Drawing for Comics with Procreate
About Me
A course by Laura Athayde , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this class, I will introduce myself and tell you about my professional trajectory, which started in law and brought me to illustration and comics. ”
In this video lesson Laura Athayde addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing for Comics with Procreate. Combine text and drawing techniques on an iPad and turn your ideas into powerful comic strips, from the initial idea to the final publication.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hey! Welcome to my Domestika course. I'm Laura Athayde, I'm from Manaus and I like to draw since I was a child. When I was in school, I made my own comics. to show to colleagues. My main references were the stories of "Monica's Gang". As a teenager, I continued drawing. What I read most were Japanese manga and that influenced my style a lot at the time. When choosing a career to take the entrance exam, I chose to do law. I worked in the area for three years, in addition to doing postgraduate studies, so I stopped drawing during that period. In 2013, I discovered Diego Sanches c...”
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Course summary for: Drawing for Comics with Procreate
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Category
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Areas
Comic, Design, Digital Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration
Laura Athayde
A course by Laura Athayde
Laura Athayde is an illustrator and comic artist from Manaus, based in Belo Horizonte. Her comic strips, which convey reality with humor and warmth while also tackling important questions, have been published in magazines such as The Nib and POMEgranate.
She has also produced pieces for names like Netflix, Nivea, Telecine, and Casa Fiat de Cultura as well as illustrated for Record, Companhia das Letras, Planeta, and more. In 2018, she was a finalist for the Jabuti Award for Illustration and in 2019 she received the prestigious Troféu HQMIX for Best Independent Sole Publication with Histórias Tristes e Piadas Ruins. In 2022, her piece Aconteceu Comigo: Histórias de Mulheres Reais em Quadrinhos won the 37th Angelo Agostini Award.
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