Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories
Influences
A course by Paula Bossio , Designer, Illustrator, Author, and Teacher
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Inspiring influences and sources can come from many sides. But everything starts from home and little by little the path leads you to find your own discoveries. I will tell you some of the most significant discoveries for me.”
In this video lesson Paula Bossio addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories. Learn the basic resources to narrate and illustrate your own stories.
Partial transcription of the video
“INFLUENCES In this class I'll mention some of my influences. Remember that everything you find striking or generates emotions in you, anything that generates any kind of interest, is recorded in your mind and in your feelings too, that's where you'll draw from to create your imagination in your creative processes. It's important as an illustrator, to look for many sources. Watch films, read something you like. Don't read something boring, it doesn't work that way, you have to go to those things you really like. From visiting a museum, to reading magazines, talking to people, it can encourag...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Paula Bossio
A course by Paula Bossio
Paula Bossio is a graphic designer, illustrator, and children's book author who is passionate about stories: seeing them, listening to them, reading them... but above all, creating them. She has won national and international awards for her illustrations, including the Nami Award (Korea), the Noma Concours (Japan), and the A la Orilla del Viento and Caniem awards (Mexico), among others.
She has worked as an author and illustrator for publishers such as Penguin Random House, PigeonHole Books, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Alfaguara, GatoMalo, Usborne Books, and more, and has also worked as an illustration teacher in the Graphic Design Faculty of Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Universidad Areandina, and Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá.
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