Guided course: visual narrative with ink and own style
A guided course by Miguel Gallardo , Cartoonist and illustrator
Learn to narrate visually with ink, creating vignettes and unique illustrated scripts
Discover how to transform everyday scenes into unique visual stories using ink and your own unique style. Learn to create storyboards, panels, and final illustrated artwork, exploring visual storytelling from an approach that values simplicity and authenticity. Look around you with a fresh perspective and find inspiration in the unnoticed moments to transform them into powerful graphic narratives.
Learn techniques to compose your cartoons as if they were photographs, choosing what to show and what to leave out. Play with silence and repetition to add depth to your illustrations, allowing the everyday to come alive in every stroke. Harness the power of observation and let your notebook become a space where the invisible becomes visible, creating intimate and meaningful narratives. Keep drawing, sharing, and learning, and let the everyday become the protagonist of your creations.
What will you learn in this online course?
10 lessons & 8 downloads
- 8 students
- 10 lessons (44m)
- 8 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Learn to tell visual stories with ink and your own style. Create scripts, vignettes, and a unique illustrated narrative. Observe and practice step by step, developing a complete storyboard along with final illustrated art, exploring the power of everyday drawing.
Who is this online course for?
This course is designed for illustrators, cartoonists, and creatives interested in telling unique and personal visual stories. It's ideal for those who wish to explore graphic narrative through storyboards, vignettes, and observational drawing techniques, expanding their artistic repertoire.
Requirements and materials
No extensive prior knowledge is required. You'll need drawing paper, graphite pencils, a black ink pen, an eraser, and a sketchbook. A curiosity about everyday observations and an interest in visual narratives will be helpful for learning.
Miguel Gallardo
A guided course by Miguel Gallardo
Miguel Gallardo (1955 - 2022) studied at the Massana School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona.
He began his professional career combining the comic-he was one of the authors of MAKOKI , iconic character of the underground- and the illustration to finish dedicating himself fully to this last activity.
He regularly collaborates as a press illustrator for La Vanguardia and different national and international magazines and publications such as the Herald Tribune, NYT and The New Yorker.
Make covers for the main Spanish publishers. Together with Victoria Bermejo they have made a dozen children's books for RBA, La Galera and Ed. 62. With Àngels Ponce he is co-author of What's wrong with this child? , a guide on disability for Serres.
He has won two awards from the Comic Fair, two SND (Society of Newspaper Design), a Serra D'Or for the book and a press award from APIC for his illustrations in La Vanguardia.
In 2007 published "Mary and I" with Astiberri, a graphic novel that chronicles the adventures and journeys with her daughter Maria 13 years who has autism for which he received the National Premi of Generalitat in its comic section in 2008. In 2014, it received the Grand Prix of the Barcelona Comic Fair for its entire career. In 2009, a documentary about the book with the same title "María y yo" which has received several awards.
Seven and a half years after the publication of "María y yo", Miguel Gallardo returns to show us the look of his daughter, already in her twenties, and her relationship with the world in "María is 20 years old".
Content
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U1
Narrate Vignettes with a Pen
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Podcast: The power of drawing the everyday
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Maria and I
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The project
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Material
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Written script
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Storyboard script
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Collect images
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Final Art - Mount the pages
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General Review
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The cover
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FP
Final project
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Guided Project: Create stories with a pen
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