Illustrated Stories Using Light and Shadows
Focus and blur
A course by Ina Hristova , Illustrator and graphic artist
About the video: Focus and blur
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to teach you how to approach the project. Let's start with the first sketches of our history. We are going to focus our gaze on what we are interested in developing in the illustrations. ”
In this video lesson Ina Hristova addresses the topic: Focus and blur, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Stories Using Light and Shadows. Discover the basic drawing elements to build scenes filled with depth and light.
Partial transcription of the video
“FOCUS AND BLUR We have already seen different exercises of graphic fluency. Now I will show you how to tackle a visual storytelling project. Illustration is like focusing your gaze. When reading a text we perceive different images, we visualize, but at the time of transferring them to the blank sheet changes happen, we discover different things, so this moment is the key moment where we will decide what to illustrate. In the final project I will work with a story, which is "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde. I have chosen to work this project with a technique that approaches shadow theater t...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Stories Using Light and Shadows
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Ina Hristova
A course by Ina Hristova
Ina Hristova is an illustrator that specializes in editorial work for youth and children, book covers, TV shows, as well as her own personal projects. She is from Bulgaria, Spain, and Mexico (all the places she has lived), and studied History of Art, which undoubtedly sparked her interest in wanting to keep learning and investigating. She then studied Illustration in the Escuela Massana in Barcelona.
In 2017, Ina created the Espai Brut workshop in Barcelona, a space that’s dedicated to illustration and graphic arts. She is a member Estudio Lapis, a visual communication studio located in Xalapa, Mexico.
She has worked for clients like Museo ABC, Fundación Coca-Cola, TV3 Catalunya, Dschungel Wien Theater, and more. She has illustrated books for editorials such as Ekaré, Bambú, Planeta, and Edicions del Periscopi.
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