Pencil Drawing for Superhero Comics
Influences
A course by Salva Espín , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In a more or less conscious way, I mix influences from the things that I like most in this world: comics, videogames and animation. For that reason among other influences I have: illustrators Capcom and Snk, Spanish cartoonists in USA (Pacheco, Larroca), Madureira, Joe Krikfalusi, Adam Huges and Akira Toriyama among others. ”
In this video lesson Salva Espín addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pencil Drawing for Superhero Comics. Learn the basics of sequential storytelling and create your next comic characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson I will talk about my influences and the things that have marked me for the drawing style that I have. I grew up in a small town that did not get many comics. The things that I have been drawing in my first years of school, have been in relation to the few comics that I could have at hand, and then, too, to the television series, movies, animation series that I saw on TV. My father recorded, especially animation series, that I liked and stopped the VHS in some "frame" that I liked, taught me how to draw them. Some that I loved and with which I learned a lot were "Dragon Ball",...”
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Course summary for: Pencil Drawing for Superhero Comics
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Comic, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Salva Espín
A course by Salva Espín
Salva Espín is a cartoonist, illustrator, comic artist, cover artist, foreword writer, and comic inker born in Murcia, Spain. He has been working as a cartoonist for Marvel Comics since 2007 and, since 2012, has been the official cartoonist for the irreverent Deadpool.
Important characters such as Wolverine, Hulk, Spiderman, and Captain America have passed through his hands, in addition to the aforementioned Deadpool and his more than 20 comics for Marvel, making him one of the most prolific cartoonists today.
In 2013, he opened his comic-book store in Murcia, 7Heroes, which is a true tribute to the world of comics and where cards, retro video games, and board games are sold in addition to comics.
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