Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks

Overview

“In this lesson I will show you examples and references of a narrative sequence in the textless album book that will help you better understand the visual narrative in the story. You will see the relationship that exists between the text; although it is not written, and the image. You will learn how the format of the book plays an important role in the composition and development of the story and narrative. Finally, I will show you the silent film as an example of the development of a story without continuous text.”

In this video lesson Fátima Ordinola addresses the topic: Narrative Sequence, 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

“Narrative sequence In this lesson I will show you what a narrative sequence consists of. I will show you an example of an illustrator, from an album book that belongs to Renato Moriconi. It's called "Barbarian", and it was published by the Fondo de Cultura Económica. It is an album book that has no text. The images are counted by themselves. We see that the format of this book album is very different from the formats that we see in other bookstores or a traditional book. It is a very elongated format and all this has an effect in what the reader understands about the image. Here we can see ...”

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Course summary for: Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (41)
• 784 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