Illustration Techniques for Children’s Books
First steps to tell a story
A course by Estelí Meza , Illustrator
About the video: First steps to tell a story
Overview
“In this lesson you will do a word exercise that will help you detonate a story for your character. I will also show you the essential parts of a story and structure your graphic narration in three moments.”
In this video lesson Estelí Meza addresses the topic: First steps to tell a story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration Techniques for Children’s Books. Learn the process of telling a story through a sequence of illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“Unit 3 First steps to tell a story Since I am a very visual person, the part of the text is sometimes complicated for me, so i have a couple of tools that help me work with words. For this lesson we will do an exercise that works very well and it helps when you don't have much idea of what to write, or when you have the ideas in your mind but they don't come out, this exercise works great. We will work with words. Do you remember that I had asked you to write down in your notebook a couple of sentences What will you hear on the street or about songs? Well, now is the time to use them. About...”
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Course summary for: Illustration Techniques for Children’s Books
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Paper Craft, Traditional illustration
Estelí Meza
A course by Estelí Meza
Estelí Meza is a Mexican illustrator specialized in children’s books, who also works with magazines and creates book covers for imprints in Mexico, Spain, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates.
Since 2007 she has dedicated 100% of her professional life to illustration. She is the author of three illustrated books: Lino Felino, Angustia, and El Príncipe Valiente tiene miedo. Her main clients include editorials such as Scholastic, Anaya, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Kalimat, Penguin Random House, among others, and she has worked with other clients such as Google.
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