The Comic is Another Story
The idea
A course by Paco Roca , Comic Book Author and Illustrator
About the video: The idea
Overview
“It is the seed from which everything will be born. The motivation of wanting to create a comic. In many cases, the idea is not in itself a big thing, it may not be too original. the important thing will be the development we make of it. But it must be an idea that we are passionate about.”
In this video lesson Paco Roca addresses the topic: The idea, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Comic is Another Story. Learn to create a graphic story, from the idea to the final illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we are going to talk about, of the idea the idea is good the seed from where everything will come and also the reason why that we want to do anything not if there is no idea the the truth is that there is no need to do anything else, the idea itself does not have to be anything special, I accumulate idea in a lot of places I have notebooks in which good you go pointing different ideas topics things you think you can serve for something cuts then of some news that you It looks interesting and you keep it. You're going to cumulate a lot of things of all kinds on trips that you ...”
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Course summary for: The Comic is Another Story
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Comic, Drawing, Fine Arts, Narrative, Storyboard
Paco Roca
A course by Paco Roca
Paco Roca considers himself one of those fortunate people who has managed to make their childhood dream come true. He always wanted to make a living by drawing and currently works as a comic book author and illustrator. He has collaborated on a wide variety of illustration projects across many sectors, from advertising to press and publishing, and his work has been featured in the culture supplement Babelia and El País Semanal, as well as in Las Provincias, Corriere della Sera, and Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.
As for comics, he began publishing in the Spanish magazine El Víbora, which led to his standalone works GOG, El Juego Lúgubre, Hijos de la Alhambra, El Faro, Arrugas (which earned him the National Comic Award, among others), Las Calles de Arena, Emotional World Tour, El invierno del dibujante, Memorias de un hombre en pijama, La Metamorfosis, and Los surcos del azar.
He has also worked in television and radio and collaborated as a screenwriter and character designer in the film adaptation of his graphic novel Arrugas, earning him a Goya Award for best adapted screenplay. In recent years, he's been traveling the globe participating in exhibits, teaching workshops, and giving talks about his work.
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