Experimental Techniques for Picturebooks
What Will We Do in This Course?
A course by Catarina Sobral , Author, Illustrator, and Director
About the video: What Will We Do in This Course?
Overview
“In this lesson, you’ll find out what’s the final project, its premises, and how we’ll get there. ”
In this video lesson Catarina Sobral addresses the topic: What Will We Do in This Course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Techniques for Picturebooks. Tell an original story using tempo, tension, and plot to create a wordless visual narrative from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“What Will We Do in This Course? In this lesson, you'll find out what will be the final project and which skills you are going to develop. In this course you're going to think with images and with the pencil while following the first steps of my method. To develop a wordless narrative you'll be nourishing your skills as a storyteller. The picture book is my favorite kind of book because it fosters a very important value: the ability of thinking with only visual means. And it does so by being synthetical, by leaving lots of space for the creative exploration of the reader. When finishing this...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Techniques for Picturebooks
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Catarina Sobral
A course by Catarina Sobral
Catarina Sobral is a Portuguese illustrator, author, and director of animated films. Before launching her career as a freelance illustrator, she studied graphic design and illustration, developing a unique style blending her eye-catching illustrations and strong narrative voice.
Catarina’s work can be seen regularly in illustrations for press, album covers, posters, and of course, picturebooks. Her award-winning picturebooks have been published in 16 different languages and exhibited around the world, gaining recognition from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the Portuguese National Illustration Award, the Portuguese Authors’ Society, the White Ravens catalog, and 3x3 magazine.
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