Panel Design and Visual Storytelling for Comics
Middle Inks
A course by Charles Glaubitz Gonzalez , Artist
About the video: Middle Inks
Overview
“Now come the fun parts! It's time to start working on the whole spread. We move to the middle and background as the lines here are less detailed and less heavy, and begin to distribute the heavy blacks and shadows across the image. ”
In this video lesson Charles Glaubitz Gonzalez addresses the topic: Middle Inks, which is part of the Domestika online course: Panel Design and Visual Storytelling for Comics. Learn to develop your ideas in a sketchbook by creating a series of sequential drawings with pencil and ink that tell a story without words.
Partial transcription of the video
“Middle Inks We are at level 2 now. The next step we're going to do is start inking the large solid black shapes. This is called spotting blacks. What this does is, here's an example, see how when we look at this page our eye goes directly here? The reason it does is because it's a lot of contrast against the white. So imagine if you use spotting blacks around each panel individually, but at the same time making choices and decisions to have the solid black on each panel balance out the entire page. I'm going to use a brush pen and this is an old brush pen. I already used up all the ink and ...”
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Course summary for: Panel Design and Visual Storytelling for Comics
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Comic, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Charles Glaubitz Gonzalez
A course by Charles Glaubitz Gonzalez
Charles Glaubitz has always been a fan of comics. When he was a child, he recalls reading the Mexican translation of the comic "Sagrado Corazón", which awoke his life-long passion for the craft. In 2013, he created his first comic zine "The Crystal Sigil", which became the first of many.
His work has been recognized by American Illustration, Communication Arts, How Magazine, Print Magazine. Charles’s artwork has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, Juxtapoz Illustration 2 Book, The Upset Gestalen, Pictoplasma. His comic work has been acclaimed by American Best Comics 2012. His artwork has also been exhibited at San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, Oceanside Museum of Contemporary Art, Museo Carrillo Gil México City, Museo de Arte Zapopan.
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