Experimental Drawing Techniques for Picturebooks

Final Sequence

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: Final Sequence

Overview

“To start with, I'll show you the entirety of the narrative sequence. I will explain to you what decisions I made and if I changed any part of my sketch when drawing it with the chosen materials. You will learn how to place an illustration next to the other to observe the rhythm of the story, in addition, so you can more easily see the details that need to be refined.”

In this video lesson Fátima Ordinola addresses the topic: Final 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

“Final sequence Now I will show you the entire narrative sequence and how I got to it. As you may recall, this is my first cartoon. We start with the characters and then with the atmosphere. Now I will show you a little how from the sketch and the ideas we get from the photographs we move on and come to the final narrative sequence. This is the second bullet. I have the blog next to it, since there I dumped the information about photos, concepts and ideas to continue the narrative sequence. I will show you how from the concept, the ideas and the observation I made on the photographs, I conti...”

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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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  • Audio: Spanish
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  • Level: Beginner
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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