Presented by Continuing Education and CE Illustration and Comics

Daredoodles with Tom Motley

Sep 8, 2022; 7:00 - 8:30pm
An image of five figures with "Daredoodles" above them.
Credit: Tom Motley

SVA Continuing Education presents cartooning instructor Tom Motley for another round of comic challenges derived from his courses, including Formalist Comics and Thinking In Ink. Attendees will draw along and play with speech balloons, folded paper surprises and more. The program will be followed by Q & A.


Supplies: pencils, pens, an eraser, and paper.

Cartooning Basics - woman tripping a man as she runs from an alien holding a sign that says "Greetings"
Credit: Tom Motley

Tom Motley, cartoonist


SVACE Courses: Study with Tom Motley this summer. Courses begin on Monday, September 19.


Formalist Comics


Thinking in Ink


Cartooning Basics


Figure Drawing for Cartoonists


Tom Motley is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator. His publications include Penumbric.comThe Brooklyn RailFrench Revolutions for BeginnersThe One Marvelous Thing, and contributions to the indie anthology Cartozia Tales. In the 1990s, he oversaw the comic-strip collective Hector, placing jam strips and experimental comics in zines, underground papers, and literary mags in the U.S. and abroad. More of his work may be found on his Instagram, @cmot15.


Free and open to the public