Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook

Overview

“Here I'll show you some of my favorite books and cartoons from my childhood, which influenced my later work and incited my curiosity. ”

In this video lesson Catarina Sobral addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook. Combine storytelling and illustration techniques to craft a captivating children’s book inspired by the real world.

Partial transcription of the video

“Influences In this lesson, I'll be sharing with you some of my references, authors that shaped my curiosity during my childhood. The first of all has to be obviously, "Sesame Street." It's still for me one of the best TV series for kids. I watched it on TV, had some illustrated books, and VHS cassettes from the series. It contains the magical two ingredients to teach children: humor and kindness. I still remember many sequences from the TV series and one book in particular. There are two sequences that were very fundamental to me. One of them taught me the importance of washing fruit before...”

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Course summary for: Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (88)
• 2586 students
• 5 units
• 22 lessons (4h 20m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration, Writing

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Creative Writing, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Picturebook, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Writing