Character Creation for Illustrated Stories
Influences
A course by Valentina Toro , Illustrator and Writer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Next, I will tell you about the artists, creative works and fictional characters that have influenced me the most.”
In this video lesson Valentina Toro addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Creation for Illustrated Stories . Learn the tools to write and illustrate characters, both inside and out, by understanding their essence and their world .
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences Hello, now we will see my influences. This way you will know a little more what is hidden behind my work. Accompany me. The Neverending Story Michael Ende One of my most important influences, and maybe one of the reasons for which I really like the creation of characters and it fascinates me to understand and dissect a little the creation of characters by other authors is without a doubt "The Neverending Story" by Michael Ende. This is a novel whose film adaptation is equally famous and I think that many of my generation were marked, but beyond that important value and iconic of ...”
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Course summary for: Character Creation for Illustrated Stories
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Drawing, Editorial Design, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storyboard, Traditional illustration, Writing
Valentina Toro
A course by Valentina Toro
Valentina Toro is an illustrator and writer with a master’s degree in Creative Writing from the EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia. Her work revolves around her fascination with the unknown and the secret worlds that can only be discovered in books.
Over the course of her career, she has published seven books, five of which are children’s books. Her style can be described as a blend of textual narration with images that create universes inhabited by both forms of expression. She has also written three novels and done illustrations for other authors. She was a runner up in the Little Hakka Picture Book Competition in China and is currently represented internationally by Advocate-Art Inc.
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