Narrative Illustration: Tell a Story without Words

Overview

“What would we do without the hands of those who traced the paths we are now walking on. Influences are important and we have to share them, one day we may become references. Every illustration professional as a navigator of his own ocean, uses the compass of creativity inherited by the great masters and the artistic currents that we admire, we must give them their place and keep them as a treasure for the days of creative darkness.”

In this video lesson Enrique Torralba addresses the topic: Those Who Marked My Path, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Illustration: Tell a Story without Words. Discover the power of visual narratives by creating images filled with meaning and detail.

Partial transcription of the video

“Influences Welcome to the lesson about the people who have inspired me. It’s not just people - it’s also lots of other things. It’s movements, current affairs, facts. It's actions, it's propositions. I would also say that my influences are related to the way I illustrate. There are several elements in my work I consider fundamental, and those are composition, color, form, and subject matter. For composition, I can identify very clear influences that come from classical painting. I’m talking about the artistic movement known as Romanticism. That’s where I find some elements of composition th...”

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Course summary for: Narrative Illustration: Tell a Story without Words

• Level: Beginner
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• 4808 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 31m)
• 14 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Narrative, Picturebook, Storytelling, Traditional illustration