Experimental Techniques for Picturebooks
Mocking-up
A course by Catarina Sobral , Author, Illustrator, and Director
About the video: Mocking-up
Overview
“Whether we are designing a silent book in codex form, a leporello, a cut book or any other kind of picture book, in order to get a good feel of its overall structure it’s a good idea to make a mock-up.”
In this video lesson Catarina Sobral addresses the topic: Mocking-up, 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
“Mocking up In this lesson I'm going to give you some tips about how to do a mockup of your book project. Although we have a storyboard, and the storyboard gives us a good feel of the structure of the book, the page-turning experience and its pace and flow we can only feel when having a dummy version of the book. Finish a couple more illustrations before doing the mockup. And I would recommend also to sketch the frontiers of the book, meaning the endpapers, the title page, cover and back cover. As we are doing a silent book, we don't need to consider the placement of the text or other typogr...”
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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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