The Comic is Another Story
Sketched (theory)
A course by Paco Roca , Comic Book Author and Illustrator
About the video: Sketched (theory)
Overview
“This phase must fulfill the need for the story to be comprehensible in images.”
In this video lesson Paco Roca addresses the topic: Sketched (theory), 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
“[Music] For example, let's take the scripts from another story of the furrows of chance, that these would be from here. The furrows of chance is a story, Well, very long, about 300 pages. With which it is a project that you run the risk good to lose you And of losing motivation above all along that path. So what he did was, then subdivide it into parts. Those parts will be done by chapters. This is the script of chapter 7. In this case the story happens in two narrative times, in the present and in the past. For me to understand myself better and see what each part occupies in the script, I...”
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Course summary for: The Comic is Another Story
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Category
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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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