Creation of Emotional Visual Narratives
building the narrative
A course by Paulo Abreu , Photographer and Visual Artist
About the video: building the narrative
Overview
“Now that I have chosen the feelings that will guide my project, I will select and justify the elements that I will use in the narrative. ”
In this video lesson Paulo Abreu addresses the topic: building the narrative, 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
“building the narrative Now that I've chosen the feelings, it's time to get down to the practical part of narrative construction. As I don't know which technique you prefer, I will demonstrate the construction of this narrative in an extremely manual way. When you build your image, you can choose the material that suits you best. They can be elements of image banks, photographs or collages, also digital elements, illustrations or, who knows, paintings. The idea is that you understand the process and my line of reasoning to create in the support of your choice. I have it here inside these box...”
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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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