Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers

Overview

“In this lesson I will teach you how to go from less to more when looking for the main idea of our project.”

In this video lesson maria_ramos addresses the topic: Looking for the idea, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers. Experiment with illustration and learn how to tell children's stories through images.

Partial transcription of the video

“Looking for the idea Now we'll look for our idea, which will be the main idea and axis of our book. We will also look at a technique that I use to warm up and start creating ideas. An exercise I tend to do to get ideas is using clippings or images I find on the internet. I select them and keep them. The way I choose them is related to my interest in them, whether the color, the composition or the concept. Animals that interest me because of their design or color. I also like dolls and designs of drawings from the past because they inspire me when creating characters. Concepts, I have the co...”

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Course summary for: Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers

• Level: Beginner
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• 1261 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 25m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Collage, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration