Creation of Autobiographical Graphic Novels
Inking the texts and balloons
A course by Marcela Trujillo Espinoza , Painter and Comic Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Inking the texts and balloons
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how to ink the texts and the original drawing with India ink, metallic nib and brush.”
In this video lesson Marcela Trujillo Espinoza addresses the topic: Inking the texts and balloons, 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
“Inking the texts and balloons In this lesson we are going to ink the texts, What is the first thing that I ink with Chinese ink because the line of the letters it is a little thicker than the graphite pencil. So sometimes it is larger than the text box or a drawing, that's why I always paint the texts first. In addition to this, we are going to ink the lines of the text balloons and the vignettes, in addition to the title. So these are the two pens that I have. I use the thick one to draw the texts and drawings and the thin one I use for the achurados. The title will be inked later. We star...”
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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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