Digital Illustration for Children’s Stories
Interpreting the text
A course by Teresa Martínez , Illustrator
About the video: Interpreting the text
Overview
“To illustrate is to retell a story, but with images. I want to show you the way I start to think the stories in my head, and then land them on paper. ”
In this video lesson Teresa Martínez addresses the topic: Interpreting the text, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration for Children’s Stories. Learn to tell stories with illustrations created in Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction: interpreting the text Let's start with our project. What do I do immediately after of receiving the text from the editor? It's print it and start reading the novel, what is it about and take my notes. Of course what I am doing while reading is to underline all those important details of the story that have to be reflected in the illustration. The second thing I do when reading it again for the second time is to make these sketches and doodles They look so abstract. But for me it already says the idea completely, what I will end up illustrating. Here you can clearly see how I h...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration for Children’s Stories
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
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Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Narrative, Traditional illustration
Teresa Martínez
A course by Teresa Martínez
Teresa started out in illustration at a young age, publishing comics independently as well as in a local daily newspaper. She later studied to be a graphic designer but never stopped incorporating illustrations into her projects. In 2002 she started working in the editorial industry and published pieces with Richmond, Editorial SM, Castillo, Edebé, Alfaguara, and CONACULTA.
With more than 25 years' experience in the field of illustration, she has had numerous opportunities in the audiovisual world, seeing her illustrations appear in the short Imaginantes as well as internationally. Some of her pieces, including Swan Lake, Fábulas Mexicanas, Arthur and the Sword in the Stone, and Fantastic Body, have been published in England, France, Spain, Brazil, and the United States.
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