Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
Colour
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou , 2019 National Comic Award (Spain)
Joined June 2018
Joined June 2018
About the video: Colour
Overview
“Cristina's drawing has a very hard line and no gray. That is why what we do to make the color process as fast as possible is to burn the line, that is, to convert it to a bitmap so that there is only one ink at 100%, black. Then we go to grayscale and finally to RGB. In this way, with the "Paint Bucket", without tolerance or smoothing, we can color with a single click on the blank holes of the drawing and in a single layer.”
In this video lesson Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou addresses the topic: Colour, 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
“Colour Now from Cristina's drawing, which has a defined line, we will see the method of coloring comics. I show you how. Normally in the studio, Cristina draws and the one who makes the color is me. I usually color almost all the jobs that Cristina does. I always color in Photoshop. I've been coloring there for a lot of years. I got used to working with this program. I find it very comfortable and he is very adept at working with color. The first thing is to scan. Once scanned I receive the page that Cristina made as you see, with those spots of blue, which are of the way of inking with whi...”
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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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