Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques
What is a picture book?
A course by Guilherme Karsten , Writer and Illustrator
About the video: What is a picture book?
Overview
“In this class I will present the picture book. The purpose of an illustration in the book is to tell a story in addition to the text. The image has a narrative obligation, it needs to go hand in hand with writing.”
In this video lesson Guilherme Karsten addresses the topic: What is a picture book?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques. Discover the techniques and digital tools to create unique visual narratives by composing an illustrated album that evokes the curiosity of young readers.
Partial transcription of the video
“What is a picture book? Now that we've met, I want to introduce the picture book, which is a partnership between image and word. The illustration, the image, has a narrative obligation. She must walk hand in hand with the text until the end of the story. And a good illustration counts beyond what the text says. It creates new perspectives, it can create moments of tension, she can create moments of sigh, of comedy. And she doesn't repeat what the text says, she goes far beyond that. I want to show examples of illustrations that count beyond what the text says. In this book "Families", he te...”
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Course summary for: Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Guilherme Karsten
A course by Guilherme Karsten
Writer and illustrator Guilherme Karsten produces all his pieces digitally from start to finish. For an illustration to be compelling, he believes it must contain a creatively bold message that ignites something deep within in the reader.
He received his degree in Publicity and Advertising with a major in Graphic Design and has published five works and illustrated over thirty books for other authors. He was awarded the esteemed Golden Plaque (Slovakia) and the Golden Pinwheel (China) and is also a two-time finalist for the Jabuti Award, the most prestigious Brazilian editorial prize there is.
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