Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers
Elements that also narrate
A course by maria_ramos , Illustrator and Author of Children’s Books
About the video: Elements that also narrate
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you what to take into account when making a cover and how it will also give us information about the content.”
In this video lesson maria_ramos addresses the topic: Elements that also narrate, 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
“Elements that also narrate Then she saw the delicious cupcake Now I'll show you how to design the cover and see which elements of the cover will help to introduce our story. Let's start. When thinking about our cover, we have to bear in mind what information we want to give. It also needs to be a powerful design that gives information about what's in the book. We have to ask ourselves what information we want to give, what we want to show. I'll show you a small selection of covers and the info they give. On this cover, the title gives us a summary, it tells us what will happen in the book. ...”
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Course summary for: Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Collage, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
maria_ramos
A course by
María Ramos is an illustrator who specializes in all types of children's literature from picturebooks to comics. Her work has been published by companies like Fulgencio Pimentel, Mamut Cómic, and Biscoto, and some of her books have been translated in other countries like Italy, China, and France.
She has also collaborated with clients such as Milan Press, Revista Kiwi, and Wrap Magazine. María Ramos loves the art of storytelling through drawings and aims to create books that are fun, exciting, and at the same time thought-provoking.
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