Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories
Telling stories through the visual
A course by Paula Bossio , Designer, Illustrator, Author, and Teacher
About the video: Telling stories through the visual
Overview
“Visual elements are the first symbolic signs of an image. Artistic decisions are closely related to what you are going to tell and it will be important to define, for example, which techniques, color palettes and / or perspectives will be most relevant. ”
In this video lesson Paula Bossio addresses the topic: Telling stories through the visual, 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
“TELLING STORIES THROUGH THE VISUAL This is one of my favourite units because we'll just focus on the image. The image has four components that I consider really important. We'll dissect them step by step for you to understand the levels of meaning that they can hold. It's important to understand that the image is not only a decorative element, but it's also a language that is very strong, complex, and that can communicate in very deep ways. We'll specifically discuss the visual elements of the image. These visual elements are the first artistic contact that we'll have with our reader. Join ...”
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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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