Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques
Reading the text
A course by Guilherme Karsten , Writer and Illustrator
About the video: Reading the text
Overview
“In this class I will show the text I chose and the ways to interpret it.”
In this video lesson Guilherme Karsten addresses the topic: Reading the text, 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
“text reading Now you can choose a story you like, of your particular taste, what suits you. I'll show you the story I chose and how are we going to interpret this text. Come on? This is the moment we receive the text. Let's say the editor sent you a text, now it's up to you to read this text, understand the idea of the story and create your layouts. But first let's look at this text. The text we receive does not come in an exact format. The editor can send a file with the plain text, or a text with the predefined pages. It depends a lot from publisher to publisher. But what is up to you as ...”
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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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