Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks

Influences

A course by Fátima Ordinola , Graphic Designer and Illustrator

Graphic Designer and Illustrator. Lima District, Peru.
Joined May 2018
98% positive reviews (41)
785 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Influences

Overview

“As part of my discovery as an illustrator, I have been meeting both graphic and scenic artists who have been part of my creative processes, therefore I consider them as great influences in my life and who have marked me from different areas such as personal, theater , cinema, poetry and music. Here I will tell you more about all this. ”

In this video lesson Fátima Ordinola addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks. Learn illustration, design, and narrative techniques to tell a story based on your childhood memories.

Partial transcription of the video

“Influences Throughout my career and as a discovery as an illustrator, I have been meeting artists, both graphic and stage, that are part of my life. They are great influences, because they have given me a lot, from the theatrical, the musical, the graphic, the cinematographic and the personal. One of my great influences is my father. Before being a traumatologist and dedicating himself to medicine, He wanted to be a cartoonist and took some courses and workshops in another country. He has left me many sketches and drawings, which I keep in a folder. Sometimes I look at them and observe them...”

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Course summary for: Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (41)
  • 785 students
  • 4 units
  • 14 lessons (1h 25m)
  • 3 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Character Design, Children's Illustration, Design, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Fátima Ordinola

Fátima Ordinola
A course by Fátima Ordinola

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Graphic Designer and Illustrator

Fátima Ordinola works at the design studio Icono Comunicadores in Peru and has created picturebooks for both children and adults. She has published books with the publisher Panamericana and has spoken at the Salón de Ilustración Imagen Palabra in Peru (2018), the Lima International Illustration Conference – Imaquinario (2018), and the Lima International Book Fair (2019).

Fátima tries to write her books in such a way that each page and illustration invite the reader into an intimate and authentic space. She draws on personal photos and objects from her family for inspiration and approaches to storytelling which she then uses to fill the blank page.


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Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks. Illustration course by Fátima Ordinola

Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks

A course by Fátima Ordinola
Graphic Designer and Illustrator. Lima District, Peru.
Joined May 2018
  • 98% positive reviews (41)
  • 785 students