Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories
Experimenting with the plot and the relationship between characters
A course by Paula Bossio , Designer, Illustrator, Author, and Teacher
About the video: Experimenting with the plot and the relationship between characters
Overview
“In Lesson 1 of Unit 2 we saw the elements of the story. I am going to start to recreate my chosen story from the transformation of the plot and the relationship between the characters. Remember that the argument refers to the justifications, reasons, linked chain of events that give way to the story. The exercise of relationship between Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf will be that she reinvent him. ”
In this video lesson Paula Bossio addresses the topic: Experimenting with the plot and the relationship between characters, 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
“EXPERIMENTING WITH THE PLOT AND THE CHARACTERS' RELATIONSHIPS Now we'll get down to work. In this lesson we'll begin to give a twist to Little Red Riding Hood to create a new tale. We'll do it through the plot and also through the relationship between the characters. We saw this previously and saw some examples. We'll start with the plot. How this story transforms with a change in the plot. I did this exercise previously, I've thought about it, but I'll tell you what the thought process was so that you can understand how I got to the final solution which I'll show you now. I already have th...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories
-
Category
Illustration -
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.
- 100% positive reviews (1.2K)
- 22,675 students
- 20 lessons (4h 11m)
- 29 additional resources (15 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever