Illustrated Children's Books: Create a Unique Story

Overview

“From the elements of the structure of a book, I will explain how an illustrated book works. You will see how to tell stories through sequential images. I will address the meeting point of the narrative structure of comic books and illustrated albums.”

In this video lesson Weberson Santiago addresses the topic: How a picture book works, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Children's Books: Create a Unique Story. Learn composition techniques for illustrating a story from first idea to final prototype.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this class. i'll give you an overview of how the structure of a book functions and is organized. to help us seize every opportunity in storytelling. Let's begin with a book Ui. popo. The Hippo narrates story of a little hippopotamus. exploring its adventures and challenges along the way. which is not small; it's big. born big. It tells the story of his life and growth. It's a book with a traditional format. detailing his adventures and challenges. where we have little text and lots of images. Yet the sentence is always harmoniously integrated within the composition. Where there's illustr...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Children's Books: Create a Unique Story

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (178)
• 4512 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 45m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Character Design, Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration