Creation of Autobiographical Graphic Novels
The autobiographical triad
A course by Marcela Trujillo Espinoza , Painter and Comic Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: The autobiographical triad
Overview
“In this lesson, I will explain the three elements that I consider most important to make an autobiographical analysis: the comic as a diary, the comic as therapy and the comic as memory. I will explain them to you in detail!”
In this video lesson Marcela Trujillo Espinoza addresses the topic: The autobiographical triad, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creation of Autobiographical Graphic Novels. Learn to transform a personal memory into appealing vignettes with India ink, a pen, and a brush.
Partial transcription of the video
“The autobiographical triad In this lesson I will teach you the comic as an autobiographical process. For me the comic was always a direct relationship with myself because I have always felt that drawing is a language that I always used as a child. Then it served me to communicate with myself. And I think when I started reading autobiographical comic I felt the same as I felt when I drew. Autobiography is closely linked to comics for that reason, because drawing is a childhood language. So in childhood one tries to draw to understand the emotions of others. When children draw, they go to the...”
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Course summary for: Creation of Autobiographical Graphic Novels
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Comic, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storyboard, Traditional illustration, Writing
Marcela Trujillo Espinoza
A course by Marcela Trujillo Espinoza
Marcela Trujillo, better known as Maliki for her comic character Maliki 4 ojos, graduated from the University of Chile where she studied art with a minor in painting. She has made a career for herself as a comic artist and professional painter.
Over the course of her career, her work has appeared in individual painting exhibits in museums and galleries and she has published 7 autobiographical graphic novels with publishers like Ocho Libros, Planeta, and Reservoir books. She also works as a university professor teaching comics, drawing, and painting and is the co-creator of the La Polola podcast about feminist comics with artist Sol Díaz.
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