Introduction to Digital Comic
The medium and the message, what format do I choose?
A course by Albert Monteys Homar , Illustrator and Comic Book Writer
Joined September 2018
About the video: The medium and the message, what format do I choose?
Overview
“Before we start writing, we must choose in what format we are going to publish our comic, do you want a leg readable on instagram from a mobile? A downloadable pdf to read on large screens? Something that works on multiple platforms? ”
In this video lesson Albert Monteys Homar addresses the topic: The medium and the message, what format do I choose?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Digital Comic. Learn to create, publish, and promote a graphic novel for digital formats.
Partial transcription of the video
“The medium and the message, what format do I choose? In this lesson, you must choose what kind of cartoon to do and where to publish it. Is it going to be a strip to post on Instagram? A downloadable PDF to view on large screens? Something that works on multiple platforms? Let's see the possibilities. You will have to decide what you want to tell and where to tell it. There are cartoons that work on certain websites and others that work better in other distribution systems, downloadable PDF type and all that. As one thing influences the other, you are going to have to decide or what or how....”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Digital Comic
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Comic, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Albert Monteys Homar
A course by Albert Monteys Homar
Albert Monteys is a Spanish cartoonist with more than 25 years of experience illustrating and writing comics. While starting out, he self-published his comics, which led him to collaborate for 18 years on the Spanish humor weekly El Jueves, a publication that he also directed for four years.
His passion for narratives led him to venture into the digital world, collaborating on the humor magazine Pride and Satisfaction and the science fiction comic UNIVERSO!
He has been nominated for the Eisner award at the 2016 Comic-Con, USA and won the award for Best National Comic at the Salón del Cómic de Barcelona, Spain in 2019.
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