Illustrated Picturebooks: Create Poetic Vignette Imagery
The Vignette: Relationship Between Image and Text
A course by Cecilia Ruiz , Author, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer
About the video: The Vignette: Relationship Between Image and Text
Overview
“This lesson will focus on the individual vignette, and I will talk about the fascinating relationship between images and words. ”
In this video lesson Cecilia Ruiz addresses the topic: The Vignette: Relationship Between Image and Text, 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
“ The Vignette Relationship Between Image and Text In the previous lesson, we talked about the overall theme of our books and the format and structure of it. In this lesson, we are going to zoom in and focus on the vignette itself and the relationship between text and image. When I came up with the idea for this book, I already had existing text. That existing text was already in small capsules, so I already knew what was going to happen in each vignette. In the end, I did not use the text strictly from Wikipedia, I rewrote the stories. You can start with existing text and then if you want,...”
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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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