Manga Comics: Narrative, Rhythm, and Composition
About Me
A course by Kenny Ruiz , Comic Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you about my career and my relationship with manga. I love telling stories, and manga is the most comfortable way I do it. It allows me to have total control of the universe I create and at the same time establishes a relationship with the reader that allows me to connect with people from anywhere in the world.”
In this video lesson Kenny Ruiz addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Manga Comics: Narrative, Rhythm, and Composition. Captivate your readers by learning to narrate and compose stories with Clip Studio Paint that follow the energetic rhythm of a manga.
Partial transcription of the video
“About me Hi, I'm Kenny Ruiz and I've been telling stories all my life. I usually say that you narrate how you play and when I was little, I always played to tell my own stories with my dolls. The story that those toys already brought me was never enough for me, but it created new characters and took them to strange places where the GI Joes lived in the Playmobil house and they fought against the He-Man. About 20 years old I started transferring all those games to professional comics and since then I've been doing comics for a living. I have always wanted to tell my stories and also draw the...”
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Course summary for: Manga Comics: Narrative, Rhythm, and Composition
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Clip Studio Paint -
Areas
Comic, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Manga, Narrative, Traditional illustration

Kenny Ruiz
A course by Kenny Ruiz
Kenny Ruiz has been a comic artist for as long as he can remember, and has extensive professional experience within the sector. He is the author of El Cazador de Rayos and Barcelona with Paquet publishers, and the series Dos Espadas and Malefic Time: Soum, with Norma Comics. He worked alongside scriptwriter Mathieu Gabella and colorist Maz! on El Misterio del Capitán Nemo (Delcourt), Víctor Santos on Infinity, Outrage, and scriptwriter Kid Toussain and colorist Noiry on the Magic 7 and Telemachus series (Dupuis).
He currently produces his own manga series titled Team Phoenix for the Japanese publishing house Akita, whose protagonists are characters created by manga maestro Osamu Tezuka. He also teaches at U-Tad, Escola Joso, and ESDIP.
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