Narrative Illustration: Tell a Story without Words

Overview

“After the imaginative unlocking, a little exercise to let go of the hand, implement activities to make the line flow, as simple as taking a paper and pencil and starting to do something, whatever it is, comes in handy. A good imagination, one that is trained or awake, is the engine that our lethargic creativity needs, in this lesson we will explore some simple techniques to unlock them and prepare it to narrate with images. To create stories, you have to be in good mental and emotional condition. You need to make room to stretch your imagination! ”

In this video lesson Enrique Torralba addresses the topic: Release Your Hand and Heat the Information, 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

“LOOSEN UP THE HAND AND WARM UP INFORMATION One thing that’s important to keep in mind is that, before we go ahead and get to work, we should be comfortable enough. That means we need to give the mind and imagination a chance to relax. I recommend that, before you start producing the work, that is, before you start to generate your stories or whatnot, you should first notice and identify whether you have a block. It’s important that you are relaxed enough so that you can produce, not just for the sake of producing, but produce something of great quality. It’s important not to have distractio...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 4890 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 31m)
• 14 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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