Illustrated Picturebooks: Create Poetic Vignette Imagery
Disecting an Image
A course by Cecilia Ruiz , Author, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer
About the video: Disecting an Image
Overview
“Here I will talk about image creation and share some of the strategies I use to create illustrations infused with meaning. ”
In this video lesson Cecilia Ruiz addresses the topic: Disecting an Image, 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
“Dissecting an Image In the previous lesson, I talked about the relationship between image and text. In this lesson, we are going to focus on the image and we're going to learn how to create powerful images through composition, scale, and framing. When I have to create images, it's always very daunting having to decide what exactly is going to go into the image and figuring out what size they are going to be, where in the space they are going to be placed. One thing that is very helpful for me is thinking if there are elements or things that can mean more than one thing at the same time. In ...”
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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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