Children’s Illustration: From Storyboard to Picturebook
Sketching 1
A course by Rafael Yockteng , Illustrator of children's and youth literature
About the video: Sketching 1
Overview
“To appropriate a new form it is important to study and investigate it, so in this lesson you will use sketching to know the different elements that you are going to use in your storyboard .”
In this video lesson Rafael Yockteng addresses the topic: Sketching 1, 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
“Sketching Scratch, scratch, scratch. It's the way I have and find to appropriate a character and appropriate a new way when drawing. Repetition helps us a lot with that. Join me in this lesson to the sketching process of my characters. SKETCHING The first thing I'll show you is a grayscale. Later I will show you the exact tool with which I made this gradation of grays, from a white to the purest. I decided to use that technique in several of my storyboard works, precisely because they allow me to handle different grays and be able to give volumes. I am not very virtuous with this, but I'm q...”
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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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