Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks

Overview

“In this lesson I will show you the photographs, objects and images that I use as a source of inspiration and that help me create a narrative sequence. You will see photo albums, mom and dad objects, images that have accompanied me all my life and how this document or trunk of memories is present in the illustrations that I make. Also, I will show you some texts from a collection of poems that I really like and refer me to my childhood.”

In this video lesson Fátima Ordinola addresses the topic: Visual References, 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

“Visual references In this lesson I will show you some visual references that I use when working. I remember when I was little we used to meet at my house to see photo albums and it was a very nice space and moment to share. We saw details, the characters, the atmosphere, the place where we had been and we shared our own experiences and sometimes we saw things that we had not seen before. These are photographs of my family, my dad, my mom, I use as a reference to make some illustration. Some are mine and some are my brothers and that they passed from generation to generation. I find it very ...”

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Course summary for: Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (41)
• 833 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