Capturing Stories in Fantasy Comics
materials
A course by Gabriel Rodríguez , Writer and comic artist
About the video: materials
Overview
“In this lesson we will review all the materials we will use to complete the course.”
In this video lesson Gabriel Rodríguez addresses the topic: materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Capturing Stories in Fantasy Comics. Create fantasy comic strips from the technical script to the sheet in pencil.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this initial lesson we will show the work materials that we will use. First we have support materials, in this case the computer and the light tablet. The computer will use to work the word processor, in case you write in digital, and also to search for reference images. The light tablet can be used for tracing. Both materials can be replaced by other forms of work, you can write directly on a notebook if it suits you more, you can look for material in library or books and the light tablet can easily be replaced by a glass table with a lamp under or by using paper stuck in a window. In t...”
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Course summary for: Capturing Stories in Fantasy Comics
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Comic, Traditional illustration

Gabriel Rodríguez
A course by Gabriel Rodríguez
Gabriel Rodríguez Pérez studied architecture at the Catholic University of Chile, although he has been dedicated exclusively to comic drawing and screenwriting for almost fifteen years. At the end of 2002 he published his first comic book for IDW Publishing and since then he has worked with them on more than thirty editorial projects.
In 2008 he created, along with screenwriter Joe Hill, the horror and fantasy series Locke & Key, which has been extended from two graphic novels to a series of six books in more than fifteen languages and an adaptation as a series for Netflix.
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