want to see this series before I die, but I also want to share it with other artists. I've heard from many people who absolutely love this series and are inspired to create art because of it, these translations, and it is a massive tragedy that NHK aren't sharing it as much as they should (in fact they are suppressing it!)

Well, this one's for you, fellow art lover! Only a couple more episodes to do now (4×1, 4×3, 4×4).
Buckle in, won't be long...

**UPDATE NOV 2020**

I'm back on it folks! I keep hitting tough hurdles with this website and life challenges which put the project on hold. I do apologise and I also want to thank everyone who's emailed me to show their gratitude for the site. It really means a lot and gives me the motivation to keep going (thank you Zach B).

So I'm going through the site and adding my "Short Documentaries" of each of the episodes. 15 minute long versions of the episodes highlighting the best bits of advice. Good to watch if you've seen the full episode and want a refresher or a quick boost in motivation before you get to creating art.

Finding a translator who isn't too expensive and can translate effectively is very hard.
For S3E4 I've had to essentially translate the translation into native English and go through each line with care to make sure it represents what is being said accurately whilst still being readable and sounding natural. Hard!
If you understand Japanese well, and can translate it accurately and want to help with the last few episodes, please do get in touch! ( mangakaurasawa@gmail.com )

So what's been going on since JUL 2020 update?
I left my girlfriend. It was a bit of a rollercoaster of a relationship, and I couldn't heal from cancer whilst being with her.
Sadly I had to leave our pup with her too, if I'd have taken him with me she would never leave me alone.
My life then took a bit of a downward spiral. I didn't have many local friends nor family to lean on.
I moved around a lot, stayed at Airbnb's, hotels and hostels.
I set a goal to speak to a new person each day. In time I became more confident talking to strangers and met many interesting characters.
If you're in a similar situation I can't recommend hostels enough. Great way to meet people, there's usually always someone to talk to.
A day before the 2nd lockdown was announced in the UK I flew to Sweden based on a tip from a new friend, super lucky!

So now I'm in Sweden whilst the UK is in lockdown, no need to wear masks here, it's lovely. Just like before Covid.
But then, last week I got coronavirus, and it's basically like a normal flu!
Not easy but certainly manageable.

One of the long-term hostel stayers gave me her library card and showed me a library with loads of manga in English! Funnily enough there were a lot of books by the authors presented in Manben and a wide collection of Osamu Tezuka's work too, plenty to keep me entertained!

I like it here, life's a bit more straight-forward again, for now... 😀

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Welcome back 😀 Season 4 Episode 3 has taken so long for release. It's been a bit of a nightmare. I was getting frustrated with editing the episode because I thought the guest Yamamoto was a bit rude.Yamamoto might be on the Autism Spectrum which would explain some of his behaviour.

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Link galing sa isang workshop na hinost ng RUWA noon

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How to think when you draw comic covers by The Etherington Brothers

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How to think when you draw comic covers by The Etherington Brothers

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Today we're looking at how to draw COMIC COVERS! You also can apply many of these ideas to other forms of illustration, from vignettes to single panels to t-shirt designs and on and on :)

If you want to know how to draw LOADS more stuff, here's a link to

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How to THINK when you draw COMIC COVERS tutorial

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Today we're looking at how to draw COMIC COVERS! You also can apply many of these ideas to other forms of illustration, from vignettes to single panels to t-shirt designs and on and on :) If you want to know how to draw LOADS more stuff, here's a link to