Creation of Autobiographical Graphic Novels

Overview

“Text and image are two separate and powerful languages. Texts are a constitutive element of the classic idea of comics, and although not all comics carry texts, we must remember that comics are a multimodal language where text and drawing can act equally. In this lesson, I will teach you the considerations that I believe are most important when creating the texts of a comic.”

In this video lesson Marcela Trujillo Espinoza addresses the topic: The texts, 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 texts In this lesson we are going to put the texts of the "storyboard". Here I made a "storyboard" that I don't normally do that big, I generally make them smaller. The bigger one works with stick monkeys, the more hideous it looks, but do not forget that this is for you, it is not for display in an art gallery. Until this moment I did not know exactly what title it was, But I thought it could be related to the American dream. That this illusion of success, of fame and fortune, that I could see in the possibility of winning that internship. So, as the title I'm going to put "My American...”

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Course summary for: Creation of Autobiographical Graphic Novels

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (96)
• 2205 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (4h 42m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Comic, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storyboard, Traditional illustration, Writing