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Courses 2024-2025

General course of

Comic

The Comic has achieved massive popular recognition, discovering itself at the same time as a point of origin and influential formula in the emergence and development of new media.

Get started in the Comic.
Understand how each vignette works, each plot.
The narrative, the backgrounds, the anatomy.
Acquire each of the necessary knowledge that professionals use from the hands of professionals.

In the Joso’s general Comic course you will learn to draw from scratch with the Comic as a pretext and tool.

Course objectives

The course, divided into three years, aims to lay the foundations of the language of comics and provide greater strength in the student's artistic skills through the monitoring and analysis of their weekly work.

The syllabus proposes a first year aimed at learning how to draw through the fictional character, the surrounding environment and the understanding of the vignette as a unit and framework for the development of the scene.

The second year will introduce the student to the language of sequential narrative and will conclude with a knowledge of the styles and the influence exerted on it by the publication formats that define the current international comic book scene.

During the third year, the objective is for the student to acquire experience in the construction of comic pages through the different genres, from the initial planning to the final inking.

The course is divided into groups differentiated by age groups of students.
The course program has been designed and adapted to the level of interest that corresponds to each age group.

Course program

The general Comic course aims to lay the foundations of the language of the Comic and provide greater strength in the student’s artistic abilities through the monitoring and analysis of their weekly work.

The course begins with a fundamental review of the theory and practice of drawing, from the human figure to its integration into the surrounding environment.

Once the concepts of drawing have been assimilated, the program approaches the use of materials for finishing techniques.

SUBJECTS

  • Anatomy.
  • Movement and morphology of the human body.
  • Character creation and design.
  • Perspective.
  • Lighting and composition.
  • Backgrounds and scenery.
  • In-plane narration.

It is the time to begin to understand the Comic as a means of expression.
In this second year, students bring a better level of drawing and this should favor the learning and practice of narrative language.

Terms such as composition, framing, racord, flashback or transitions are part of the technical vocabulary and a subject of study for any student and future cartoonist.

SUBJECTS

  • The Comic page.
  • Sequential assembly.
  • Scenes and sequences, transitions.
  • Genres.
  • The script.

Study of sequential narration based on 3 working systems: American, European and Oriental, as a means for the student to acquire experience in the construction of comic pages.

The objective of this course is to develop from scripts the different genres in sequences of several consecutive pages, with previous conceptual design of characters and environments, story board planning and final inking.

END-OF-COURSE PROJECT

Creation of a dossier of work samples in PDF format, selected from the material produced during the course by each student.

Course information

DURATION OF THE COURSE
3-year course. October to June.
Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
REGISTRATION
Open call.
Limited seating.
QUALIFICATION
The center's own diploma at the end of the two years of the general Comic course.

Teaching staff

The course will be taught by specialized teachers with recognized professional experience in the field of graphic narrative.

Sara Soler

Comic book author

Mike Ratera

Comic Author

Manu Ripoll

Comic Author

Victor Gimenez

Comic Author

Marc Garreta

Comic Author

Were Alumni

Escola Joso is more than comics.
It is a center in constant evolution, always attentive to new paths and tools, to all the fields in which graphic design has a commercial application.
Our work and our goal is to train professionals who make a living with their graphic creativity.

A good example of this are the artists who have passed through its classrooms and who today enjoy national and international prestige.
Whether in comics, of course, through concept art for video games or audiovisual productions, animation, tattoo, advertising illustration or editorial illustration in all its aspects.

JOSEP HOMS

The case of Josep Homs is one of those self-made artists, based on perseverance and effort. He "enrolled" at a very young age in the Escola Joso...

ROGER IBÁÑEZ

Roger Ibáñez started his relationship with the Escola Joso when he was very young, taking the comic courses that helped him to take his first steps...

JUANJO SAEZ

Juanjo Sáez (Barcelona, 1972) studied art at the Escola Massana in Barcelona and, after participating in now cult fanzines such as Círculo Primigenio...

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El acceso a los cursos de Art Grafic, Ilustración, Concept Art, Iniciación al DibujoDibujo Avanzado e Ilustración digital es a través de la realización de una prueba de nivel.

Para acceder a estos cursos no es necesario tener estudios previos aunque se valorará el haber realizado estudios artísticos superiores.

El acceso al curso de Art Grafic es a través de una prueba de nivel que consiste en realizar un dibujo siguiendo unas pautas.
Normalmente, la prueba se realiza durante el mes de abril y suele haber dos convocatorias.
La corrección y notificación de resultados se comunican más o menos unos 10 días después de realizar la prueba. En el caso de no pasar la prueba, nuestro equipo de coordinación de cursos te orientará para acceder a otros cursos.


El acceso a los cursos de Concept Art e Ilustración también es a través de una prueba de nivel. En el caso de no pasar la prueba, nuestro equipo de coordinación de cursos te orientará para que puedas seguir formándote con nosotros para llegar a tus objetivos.


El acceso al curso de Animación es a través de una entrevista con entrega de book con el coordinador del curso Juan Carlos Concha. Será necesario un book específico.


El acceso al curso de Ilustración Infantil es a través de una entrevista con el jefe de estudios José Ma Polls. Será necesario la presentación de un book.

En ese caso, no te preocupes. Podemos organizar la entrevista de forma online. También ofrecemos la posibilidad de hacer la prueba de nivel para el curso de Art Grafic mediante esta vía. (Exclusivo para aquellas persona que les es imposible realizarla en formato presencial).

Puedes rellenar el formulario que encontrarás en la página de cada curso o bien escribe a info@escolajoso.com y te enviaremos todos los detalles.

Para nosotros es nuestro mayor activo. El profesorado de Escola Joso cuenta con grandes nombres propios que compaginan la docencia con su actividad como profesionales dentro de la industria del Cómic, la Ilustración, el Concept Art, la Animación, etc.

Trabajar con personas que a diario se enfrentan con la industria es una total garantía de éxito.

Puedes ver a todo nuestro profesorado aqui.

Normalmente, cada año, durante el mes de marzo, realizamos unas sesiones de puertas abiertas para informar de todo lo relacionado con nuestros cursos. 

Además, puedes venir a pedir información y a visitar la escuela dentro de nuestro horario e nuestro horario de lunes a viernes de 9 a 13.30h y de 16 a 20h. y sábados de octubre a junio de 10 a 14h.

Estaremos encantados de atenderte.

A partir del mes de abril arranca nuestro periodo de inscripción para los cursos anuales y de verano.

Por supuesto. Una vez hayas pasado el proceso de inscripción y de matriculación, te haremos llegar un certificado para que puedas gestionar el visado de estudiante.

Se imparten, principalmente, en castellano. Tenemos alumnxs de todas partes del mundo.

El material didáctico y el papel utilizado en clase será entregado por el profesorado, pero el material individual lo tendrá que traer el/la alumnx.

Cada año en el mes de julio, realizamos los cursos de verano durante 4 semanas en el mes de julio.

La gran mayoría de estos cursos son iniciales, aunque también realizamos algunos cursos específicos en el que se requiere cierto nivel.

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Profesor del curso de Ilustración Infantil

XAVI VILAGUT

Xavier Vilagut es licenciado en Bellas Artes e ilustrador profesional con varios libros infantiles publicados y experiencia en todos los campos de la Ilustración. En la actualidad profesor de Ilustración Infantil. También ha sido profesor en la Facultad de Bellas Artes de Barcelona, IDEP, LA BULLIDORA de Girona, y en Escola d’Art d’Olot.