Illustration and Creation of a Paper Theater
Read the Book and Think: Trial and Error
A course by Elena Odriozola Belástegui , Illustrator
About the video: Read the Book and Think: Trial and Error
Overview
“In this lesson I explain how I approach the Frankenstein project.”
In this video lesson Elena Odriozola Belástegui addresses the topic: Read the Book and Think: Trial and Error, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration and Creation of a Paper Theater. Illustrate and create a paper theater using a scene from a book.
Partial transcription of the video
“READ THE BOOK. TRY AND FAILURE In this lesson we will talk about the process of creating "Frankenstein", how I approached this book. Generally there will be a method, each illustrator has his own, I am not very aware of it because there are many tics and many things that you always do that you have them so internalized that you don't even think about them. Each book is different, there are some that you read and you know what you will do and others where that does not happen, as in this case. When I read this book, what was clear to me is that I was not going to base myself on those scenes ...”
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Course summary for: Illustration and Creation of a Paper Theater
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Creating with Kids, Fine Arts, Narrative, Paper Craft, Traditional illustration

Elena Odriozola Belástegui
A course by Elena Odriozola Belástegui
Elena Odriozola is an illustrator specialized in children’s and youth literature. She received the National Illustration Award in 2015, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
She began her creative journey illustrating textbooks before moving on to stories, forging her career path slowly but surely. She admits that illustration was something that came to her by itself, as if it were her unstoppable destiny, and that she will keep on doing it as long as she enjoys it. Her illustrations are characterized by delicate, intimate strokes and a soft and limited color palette that's used effectively both technically and conceptually.
Throughout her career, she has received numerous awards, including the Second Prize from the Spanish Ministry of Culture for the Best Children's and Youth Books published in 2005 for La princesa que bostezaba a todas horas, and an award at the third edition of the CJ Picture Book Awards (South Korea) for Oda a una estrella. Her work was also selected for the exhibition Ilustrísimos when Spain was guest of honor at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2005, where she exhibited again in 2010.
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