Children’s Illustration: From Storyboard to Picturebook
Interpret history
A course by Rafael Yockteng , Illustrator of children's and youth literature
About the video: Interpret history
Overview
“Once you have a story to illustrate, you have to interpret it and bring your own point of view to this story. So now I'll show you a formal way to do it, I'll also show you how I did it with mine. Remember that when making this interpretation you should think about finding a sincere and personal way to do it.”
In this video lesson Rafael Yockteng addresses the topic: Interpret history, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Illustration: From Storyboard to Picturebook . Learn how to create a story from start to finish with your own visual language and perspective.
Partial transcription of the video
“Interpret history It is very important that you are clear that what we will do it is an interpretation to images of a story, of a text. To do that you have to resort to your tastes, to what you are, to try to find an honest interpretation. It doesn't have to be something simple or complex, It must be something of your own. Join me in this lesson to see how I did it. INTERPRET THE STORY This is very necessary to know which visual path and how we want to tell our story in images. The first thing I would ask them, we have a decided text or story to illustrate, What genre is this story? What ge...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Illustration: From Storyboard to Picturebook
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration

Rafael Yockteng
A course by Rafael Yockteng
Rafael Yockteng has been creating illustrations for children's literature for more than 20 years with international publishers. His work is characterized by finding the right visual language for each project. He believes that telling stories is the best way to build ideas and relationships.
Currently, his books can be found in bookstores, colleges, and libraries, as well as on Amazon. He has worked for publishers and editorials like Babel Libros, Groundwood Books, Cataplum, Norma, El Jinete Azul, and Planeta.
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