Graphic Instincts
The Creativity behind a Graphic Novel
Greg Broadmore has spent most of his life drawing, creating stories, and developing worlds across film, games, comics, and personal projects. No matter the medium, every project begins the same way: a vision, a blank page and the challenge of turning something abstract into something real. This course is about that entire process. Not polished perfection or rigid rules, but the honest and practical reality of creating an graphic novel from scratch.
Throughout the course, Greg shares how he thinks through creative problems, reacts when drawings go sideways, and uses intuition, values, color, and emotion to build illustrations that feel alive. Rather than hiding the rough parts, the course focuses on showing what the creative process actually looks like behind the scenes.
Whether you’re still learning the basics or have been drawing for years, this course offers insight into the same habits, tools, and creative decision making Greg uses in his own work every day.
This course includes:
- Real time drawing and painting demos, mistakes and problem solving included.
- Practical methods for starting a drawing when you’re unsure where to begin.
- A look over the shoulder at a real creative process, not a theory heavy lecture.
- Includes layered PSD files from Greg’s actual illustrations so you can explore the construction, organization, and evolution of his process.
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What This Course Isn't
This is not a traditional step-by-step drawing course focused on technical fundamentals, assignments, or structured exercises. While there are demonstrations and practical insights throughout, the heart of the course is creativity itself.
Rather than teaching a rigid system, the course is designed more like a long-form guest lecture from an experienced artist sharing their real creative process. Students follow Greg through the making of a large personal project, seeing the uncertainty, experimentation, intuition, and creative decisions that go into bringing an idea to life.
Artists looking for a highly structured fundamentals course with homework and clear right-or-wrong outcomes may find this course unconventional. Instead, the focus is on providing an honest look into how an experienced professional approaches creativity, storytelling, and the messy reality of making meaningful work from scratch.
Much of the course is built around observation rather than direct instruction. Viewers spend time watching Greg work through drawings and paintings in real time, hearing his thoughts as he experiments, changes direction, and solves problems organically. The goal is not to provide a rigid formula to copy, but to expose students to the mindset and creative process behind professional artistic work.
About Me
Greg Broadmore is an artist and writer at Academy Award winning VFX studio, Wētā Workshop whose career spans films such as King Kong and District 9, games, comics, and original personal projects. His work is driven by a love of creating images that feel powerful, emotional, and cinematic. Much of that process comes from curiosity, experimentation, and allowing ideas to evolve naturally through exploration.
This course is Greg’s way of sharing that creative process openly. By the end, the goal is for making art to feel more approachable, enjoyable, and creatively fulfilling — something students can look forward to exploring rather than fearing.
Not exactly, along the way I am prescriptive in what I recommend you to do but I don't believe in homework or a linear path to creativity.
The goal here is to show how I actually work, without external structure to put everything together for me.
No. This course is much more focused on creativity, intuition, storytelling, and Greg’s personal process than a structured fundamentals curriculum. Think of it more like sitting down with an experienced artist as he revisits real projects and unpacks the decisions he made along the way.
Not always. The demonstrations are intended to give you an honest look at how Greg actually works in real time, including experimentation, instinctive decisions, mistakes, and changes along the way. Some choices are intuitive rather than methodically broken down step-by-step.
Yes, but it may resonate most with artists who already have some familiarity with drawing and want insight into the creative side of making artwork. Beginners can still gain inspiration and practical ways of thinking about art and storytelling.
No. This course does not include one-on-one critiques, paintovers, or direct mentorship. It’s designed as a self-paced learning experience centered around observation and creative insight.
You can follow along with any traditional or digital medium you prefer. The course focuses much more on creative thinking and process than specific tools or software.
Most art courses focus heavily on technical execution and structured instruction. This course focuses more on the messy, uncertain, and intuitive side of creativity that often gets left out of traditional education.
