Illustrated Picturebooks: Create Poetic Vignette Imagery
About Me
A course by Cecilia Ruiz , Author, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To begin with, I will tell you about growing up in Mexico City, my work as a Graphic Designer, and how my career took its most significant turn, and I became an author of illustrated books. ”
In this video lesson Cecilia Ruiz addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Picturebooks: Create Poetic Vignette Imagery. Learn to tell non-linear, visual stories by crafting compelling images that resonate with people of all ages using both analog and digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi, I am Cecilia Ruiz and I am an author, illustrator, graphic designer, and teacher. I was born and raised in Mexico City, but now I live in Brooklyn, New York. Both of my parents were classical guitarists as well as one of my grandparents, so there was always music in my house. The women in the family were geared more towards the visual arts. I would always do craft activities with my mom and my cousins. The visual arts have always been there since I was little. Now that I go back and see the drawings that I was doing as a child, I realize that my drawings are not very imaginat...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Picturebooks: Create Poetic Vignette Imagery
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Category
Illustration, Writing -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Engraving, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Storytelling
Cecilia Ruiz
A course by Cecilia Ruiz
Cecilia Ruiz is a Brooklyn-based author, illustrator, and graphic designer from Mexico City. Growing up in a family of creatives meant she was encouraged to explore her artistic side from a young age. Inspired by her aunt, in particular, who was a graphic designer, she went on to study a degree in the subject before working as a graphic designer herself for a number of years. After initially working in web design, she shifted to the world of editorial design where she discovered a love of telling stories through images. Cecilia completed a diploma in illustration in Mexico City and later moved to New York to study for a master's in illustration at the School of Visual Arts.
After graduating, she published her first book with Penguin Random House, The Book of Memory Gaps. Since then, she’s written and illustrated two other books and collaborated with clients including Google, The New York Times, Atlas Obscura, and Fast Company. She and her work have also been featured by publications like Design Sponge, DART Sketchbooks, and more.
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