The Comic is Another Story
Retouch
A course by Paco Roca , Comic Book Author and Illustrator
About the video: Retouch
Overview
“We make some adjustments to fit the texts.”
In this video lesson Paco Roca addresses the topic: Retouch, 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
“Well, we have scanned the drawing and from here we are going to do a part of the work, which will be inside Photoshop in which we will clean the blue that had served as our base. We will retouch what we need retouch the drawing and above all we will introduce the texts. And with it we will see the space that we have left; and what we have to do, because one of the big problems when it comes to making a comic is synthesis. We have to synthesize everything a lot, because there is little space in the bullet to be able to put ... text and drawing. So that will be one of the problems with which ...”
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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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