Creation of Autobiographical Graphic Novels
Blacks and cross hatching 2
A course by Marcela Trujillo Espinoza , Painter and Comic Artist
Joined July 2020
About the video: Blacks and cross hatching 2
Overview
“In this part of the lesson, I continue to apply hatched and black backgrounds depending on the ideas or moods I want to express.”
In this video lesson Marcela Trujillo Espinoza addresses the topic: Blacks and cross hatching 2, 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
“Black and achurados We are going to make the hatching of this vignette in the middle. So it helps a lot to have an idea a little earlier. For example, my idea is the last scene of "Flashdance". I'm going to close the door, the wall and also the wall behind the other jury. The door, generally I make the drawing of the wood for them. I'm going to leave it there until it dries and I'm going to finish the back wall. The great thing about using these slim nibs is that one can make a line very close to each other and that turns into a gray. That way I will be able to have this brighter vignette b...”
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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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