Illustrating and Writing a Children's Book
Characters
A course by Valentina Toro , Illustrator and Writer
About the video: Characters
Overview
“We are going to explore the traits and appearance of the character. Who is it? How it behaves? What role does it play? What is the motivation of the character? What fears does it have? What does the character like to eat? Before thinking about the illustration of a book, I like to understand and recognize the characters. Here I am going to tell you about my process.”
In this video lesson Valentina Toro addresses the topic: Characters, 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
“The characters The time has come to explore our characters. This is always the most fun part, because it is the point where the story begins to come to life and the characters take on a life of their own. Since my story is about ghosts, set in a house, which is the stereotype of haunted houses, a house full of old furniture, very big, with dark corners, with rooftops, I want to contrast that with more modern and more comical characters, giving a touch of humor and freshness to the story. I'll start by doing some versions of Lucía. I want to review different possibilities for her expressions...”
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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 style can be described as a blend of textual narration with images that 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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