Illustrating and Writing a Children's Book
What Will We Do in the Course?
A course by Valentina Toro , Illustrator and Writer
About the video: What Will We Do in the Course?
Overview
“To finish, I will tell you everything you will learn in this course. You will see some examples of the final project, from now on I would like to start inspiring you to create something unique.”
In this video lesson Valentina Toro addresses the topic: What Will We Do in the Course?, 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
“What will we do in the course? Fairy tales I decided to do this course to show you the fascinating world of illustrated books and that you fall in love with them, that you discover your imagination and where it can take you. I will show you the steps to build the main script of your story and an illustration to go with it. I'll show you my process and through the lessons I'll create a story to show you the step-by-step so that you can do yours. There are many ways to create an illustrated book, that is why I will show you the main paths to organize your ideas better. I will share exercises ...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating and Writing a Children's Book
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Category
Illustration -
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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