Creation of Autobiographical Graphic Novels
Technique approach exercises 3
A course by Marcela Trujillo Espinoza , Painter and Comic Artist
Joined July 2020
About the video: Technique approach exercises 3
Overview
“In this third part of the lesson, I teach you how to make the lines of the bullets and corrections with acrylic. Finally, we will erase the graphite lines so that only the inking remains.”
In this video lesson Marcela Trujillo Espinoza addresses the topic: Technique approach exercises 3, 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
“Technique approach exercises So there are some rules that I don't use because I never understood how it was done, What are they for comic artists? and that they have marked the lines that go in the middle of each line. So there is a line for a line, for the space in between and everything. I do this a bit by eye and write there. So it is important because many times Some have a previous text and it turns out that when you have the vignette there, the text does not fit and you have to make it smaller and edit it. These lines make one write neater and closer together. If you write more crooke...”
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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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