Creation and Development of Graphic Novels
The selection of materials I
A course by María Luque , Illustrator
About the video: The selection of materials I
Overview
“There are many material options and it is time to decide. Is our book going to have color or will it be black and white? We will explore different possibilities to choose the ideal for our project.”
In this video lesson María Luque addresses the topic: The selection of materials I, 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
“Before starting our novel one of the most important parts is to define the materials. Besides thinking if we want to make it in color, if we want to make it in black and white, maybe we have materials with which we already feel comfortable with the that we have worked, but we have to take into account that this later, later, is very likely to be published, that these pages have to be reproduced , that perhaps we have the concern that the colors go out equal to the originals, or if it is black and white, whole process is simplified. There are many things to consider. One of the first is the ...”
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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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