Narrative Illustration: Tell a Story without Words

Overview

“A good trigger can be literally whatever ... whatever you have on hand. The decision is personal, but I will offer you some options. I'll show you how to start the journey with brainstorming and you'll see how to pour it into a sample wall. In summary, in this lesson I will teach you to look for excuses to have a good story to tell. ”

In this video lesson Enrique Torralba addresses the topic: The Trigger: Looking For the Best Pretext, 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

“THE TRIGGER: FINDING THE BEST PRETEXT As we said earlier, in this new unit, and in this first lesson, we’ll take a closer look at the issue of narrative. And one thing that is essential is, obviously, something to base it on. If we have nothing, if we have nothing to say, if we have no idea where to begin, in this lesson, we’ll try to figure that out. First, keep in mind that we need a subject. I call it a trigger. The trigger can basically be anything, and I mean literally. It can literally be an object. It can be a name, a place. It can be an emotion. It can be an action. What we’re going...”

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

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (218)
• 4807 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 31m)
• 14 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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