Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks
Binnacle
A course by Fátima Ordinola , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Binnacle
Overview
“The log is the file or record of notes, images, photographs, drawings that will allow you to make sense of all the information you will use for the final project. I will show you the blogs that I have been using throughout my life and also references from other illustrators and visual artists who use it. Your blog will be the personal space where you will allow yourself to play, try, make mistakes and connect with yourself.”
In this video lesson Fátima Ordinola addresses the topic: Binnacle, 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
“Binnacle The log is the file or record of notes, sketches and images that will help us to collect all the information that we will use for our sequence. Throughout my life I have had several blogs of different formats, Types of paper, that have helped me to dump my information, notes, sketches and that have helped me to play and explore. I will show you some of my blogs that I used for personal projects and other references from other artists. For example, this blog is one of my favorites by the format and the paper size. I carry it everywhere because I like to draw in cafes, in museums. I ...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Design, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Fátima Ordinola
A course by Fátima Ordinola
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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