Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories

Overview

“When it comes to preparing a story with a sequence of images, you should always keep in mind that a single illustration can do a lot, but not everything. The illustration is intertwined in an ecosystem that is going to demand that one keep the secrets of the other, and so on they intertwine to complete the general idea of the whole story. A movie can only be understood until it is seen in its entirety, because you have all the elements of judgment, the same thing happens with the stories told in books. Collect all the elements and then finish your puzzle. ”

In this video lesson Paula Bossio addresses the topic: Telling stories through sequence, 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 A STORY THROUGH THE SEQUENTIAL In this lesson we'll discuss sequential elements. When we see a book we have to understand that the images are not alone, they are linked to one another, a page is related to the next page, but also with the last one. It means that an element that you show on the first page will have a lot of importance at the end. Images hold secrets and they are linked to one another. Like when you watch a film. You need to watch it all to understand what it's about. You gather information and at the end you have judgement value. The same happens in a book. That's wh...”

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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories

• Level: Beginner
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• 21115 students
• 5 units
• 20 lessons (4h 11m)
• 15 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting