Illustrating and Writing a Children's Book
About Me
A course by Valentina Toro , Illustrator and Writer
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To start with this course, I will tell you who I am and how my path has been in the world of picture books. I will tell you about my experience with illustration and the things that have inspired me throughout my career:”
In this video lesson Valentina Toro addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating and Writing a Children's Book. Discover the world of picturebooks and learn how to tell stories with text and images.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hello, thank you very much for joining me in this course. I hope you enjoy it and learn a lot of things. First I want to introduce myself. My name is Valentina Toro. I am an illustrator and graphic designer from Medellín, but I live in a little town called El Retiro. I grew up in a family where we love illustration. My dad is one of the most important illustrators in the country. I always loved books. Since I was little I was an avid reader and read up to four books a week. I especially liked the classics. I loved "Alice in Wonderland," "Peter Pan," "The Wizard of Oz," "The Chr...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating and Writing a Children's Book
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Storyboard, Traditional illustration, Writing
Valentina Toro
A course by Valentina Toro
Valentina Toro is an illustrator and writer with a master’s degree in Creative writing from the EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia. Her work revolves around her fascination with the unknown and the secret worlds that can only be discovered in books.
Over the course of her career, she has published seven books, five of which are children’s books. Her work weaves together textual narration with images to create universes inhabited by both forms of expression. She has also written three novels and done illustrations for other authors. She was a runner up in the Little Hakka Picture Book Competition in China and is currently represented internationally by Advocate-Art Inc.
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