Experimental Illustration with India Ink and Acrylics
A tool to tell a story: the leporello
A course by Elisa Talentino , Illustrator
About the video: A tool to tell a story: the leporello
Overview
“In this lesson, however, I want to explain how to build a leporello. Let's see it!”
In this video lesson Elisa Talentino addresses the topic: A tool to tell a story: the leporello, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Illustration with India Ink and Acrylics. Create stunning illustrations with unconventional materials and find your own style using alternative painting techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“A tool to tell a story: the leporello In this lesson we will see what a leporello is and how it is built. A leporello is a strip of paper, or cardboard, folded on itself like an accordion. It is a format, compared to the conventional one of the book, which allows greater freedom of expression, because the leporello, precisely because it has these facades which can however be ironed, allows you to give a slightly more pressing narrative rhythm to the story and then it allows us, when we draw it, not to have the page limit. We can also decide to let the illustration go from the start page to ...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Illustration with India Ink and Acrylics
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Fine Arts, Traditional illustration
Elisa Talentino
A course by Elisa Talentino
Elisa Talentino is an Italian illustrator specialized in the publishing field. Driven by her passion for decorative prints, she devotes most of her creative energy to making artwork using monotype and screen printing. Her illustrations are a combination of her two biggest interests: painting and literature. She has worked for major Italian publishing companies like Mondadori, Einaudi, and Il Corriere and her illustrations have appeared in international newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post.
She has twice been awarded a gold medal by 3x3 magazine, a prestigious New York publication devoted to contemporary illustration, and has had her work showcased at major international events like the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2015 and the Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition in 2019 and 2020. She has also published numerous books including Quando il mondo era tutto azzurro, released by Topipittori in 2020.
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