Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks
The Character and His Atmosphere
A course by Fátima Ordinola , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: The Character and His Atmosphere
Overview
“This lesson will be super fun, I will teach you how to make quick drawings of the character and the objects that most attract your attention from the photographs you chose. I will give you some tips so that you can give them some expressions and postures. In this part you can use colored pencils, pastels, markers or markers, in short, it is about exploring with your materials.”
In this video lesson Fátima Ordinola addresses the topic: The Character and His Atmosphere, 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
“The character and his atmosphere Before starting with the narrative sequence, I'll show you a little about the "Barbarian" book. We have already seen it, but it is an example that I really like because he uses the composition well and the character's relationship with his atmosphere. One of the most important elements about the narrative sequence is the format we will use. What i like about the book it is the format the illustrator used to bring the story to life. It is quite a different format than other book formats. As you can see, it is much more vertical. Unlike other formats, this one...”
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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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