The Superhero Comic: Narrative and Graphic Design
Search for reference material.
A course by Carlos Pacheco , Comic Artist
Joined February 2016
Joined February 2016
About the video: Search for reference material.
Overview
“We will give with all those images and locations that are necessary to know the characters and places with which we are going to work.”
In this video lesson Carlos Pacheco addresses the topic: Search for reference material., which is part of the Domestika online course: The Superhero Comic: Narrative and Graphic Design. Learn to design the layout, sketches, lighting, and finishes for comic strips.
Partial transcription of the video
“We start in the search for that reference that may appear a irrelevant work within the making of the comic but It really is vital because it provides that component of reality to the comic strip we worked with then we facilitates time in a spectacular way the walls are walls of those places we need, the chairs are chairs in those places we need people to be dressed as you usually dress and in those places where we need it lighting etc, etc, and all that gives it that feeling of reality that we need to logically contribute to our comic so that precisely the superheroes have that dimension ex...”
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Course summary for: The Superhero Comic: Narrative and Graphic Design
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Comic, Drawing, Narrative, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Carlos Pacheco
A course by Carlos Pacheco
Carlos Pacheco (1961-2022) was a professional comic book artist. He worked in the US comic industry for companies such as Marvel and DC, with forays into independent comics.
Throughout his career, he worked on collections of popular characters like Avengers, X-Men, Captain America, The Fantastic Four, Inhumans, Superman, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Flash, and Justice League of America.
His work was recognized with numerous awards such as the 1996 Revelation Author by Wizard magazine, Best Spanish Author by the readers of specialist magazine Dolmen, Best Spanish Comic Cartoonist by the Granada Comic Fair in 2001, and by the 2004 Fantastic and Horror Film Week in Estepona, Málaga. In addition, his own series, created alongside US screenwriter Kurt Busiek, was nominated for the prestigious Eisner awards in 2004. In 2010, he was awarded the Andalusian Comic prize at the Granada International Comic Fair.
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