Introduction to Autobiographical Comics
A course by Mariano Diaz Prieto , Cartoonist and Illustrator
Joined September 2018
Learn to turn your own experiences into short comics
Joined September 2018
What does it take to narrate your own life? The desire to tell a story? Interesting anecdotes? A great sense of humor? Illustrator and cartoonist Mariano Díaz, also known as Marianoenelmundo, combines all these to create his autobiographical comics and is ready to show you how to do the same.
In this online course, learn to make brief, four-panel vignettes based on your own life that just might make someone else laugh.
What will you learn in this online course?
12 lessons & 21 downloads
- 98% positive reviews (199)
- 3,084 students
- 12 lessons (1h 36m)
- 21 additional resources (14 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Over the course of a week, prepare a journal about your life to develop a source of ideas—highlighting anecdotes from your day-to-day that are worth sharing—and transform them into short, four-frame stories.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Illustrators, drawing artists, cartoonists, and anyone interested in building up or perfecting their technique to turn their own experiences into graphic narratives and comics.
Requirements and materials
You don't need to be a drawing professional. Mariano guides you through the ins and outs of taking advantage of everyday anecdotes using your own style.
In terms of materials, you need a notebook, drawing material, ruler, scissors, and markers. You can also use watercolors or any other technique you feel comfortable with to add color to your comics.
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Mariano Diaz Prieto
A course by Mariano Diaz Prieto
Mariano Díaz, also known as Marianoenelmundo, has a long career as an illustrator for publishers in Spain and Latin America. In more recent history, he has focused his efforts on producing autobiographical vignettes in four panels that he creates on paper with watercolor and shares on his social media and his blog.
In addition to the series of short cartoons he posts online, he has published two silent books, Mondo babosa and Doña Elba, that tell fantasy stories.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
A comic that tells first-person experiences
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What is an autobiographical comic?
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Why make comics about our life?
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U3
From an annotation in the notebook to draw in instants of time
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Everyday life in the notebook
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The simple drawing as a tool
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I, the character
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The character in space
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U4
My memory comes to life in four paintings
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How are text and image related?
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The sequence of four paintings
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Different ways of telling the same thing
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The finished process
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FP
Final project
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Final project
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El curso es muy ameno y práctico, me gustó mucho.
ths course is amazing. Learned a lot to put in practice. I came back here everytime I need.
I like how he simplifies everything and makes it doable to actually draw a comic for something that’s happened. I think the intro several lessons talking about the why and about influences go on too much, and are especially hard to follow while reading subtitles as I can’t really look at the comic pages he’s showing and read subtitles with the fast talking. But I do recommend this course for people who want to draw autobiographical comics, and I’m very glad to have found it, thank you!
excelente curso. He disfrutado mucho las explicaciones y sobre todo me ha inspirado a crear mi propio comic.
muy bueno el curso, me gustó mucho tanto que hice varios dibujos originales, solo tengo que buscarle la vuelta a las historias, saludos a todos.