Creation of Emotional Visual Narratives
The search for inspiration
A course by Paulo Abreu , Photographer and Visual Artist
About the video: The search for inspiration
Overview
“Searching for references that resemble the narrative you want to build is a common practice among artists. In this class I will show you where you can draw inspiration for your work. ”
In this video lesson Paulo Abreu addresses the topic: The search for inspiration, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creation of Emotional Visual Narratives. Learn to combine digital art and photographs to create images that convey stories, emotions, and sensations.
Partial transcription of the video
“The search for inspiration A very common practice for those who want to create a visual narrative is to look for references that resemble your idea. A photographer, for example, who wants to create an essay with a certain theme search for other essays with the same theme. A painter who wants to make a painting with a certain subject looks for references to paintings that address the same subject. As much as this is a widely used practice and that, of course, can contribute a lot to the visualization, I'm not very fond of it. I feel that when I reference myself from another visual artist's p...”
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Course summary for: Creation of Emotional Visual Narratives
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Collage, Photographic Composition, Photography Post-production, Photomontage
Paulo Abreu
A course by Paulo Abreu
Paulo Abreu is a photographer and visual artist with more than ten years' experience expressing himself through his graphic compositions. In his work, he creates narratives that tackle topics related to human existence and contain visual metaphors that allow the viewer to scrutinize and identify with an albeit unusual world.
His pieces have appeared in publications on a range of international art and culture platforms such as Liberatum, Mídia Ninja, Cultura Inquieta, The Pink Lemonade, DesignBoom, and Ignant. He has also produced exhibitions for ImageNation in Milan.
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