Fantastical Character Illustration for Children’s Books
Experiment to unlock
A course by Natalia Colombo, Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Joined June 2021
About the video: Experiment to unlock
Overview
“Next, we'll start experimenting to address the crash. Also, I will tell you about my experience when faced with the blank page. ”
In this video lesson Natalia Colombo addresses the topic: Experiment to unlock, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fantastical Character Illustration for Children’s Books. Free your imagination and learn to create unique characters that bring illustrated stories to life using experimental techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. we will explore and apply methods to free ourselves from the paralysis of a blank page. encouraging creativity and overcoming writer's block. Many times I've found myself not knowing what to do I often found myself staring blankly. taking ages to begin working on the page. The issue with this is that when faced with an assignment. this delay can be problematic. Overcoming this hesitation is crucial to fostering creativity and tackling writer's block effectively. We lack time to free ourselves and often waste it doing nothing. which can hinder creativity and So I began conduc...”
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Course summary for: Fantastical Character Illustration for Children’s Books
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Character Design, Children's Illustration, Design, Drawing, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Natalia Colombo
A course by Natalia Colombo
Natalia Colombo is an illustrator and a graphic designer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires. She's worked in advertising agencies and her own graphic design studio. After gaining experience illustrating textbooks, she published her first picturebook. She now has more than 60 books published, and with each new book, a new challenge.
Throughout her career, she's had the opportunity to collaborate with publishers in France, China, Italy, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, Argentina, and more. She has also received multiple awards for her work, including the International Compostela Prize for Picture Books and the Iberoamérica Ilustra award. In addition to illustrating books, she's collaborated on animation projects for two Argentine TV channels: Encuentro and Pakapaka.
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