Introduction to Digital Comic
Writing the story, what do we tell
A course by Albert Monteys Homar , Illustrator and Comic Book Writer
Joined September 2018
Joined September 2018
About the video: Writing the story, what do we tell
Overview
“There are multiple ways of approaching writing, but here we will focus on two strategies: we can start from the topic (that is, we have an idea to tell and look for a story that exemplifies it) or from the adventures (that is, we have an argument and we pull the thread). ”
In this video lesson Albert Monteys Homar addresses the topic: Writing the story, what do we tell, 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
“Writing the story: what we tell In this lesson, I will explain strategies to address the writing of a comic. We can start from two sides. From the vicissitude, some plot point that interests us, ideas that we had, some suggestive image, Or it could be a topic to talk about. We want to talk about real estate inflation, of heartbreak or whatever. From there, we want to find a story that exemplify this idea that we have. I usually start from the argument. And I allow this to really teach me the theme of the story. Now I explain in detail. My first advice is to turn off the phone, make coffee i...”
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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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