Experimental Techniques for Picturebooks
Vocabulary and Grammar 1
A course by Catarina Sobral , Author, Illustrator, and Director
About the video: Vocabulary and Grammar 1
Overview
“Without vocabulary and syntax, we cannot construct a language, nor even a sentence. Your own voice and timbre will depend upon your artistic choices of shapes, lines, light, volume, perspective, etc. Let’s create that vocabulary and grammar and rehearse a conversation. ”
In this video lesson Catarina Sobral addresses the topic: Vocabulary and Grammar 1, 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
“In this lesson, we are going to develop the visual vocabulary of our wordless narrative. So this is the time to make choices of style, how our characters will look like, of color, of perspective, light choices, volume choices, etc. a very important creative part of the process that can take a long time. As a starting point, i'm going to use the illustration of the tightrope walker. and with the cleaning men. So I will have to draw three characters, the acrobats and these two. Also think about a circus with two differences of lights, artificial light and natural light. and draw the audience ...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Techniques for Picturebooks
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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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