Creating an Autobiographical Webcomic
Inking and painting
A course by Sol Díaz Castillo , Artist and Illustrator
Joined June 2020
About the video: Inking and painting
Overview
“At this stage, we already define and clean the image to make it ready for the last touches and share it on the internet. Here the decisions stop a bit, it is a moment of more tranquility and calm, uf, I needed it. "The cards are already out", so it's time to enjoy.”
In this video lesson Sol Díaz Castillo addresses the topic: Inking and painting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating an Autobiographical Webcomic. Explore your inner world to create and share illustrated stories ranging from the personal to the universal.
Partial transcription of the video
“Inking and painting An elegant woman knows that to cross the mountain you have to go stone by stone In this lesson, we will bring our webcomic to life through pencils and inking. It's super important to me to always have the sketch from the previous lesson nearby to go with that reference always in front and so in this place just enjoy inking, drawing, painting and whatever the final material is. In this case, I will start with this one, which is the first one I did, which is "Say no" and, instead of marking the vignettes with the graphite pencil, I will mark them using the yellow pencil. I...”
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Course summary for: Creating an Autobiographical Webcomic
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Comic, Drawing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Writing

Sol Díaz Castillo
A course by Sol Díaz Castillo
Sol Díaz started studying graphic design but her professional life led her to drawing and illustration shortly after, along with her personal approach to understanding and transforming the world around her. When she finished university, she published her first creations, and now, she has almost fifteen books published in her name, with characters that go from humor to fantasy, always with an observant eye.
She has also done illustration work for editorials with different authors and has explored areas such as animation, live drawing with music, magazine editing, podcast creation, and more. For Sol, drawing is a tool to tell stories and build characters that reflect your ideas, fears, convictions, and perspective on the world around you.
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