Creation and Development of Graphic Novels
What destiny is going to have our project?
A course by María Luque , Illustrator
About the video: What destiny is going to have our project?
Overview
“We started to think about the direction of our book and analyze the possibilities: we can self-publish it, send it to competitions, present it to a publisher. What is the best way to approach those options?”
In this video lesson María Luque addresses the topic: What destiny is going to have our project?, 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
“There are many options and it is best to find the one that feels better to our project. In my case I can tell you how it was ... For example, with my first book, I just had that written synopsis and the first chapter I sent it to an editorial, sent an email, because I had a friend in common who gave me the contact, and I quickly had an answer that I did not expect. And that helped me to finish my project and to have more energy to want to do it fast. One possibility is that we are not interested in that our project is destined for a publisher, but we like the idea to publish it ourselves. A...”
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Course summary for: Creation and Development of Graphic Novels
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Category
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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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