Capturing Stories in Fantasy Comics
The professional comic book drawing format and the use of the page
A course by Gabriel Rodríguez , Writer and comic artist
About the video: The professional comic book drawing format and the use of the page
Overview
“In this lesson we will explain what is the standardized drawing format of a comic page, to be published, and how to adapt it for the preliminary stages of the creation of the story, to work the miniatures, or thumbnails of reference, of what the pages will then be in final format. ”
In this video lesson Gabriel Rodríguez addresses the topic: The professional comic book drawing format and the use of the page, 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
“At the beginning of this new lesson we will pause to talk about the work format in which we will start to build the visual development of the story. What is the most important thing to understand when working a comic or cartoon page? Basically, this blank page is the surface on which we going to build a complete universe, a story with dramatic development and where the characters will move. That page has physical limits, but in terms of content, within it fits all and we have to use as intelligently as possible and as creative as possible , that space to be able to develop and unfold histor...”
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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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