Illustrated Picturebooks: Create Poetic Vignette Imagery
Settling on a Theme and Structure
A course by Cecilia Ruiz , Author, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer
About the video: Settling on a Theme and Structure
Overview
“ In this lesson, I will discuss how to settle on a theme and a format for your final project. ”
In this video lesson Cecilia Ruiz addresses the topic: Settling on a Theme and Structure, 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
“ Settling on a Theme and Structure In the previous lesson, we finished brainstorming. In this lesson, we will settle on a theme and a structure. Based on my results from the brainstorming, now I have a rough idea of what I want my project to be. I noticed that I'm really drawn to tragic imagery. This is not news to me. All of my previous books have dealt with tragedy in some way. In my "Extraordinary Deaths," I was also dealing with tragedy, but I was dealing with it in a monumental way. All these stories I was dealing with were really catastrophes. In this book, I would want to deal with ...”
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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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