Artistic Drawing and Narrative Techniques for Picturebooks

Narrative techniques

A course by Gerald Espinoza , Illustrator

Illustrator. Saratoga, Ecuador.
Joined December 2016
97% positive reviews (32)
597 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Narrative techniques

Overview

“Establishing a narrative structure is essential to win over the reader. In this lesson you will learn to design a narrative that plays with text and image. ”

In this video lesson Gerald Espinoza addresses the topic: Narrative techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Drawing and Narrative Techniques for Picturebooks. Develop a storyboard and explore different and unconventional techniques to tell stories full of emotion.

Partial transcription of the video

“narrative techniques In this lesson you will learn how to design a narrative that plays with text and image. For this we will apply the technique of rhythm. The rhythm technique In a book we can divide the action into several scenes and those scenes must have a swell, some ups and downs, like a song In this exercise we will learn to add those actions. That is, in a first scene start with few elements and then add so that all these elements are in the last scene. Or we can do it the other way around. We can start with a room or with a scene full of things, characters and elements, and little...”

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Course summary for: Artistic Drawing and Narrative Techniques for Picturebooks

  • Level: Beginner
  • 97% positive reviews (32)
  • 597 students
  • 4 units
  • 15 lessons (2h 54m)
  • 11 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Areas

    Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Sketching, Storyboard

Gerald Espinoza

Gerald Espinoza
A course by Gerald Espinoza

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Gerald Espinoza is an illustrator and visual artist specializing in picturebooks. He is also the author and illustrator of his own books and winner of the 12th edition of the Catálogo Iberoamérica Ilustra competition (2021).

Gerald has illustrated folk tales, children's stories, and book covers for publishers like SM, Random House, and Ekare. He has also exhibited his artistic work in art galleries and similar venues across different countries.


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Artistic Drawing and Narrative Techniques for Picturebooks. Illustration course by Gerald Espinoza

Artistic Drawing and Narrative Techniques for Picturebooks

A course by Gerald Espinoza
Illustrator. Saratoga, Ecuador.
Joined December 2016
  • 97% positive reviews (32)
  • 597 students