Capturing Stories in Fantasy Comics
Planning the layout of a specific sequence
A course by Gabriel Rodríguez , Writer and comic artist
About the video: Planning the layout of a specific sequence
Overview
“In this lesson we will explain how to make a first approximation of transformation of the technical script, in images with a narrative sense. The idea is to apply the criteria of fluency of the narration, learned in the previous unit, and how to imagine, from the perspective of rhythm, the space of the page, so that images and texts are integrated harmoniously in the final page. ”
In this video lesson Gabriel Rodríguez addresses the topic: Planning the layout of a specific sequence, 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 lesson we will start working what I call attack strategy of the blank page, that is, start making visual decisions on paper from the material we work on our concept and in our script. In this first stage I will work with this light tablet. It is a light table that allows tracing. Basically what we will do is use the miniature matrices we print to mark the format where we are going to work the miniatures of vignetting and then the thumbnails of the preliminary sketches. For this I will work with a letter sheet folded in four, that gives the work surface that I need to work the four p...”
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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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