Narrative Illustration: Create a Children's Picturebook
A definition of the album book
A course by Pablo Bernasconi , Illustrator and Writer
Joined July 2021
About the video: A definition of the album book
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain the difference between an album book and an illustrated book. We will analyze the leading order of the elements that drive the narrative rhythm of each project.”
In this video lesson Pablo Bernasconi addresses the topic: A definition of the album book, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Illustration: Create a Children's Picturebook. Learn how to create a picturebook using mixed media and digital collage techniques, from the story layout to the final images.
Partial transcription of the video
“A definition of the album book Alright, from now on we're going to start working. with the project of an album book from a given text. In this case, the text was written by me, it is mine, but the idea is that you can use the text you want, even the text that you yourself have written. I am going to tell you now the differences that I can see or that I think they exist between an album book and an illustrated book. In this case I chose two books that are by the same author and by this I mean that I am not evaluating the quality of one or the other. An album book is not better than an illust...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Illustration: Create a Children's Picturebook
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Picturebook, Traditional illustration

Pablo Bernasconi
A course by Pablo Bernasconi
Pablo Bernasconi is a graphic designer, illustrator, and author from Bariloche, Argentina, known for his original creations full of humor and depth, and his magical visual metaphors. His work—with more than 30 published books—has been translated into 12 languages.
Many of his illustrated metaphors have appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, The Telegraph, Rolling Stone, and The Times. He has received significant awards throughout his career, such as Los Destacados de ALIJA and the SND gold medal. Additionally, he was a finalist at the Hans Christian Andersen Awards (IBBY) in 2018 and a candidate for the ALMA (Astrid Lindgren Award) in 2021 and 2022.
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