Introduction to Picturebook Creation
The commission
A course by Ricard López Iglesias , Painter and illustrator
About the video: The commission
Overview
“In this lesson we will simulate an editorial commission to illustrate an album. To do this, we will present the different text options from which you will have to choose the one you like the most. We will talk about which elements we are interested in highlighting and then creating our illustrations. Then it will be time to read it and underline or write down all the possible ideas that might work for the illustrations.”
In this video lesson Ricard López Iglesias addresses the topic: The commission, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Picturebook Creation. Learn how to combine illustration with text to create unique stories by applying manual and digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. we'll simulate an assignment. focusing on identifying the key elements that make a text suitable for a picture book. We'll learn to highlight the most crucial parts. So. in today's lesson. as I previously noted. we will delve into the fictitious assignment that one might receive via email from a publishing company. This hypothetical assignment would involve illustrating a children’s picture book. complete with creative and engaging illustrations to bring the story to life. To add a bit more variety. i thought it would be very interesting not to propose a fixed and mandatory ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Picturebook Creation
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Traditional illustration
Ricard López Iglesias
A course by Ricard López Iglesias
Ricard—aka Ricardilus—López’s passion for drawing started when he was three years old, always surrounded by pencils, paints, and sketchbooks, although his vocational calling for illustration started at the age of sixteen when he began his art studies.
He started with Fine Art studies for one year, which he later changed for Higher Level studies in Animation and 3D at EASD Pau Gargallo, in Barcelona, Spain, as he always loved the idea of bringing his drawings to life. During that time, he also took several illustration courses and completed his studies with a short animated film (La Folie), for which he was selected and rewarded by many renowned competitions. He then studied Graphic Arts at the Escuela Joso in Barcelona and graduated in 2017. Currently, he devotes all his professional energy into illustration, alternating many different types of projects that all relate to art in some shape or form.
His illustrations are usually based on the female figure, although he strongly believes that a good illustrator should never stay within a particular style, and is always looking for new areas and techniques to learn and include in his work. This has secured a long list of major clients for Ricard, including Penguin Random House, Planeta, TSL Jewellery (Hong Kong), Joyería Suárez, SofarSounds, or the National Art Museum of Cataluña (MNAC), in Barcelona, Spain.
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