Creation and Development of Graphic Novels
Find an idea
A course by María Luque , Illustrator
About the video: Find an idea
Overview
“Where to find and how to accommodate the idea for our graphic novel project? Can everyday life be a good place to look for ideas?”
In this video lesson María Luque addresses the topic: Find an idea, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creation and Development of Graphic Novels. Discover the process of creating a graphic novel from the conception of the idea to its publication.
Partial transcription of the video
“One of the first concerns we have when facing a graphic novel project is about the idea. Where do you get an idea that can be used for our book? Once the idea appears, sometimes doubts also arise. Does this thing I want to tell make sense? Maybe it's too simple Maybe it's complicated. So, I want to show some examples of authors that I like a lot, I love their work. Una es Sol Díaz, is a Chilean cartoonist. She has several books published, but one of them is "Josefina y Manuel". I love to read it again, because they are very simple stories of a couple relationship where she hides it a little...”
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Course summary for: Creation and Development of Graphic Novels
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Comic, Narrative, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
María Luque
A course by María Luque
María Luque was born in Rosario, Argentina, and has exhibited her work in museums and galleries in her native country since 2005, as well as in Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Spain. In addition to her work as an artist, she also works on projects in the field of editorial illustration and coordinates workshops and other creative activities, such as "Merienda dibujo," a series of meetings with artists that she started in 2011.
She is also the cofounder of the Festival Furioso de Dibujo and participated in the anthology Informe, historieta argentina del siglo XXI, published by Editorial Municipal de Rosario. She is the author of La mano del pintor, a graphic novel about Cándido López (Sigilo, 2016, L'Agrume Éditions 2017);Casa transparente (Sexto Piso, Graphic Novel Award - Ibero-American Cities); and Noticias de pintores (Sigilo, 2019).
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