Magical Realism for Children’s Illustration
The Story
A course by Juanita Londoño Gaviria , Children’s Book and Editorial Illustrator
Joined October 2019
Joined October 2019
About the video: The Story
Overview
“The story is your starting point. You will create a mind map to brainstorm your ideas, select and combine all the elements discussed in the previous lesson and reinterpret them through color, shapes and textures so you can represent them visually through a mood board. ”
In this video lesson Juanita Londoño Gaviria addresses the topic: The Story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Magical Realism for Children’s Illustration. Learn how to illustrate a magical scene for a children’s book by exploring colors and textures with Procreate or Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Story Now we're going to decide what story we want to tell. It can be about anything. It can be personal or it can be an existing story or theme you want to illustrate in your own way. I usually pick things I remember fondly from my childhood, like the time spent on my grandpa's farm with my cousin or visiting my father's hometown. I also really enjoy stories about strong women... Elsa Schiaparelli Frida Kahlo Virginia Woolf or myths and legends that tell stories about my country. "El Guando" "El Silbón" "El Sombrerón" Anything that allows me to include elements of magic and play with r...”
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Course summary for: Magical Realism for Children’s Illustration
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration
Juanita Londoño Gaviria
A course by Juanita Londoño Gaviria
Juanita is a children’s book, editorial and commercial illustrator from Medellín, Colombia. She began her academic career studying fashion design at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, but after realizing her passion was in illustration, she went on to study animation concept art at the Vancouver Film School. The heart of her work is centered on children’s books, which have inspired her creativity since she was a young girl.
Her work has been recognized internationally, and she has worked with clients such as Target, American Greetings, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Quarto, and Maaji. She is currently represented by Advocate Art Agency, which has allowed her to take part in a variety of unique projects like illustrating the children’s books Health Heroes and The King and the Pearl.
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