Creation of a Children's Picturebook
Influences
A course by Claudia Rueda , Author and Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you about some of the artists, authors and creators that I admire the most and who have guided my learning and inspired my work because of their originality, their way of solving creative problems, their ideas and their genius.”
In this video lesson Claudia Rueda addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creation of a Children's Picturebook. Learn how to plan and create your picturebook project from scratch combining narrative and illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences Now that you know more about me, let's talk about my influences-- the artists, creators, and writers that have influenced my work. The first one I'll tell you about is the "Pink Panther." As little girl, no other cartoon on TV captivated me as much as that elegant panther who always came out and surprised me. From "Pink Panther, I got that sense of humor in my work, graphic simplicity, that is, to only include what's important for the narrative, and that synthesis. In contrast to the other episodes of the "Pink Panther," "Pink Outs" has many short stories that require a lot of sy...”
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Course summary for: Creation of a Children's Picturebook
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Claudia Rueda
A course by Claudia Rueda
Colombian author and illustrator Claudia Rueda is a New York Times best-selling author with over thirty published illustrated books. Her work has been published in the US, Mexico, Spain, and has been translated into more than fifteen languages in Asia and Europe. She was also nominated for major awards such as Hans Cristian Andersen and Astrid Lindgren.
Claudia studied Law and Arts and worked as a political caricaturist in Colombia. She then furthered her studies in children’s book illustration at UC Berkeley. She has a master’s in creative writing from Lesley University and won the Billie M. Levy investigation grant from the Children’s Literature Collection from the North-West. Claudia is also a teacher in the creative writing masters at Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
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