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
“To give an example. Let's use the scripts from a different tale. specifically The Furrows of Chance. which would be these here. The Furrows of Chance was an extensive narrative. spanning approximately 300 so it's a project where you run the risk of getting lost and especially losing motivation along the way. So what I did was subdivide it into parts. These parts would be done by chapters. This is the script for chapter 7. In this case. the story unfolds in two narrative times. in the present in the past. so I can better understand and see in the script what each part occupies I've done it u...”
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Course summary for: The Comic is Another Story
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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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