Illustrated Silent Books: Tell Stories Without Words
Can silent books be read?
A course by Paula Bossio , Designer, Illustrator, Author, and Teacher
About the video: Can silent books be read?
Overview
“How is it possible that silence contains any meaning or that everything exists in the void? In this lesson we will see some very interesting references that will give us clarity about how important and valuable that where "there is nothing" can be.”
In this video lesson Paula Bossio addresses the topic: Can silent books be read?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Silent Books: Tell Stories Without Words. Explore narrative techniques and illustrative possibilities to tell amazing wordless stories in a clear and concise way .
Partial transcription of the video
“Can Silent Books Be Read? In this course, we'll see and learn about some resources of image, of shape, and principles of sequentiality. All the elements that silent books use to be able to communicate and narrate in a very clear way and build an interesting, impressive, and coherent story. As a final project, you’ll create a handmade book in which we can apply some figures of speech, as well as time transitions and some sequential elements. At the end, we will color our illustrations with three colors: yellow, blue and red, and then we’ll sew our model. Now that I've told you what the cours...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Silent Books: Tell Stories Without Words
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Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Paula Bossio
A course by Paula Bossio
Paula Bossio is a graphic designer, illustrator, and children's book author who is passionate about stories: seeing them, listening to them, reading them... but above all, creating them. She has won national and international awards for her illustrations, including the Nami Award (Korea), the Noma Concours (Japan), and the A la Orilla del Viento and Caniem awards (Mexico), among others.
She has worked as an author and illustrator for publishers such as Penguin Random House, PigeonHole Books, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Alfaguara, GatoMalo, Usborne Books, and more, and has also worked as an illustration teacher in the Graphic Design Faculty of Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Universidad Areandina, and Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá.
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