Illustration in Photoshop: Create Striking Compositions
Telling Stories with an Image
A course by Mary Cagnin , Illustrator
About the video: Telling Stories with an Image
Overview
“In this lesson, you will see how the elements of an image build a narrative. I will also show how I organize and choose the elements that will compose my projects. ”
In this video lesson Mary Cagnin addresses the topic: Telling Stories with an Image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration in Photoshop: Create Striking Compositions. Learn to combine digital art and hand-drawn textures to create an impactful illustration that tells an original story.
Partial transcription of the video
“Telling stories with an image In this class, I will talk about the importance to tell a story with images. Making an illustration is a creative composition, where each step is worked out step by step. In this course, I will break down my creative process and show you how you can create richer illustrations. I'll also show you how organization is so important in terms of actual production. Another key point it's like your choices of pose, composition, colors and elements will help you tell a story and enrich your work. Speaking of choices, I really like to use elements such as foliage, flowe...”
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Course summary for: Illustration in Photoshop: Create Striking Compositions
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Digital Design, Digital Painting, Narrative, Traditional illustration
Mary Cagnin
A course by Mary Cagnin
Mariana Cagnin studied visual arts at São Paulo State University (UNESP) and has been an illustrator and comic artist for over a decade. She has illustrated books and magazines for publishing houses including Globo, Abril, and MOL and is also the author of the Vidas Imperfeitas comics as well as the award-winning Black Silence and Bittersweet. Since 2013, she has been creating her own social media content and has a YouTube channel with over 300K subscribers to date.
She has also given in-person and online courses for a variety of Brazilian institutions, including the private nonprofit SESC and arts centers, in which she shared her own teaching methods. In 2017, she received a Globo award for best theme design (Casa & Jardim) and was invited by the Brazilian embassy to participate in the Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden.
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