Editorial Illustration: Create a Visual Narrative

Overview

“In this lesson I will talk about the character as a link between the viewer and the reality of the illustrated world. We will also see how we can communicate through it.”

In this video lesson Laura Wächter addresses the topic: The Character: Gestures and Body Expression, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Illustration: Create a Visual Narrative. Transform texts into meaningful images with Procreate and Photoshop.

Partial transcription of the video

“The character: gestures and body expression In this lesson I will tell you about the character as a link between our reality and the one we create by illustrating. It is common to use the character as a link between the viewer and the story we tell to give the illustration a soul or an emotion with which to empathize or disagree. The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of emotion is the face. But emotions are implied in many ways. You can use icons, colors, hands, body position. I find it interesting to explore these possibilities. In this illustration we see a scene of bullying at...”

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Course summary for: Editorial Illustration: Create a Visual Narrative

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (67)
• 1276 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 14m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop, Procreate

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration