Toronto – March Break 2025
FOUNDATIONS AND PROCESS
Motivated artists aged from 10 to 15 are invited to spend the week, with Coach Jay (Cartoon Coach, himself) and Assistant-Coach Presley, for an intense deep-dive into the vast depths of the world of Cartooning Foundations and Process.
Artists interested in learning to draw for Animation, Comic-book Illustration, Video Game & Board/Card Game Concept Design, World Building and Children’s Book Illustration are all welcome.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Registration is limited to 14 artists
All fields must be completed to begin registration.
After you fill out the form, you will receive a confirmation email with options for payment. Either through Square or by E-transfer, we prefer E-transfer so we don’t have to absorb processing fees, but please feel free to use whatever method you’re most comfortable with.
DAY 1
8:45 – Artist Arrival/ Independant work
9:30 – Opening Ceremony
9:45 – Brain Massage: Warm-up & Motivation
9:55 – Snack!
10:00 – Process: Process?! What the heck is that?!
10:30 – Speaking Cartoon: Cubes, Sphere’s and Prisms, Oh my!
11:15 – Imagination stretch: Land of a 1000 Heads!
12:15 – Lunch
12:45 – Speaking Cartoon: Principles and Foundations
1:10 – Anatomy: Ahhh! Mannequins!
2:10 – Movement: Yoga for cartoonists
2:20 – Imagination Stretch: Turning Mannequins into characters
3:10 – Snack!
3:15 – Speaking Cartoon: Inking and outlines
3:50 – Tidying up and wrap up
4:00 – 4:30 – Pick-up
DAY 2
8:45 – Artist Arrival/ Independant work
9:30 – Brain Massage: Warm-up & Motivation
9:45 – Process: Modelling your heroes
9:55 – Snack!
10:00 – Speaking Cartoon: Compound shapes & thinking in 3-D
10:45 – Imagination stretch: Cartoon Improv 101
11:45 – Speaking Cartoon: Gaining a sense of Perspective!
12:15 – Lunch
12:45 – Speaking Cartoon: What’s so Special About Elipses?!
1:10 – Layout: 1-point perspective and its many uses
2:10 – Movement: Yoga for cartoonists
2:20 – Imagination Stretch: Expanding the City
3:10 – Snack!
3:15 – Speaking Cartoon: Tools of the trade
3:50 – Tidying up and wrap up
4:00 – 4:30 – Pick-up
DAY 3
8:45 – Artist Arrival/ Independant work
9:30 – Brain Massage: Warm-up & Motivation
9:45 – Process: Experimentation!
9:55 – Snack!
10:00 – Speaking Cartoon: Forshortening, Overlap and Contour Lines
10:45 – Imagination stretch: Shape driven design
11:45 – Speaking Cartoon: Exaggerating the world we live in
12:15 – Lunch
12:45 – Speaking Cartoon: Stacking ain’t just for toddlers!
1:10 – Props: We all live in a Yellow Underwater Exploration Vessel of Wonder!
2:10 – Movement: Yoga for cartoonists
2:20 – Imagination Stretch: Yar! Ther’re Monstars in them thar Oceans!
3:10 – Snack!
3:15 – Speaking Cartoon: Seizing control over the depths of your creations!
3:50 – Tidying up and wrap up
4:00 – 4:30 – Pick-up
DAY 4
8:45 – Artist Arrival/ Independant work
9:30 – Brain Massage: Warm-up & Motivation
9:45 – Process: Observation and reference
9:55 – Snack!
10:00 – Speaking Cartoon: Action, Force, Balance and Drag
10:45 – Imagination stretch: Gesture driven mannequins
11:45 – Speaking Cartoon: Squash and Stretch
12:15 – Lunch
12:45 – Speaking Cartoon: Twist and Tilt again like we did last Summer!
1:10 – Light and Shadow: Master Plaster project PART 1
2:10 – Movement: Strike a pose
2:20 – Imagination Stretch: It’s Alive!… Alive!…..
3:10 – Snack!
3:15 – Cartoon: Model Sheets and Project Preparation
3:50 – Tidying up and wrap up
4:00 – 4:30 – Pick-up
DAY 5
8:45 – Artist Arrival/ Independant work
9:30 – Brain Massage: Warm-up & Motivation
9:45 – Process: What’s your process?
9:55 – Snack!
10:00 – Speaking Cartoon: Flats, Shadows, Highlights and SFX
10:45 – Imagination stretch: A splash of colour
11:45 – Speaking Cartoon: Review 1
12:15 – Lunch
12:45 – Speaking Cartoon: Review 2
1:10 – Light and Shadow: Master Plaster project PART 2
2:10 – Movement: Shadow Puppets Come out to Play!
2:20 – Imagination Stretch: Putting it all together!
3:10 – Snack!
3:15 – Closing Ceremonies
3:50 – Tidying up and wrap up
4:00 – 4:30 – Pick-up
REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Registration is limited to 14 artists
All fields must be completed to begin registration.
After you fill out the form, you will receive a confirmation email with options for payment. Either through Square or by E-transfer, we prefer E-transfer so we don’t have to absorb processing fees, but please feel free to use whatever method you’re most comfortable with.
Important Housekeeping
Sign-up
Additionally, after your initial sign-up, you’ll receive an info-packet and a survey style questionnaire to fill out. Please read the info-packet carefully and fill out the survey with as much or as little information as you are comfortable with, it’s just to get to know the artist who will be attending the camp/workshop.
Neurodivergence
Cartoon Coach, himself, is neuro-spicy, and so, Cartoon Coach is a neurodivergent safe-space. That said, neuro-spicey minds can be spontaneous and unpredictable, so please do not forget to include special needs or accommodations your artist may require.
Allergies
Additionally, please notify us of any allergies and their severities. There will be a first-aid kit on site with an epi-pen but your artist should be accompanied by their own epi-pen should they require one in case of emergency. Nuts of any kind will not be permitted, however, we will be using plaster and will provide the artists with masks and disposable gloves. If your artist has an allergy to Latex, please let us know ASAP so we can pivot to another solution or eliminate the craft from the schedule all together.
Cartoon Coach Camp 2025 will be located at:
1033, College St. in Toronto
We found a super awesome, kid-friendly, drop-in style, storefront at the corner of College and Rusholm Park Crescent, in the neighbourhood of Dufferin Grove. This space is not only an incredible environment to learn in, it is run by, just about the nicest person ever. The space is super easy to find and there’s lots of street parking around too.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out.
Looking forward to building worlds with. all your artists,
Jay
Head Coach
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