Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper

Overview

“In this lesson I am going to show you that an illustration can be based on a story, a phrase, a word and even an idea without text.”

In this video lesson Alfredo Cáceres addresses the topic: What will we do in this course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper. Learn the whole process of drawing and coloring narrative scenes from scratch.

Partial transcription of the video

“What will we do in the course? In this lesson I'll talk about what we'll do in the course. We will illustrate a story. I chose a story by Italo Calvino, "The Black Sheep". And I'll show how I transform an idea into sketches, then drawings, and then the final touches that I do with fineliners. Here is an example of the story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, from the sketch to the final work. I start with very simple ideas with drawings that you would think are ugly or bad, but they work for me. Then, with the type of characters and how they will be placed, I arrive at a clearer idea of wh...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper

• Level: Beginner
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• 6007 students
• 4 units
• 12 lessons (1h 30m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Narrative, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting