The Comic is Another Story
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Learn to create a graphic story, from the idea to the final illustration
Want to become a visual storyteller? In this online course, award-winning comic book author and illustrator Paco Roca teaches you how to create a short comic from start to finish. Take an in-depth look at each step involved and discover your teacher’s secrets to crafting an engaging story, from narrative devices to tricks and techniques for achieving the perfect balance between your text and illustrations.
Whether your favorite genre is humor, action, or even costumbrismo, Paco shows you his creative process and how to adapt it to your personal narrative style.
Paco Roca kicks off the course with a brief introduction to himself and the world of comics and storytelling.
Next, find an idea for your comic and broaden your understanding of the topic with some thorough research. Once you have all the background information you need, start outlining your story and characters in a script, learning to divide it into coherent parts.
Now it’s time to transform your ideas into images. Paco guides you through making your initial sketches and how to use them to establish points of view, arrange scenes, set up character actions, etc. Then distribute all the information in the available panel space to ensure your comic is legible and flows well.
Lay down the first layer of your story in pencil, searching for the graphic style that best suits it, before inking and adding shading and color. Finish up your comic by inserting the text
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