Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
Artisan inking
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou , 2019 National Comic Award (Spain)
Joined June 2018
Joined June 2018
About the video: Artisan inking
Overview
“Once the pencil is finished, we go to the inking phase. The inking can be done by hand or with a tablet. For the artisan inking we will explain two ways to do it, tracing on a light table.”
In this video lesson Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou addresses the topic: Artisan inking, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul. Discover the process of making a comic with social purpose and use it as a tool to start important conversations and give visibility to those who need it.
Partial transcription of the video
“Artisan inking In this lesson we will see the artisan inking technique. First I will show you a couple of examples of previous work. This first page you see is a sketch for "Day 3". As you can see, I did it by hand, also in pencil on paper. I usually always start in blue, in artisanal and digital, because in this way the initial lace does not look much and it serves as a fitting for the illustrations. Then I go to the black pencil to make the final line. Here you see the pencil, and here you see the page in ink, I inked it on a bedside table tracing on the sketch. This page is from "When yo...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
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Category
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Areas
Comic, Narrative, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou
Cristina Durán and Miguel Ángel Giner, cofounders of LaGRÚAestudio have spent more than thirty years developing stories with social purpose in their comics. They are the illustrators and authors of comics such as Una posibilidad (Ed. Astiberri) and El día 3 (Ed. Astiberri), made in collaboration with journalist Laura Ballester. They have received several awards, including the 2019 National Comic Award.
Among their clients are several publishing houses such as Andana, Bromera, and Bullent, advertising agencies and media outlets such as El País and Diari Ara, brands such as Amstel, AVACU (Asociación Valenciana de Consumidores y Usuarios), the Polytechnic University of Valencia, foundations such as Cultura en Vena, and public entities such as the City Council of Valencia, the Generalitat Valenciana, and the Ministry of Equality.
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