Character Creation for Illustrated Stories
Characters in fictional stories
A course by Valentina Toro , Illustrator and Writer
About the video: Characters in fictional stories
Overview
“In this lesson I will take you on a journey through the different characters that have been built in history thanks to the oral tradition and folklore of each culture.”
In this video lesson Valentina Toro addresses the topic: Characters in fictional stories, 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
“Characters in fictional stories In this lesson, I will share some history about fictional stories. We will see how some characters emerge from fantasy or from ourselves as a starting point. Accompany me. Stories are part of the human condition. We could say that it is impossible to separate one from the other. Homo sapiens is the only species known to make figurative art, have spiritual thinking and transmit fictional stories through images. Our ability to tell stories dates back to prehistory and it is safe to assume that, as a species, long before documenting our history we crowd around t...”
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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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