Visual Narrative for Picturebooks: Create a Playful World
The Cover
A course by Renata Galindo , Author and Illustrator
About the video: The Cover
Overview
“Last but not least, I will give you some advice on how to complete your cover design. ”
In this video lesson Renata Galindo addresses the topic: The Cover, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Narrative for Picturebooks: Create a Playful World. Learn to build a digital illustrated story with the three-act structure and assemble your first picturebook.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Cover In this lesson, we will talk about your project's cover. This is very important because that's the first thing people will see when they look at your book in bookstores, so it's a good idea that you think about the ways in which you can build a cover and the different details you should add for the readers to be interested in your book. Let's take a look. As you continue to build your illustrated world, you will probably start having ideas for the cover. This is my layout. I decided to keep it simple and attractive with a frame of leaves that we will see later in the story. Here a...”
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Course summary for: Visual Narrative for Picturebooks: Create a Playful World
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Renata Galindo
A course by Renata Galindo
Since a young girl, Renata has been drawing the characters and scenes of her favorite books. When it was time to choose a career path, she studied design and visual communication, where she focused on illustration and visual narrative, before going to the UK to study an MA in children’s book illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. Soon after, she published her first picturebook “The Cherry Thief”, followed by her final project from her MA “My New Mom & Me” which is translated into seven languages.
After her Master’s degree, Renata returned to Mexico City, where she worked as an artist and layout designer for Diecinueve36 for four years, before becoming an independent author and illustrator. Renata has worked with several publishers for children’s books in Mexico and the US, including Scholastic, Macmillan, and Penguin Random House.
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