Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper

Overview

“In this lesson I will show you how to make a sketch leaving the details aside.”

In this video lesson Alfredo Cáceres addresses the topic: Crafting an idea, 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

“In this lesson. we'll work on an idea based on a text. I'll illustrate the story The Black Sheep by Italo Calvino. the writer I mentioned earlier. I chose this tale for the number of images and characters it conjures. To begin. i'll read an excerpt the story we'll work on. In a peculiar country. every person was a thief. Each night. the residents would venture out with a picklock and flashlight. intent on burglarizing their neighbor’s home. When they arrived home. they discovered their house had been completely ransacked. And all lived in harmony and without harm. as one would rob another. ...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper

• Level: Beginner
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• 6148 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