The Comic is Another Story
We draw in pencil
A course by user140817 surname140817 , Comic Book Author and Illustrator
Joined September 2014
Learn to create a graphic story, from the idea to the final illustration
Joined September 2014
About the video: We draw in pencil
Overview
“In this part of the process we will therefore take care of the graphic aspect. In looking for the graphic style that best suits the story.”
In this video lesson user140817 surname140817 addresses the topic: We draw in pencil, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Comic is Another Story. Learn to create a graphic story, from the idea to the final illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] In this lesson we're going to talk about the drawing, we already have the script, we have the idea. Now let's start now, because we have ... those sketches we've made. And from that sketches let's start ... to draw the story, finding, well, our own graphic style, or the style that let's think what better ... fits that story. I think everyone who ... have started on this ... you always have a fear ... to have your own style, thinking many times that the style, is simply the graphic part, is to look like one or to look like nobody, and have something recognizable. It is, but it does n...”
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Course summary for: The Comic is Another Story
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Comic, Drawing, Fine Arts, Narrative, Storyboard
A course by user140817 surname140817
Paco Roca considers himself one of those fortunate people who has managed to make their childhood dream come true. He always wanted to make a living by drawing and currently works as a comic book author and illustrator. He has collaborated on a wide variety of illustration projects across many sectors, from advertising to press and publishing, and his work has been featured in the culture supplement Babelia and El País Semanal, as well as in Las Provincias, Corriere della Sera, and Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.
As for comics, he began publishing in the Spanish magazine El Víbora, which led to his standalone works GOG, El Juego Lúgubre, Hijos de la Alhambra, El Faro, Arrugas (which earned him the National Comic Award, among others), Las Calles de Arena, Emotional World Tour, El invierno del dibujante, Memorias de un hombre en pijama, La Metamorfosis, and Los surcos del azar.
He has also worked in television and radio and collaborated as a screenwriter and character designer in the film adaptation of his graphic novel Arrugas, earning him a Goya Award for best adapted screenplay. In recent years, he's been traveling the globe participating in exhibits, teaching workshops, and giving talks about his work.
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