Narrative Illustration: Create a Children's Picturebook
Characters
A course by Pablo Bernasconi , Illustrator and Writer
Joined July 2021
Joined July 2021
About the video: Characters
Overview
“It is time to create the characters. Through more detailed sketches we will test appearance, style, humor, gestures, personality and textures. Although each illustrator has their preferences, it is worth wondering if that style is the ideal for this story.”
In this video lesson Pablo Bernasconi addresses the topic: Characters, 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
“Characters Very good, it is time now to start with the design of the characters, begin to illustrate the vehicles that will motorize our history. Perhaps the main character would be Lucia, so we could start with her. Within each different style, in each person, in each illustrator, what is important to define in this instance are the proportions, the gestures, the clothes, how are the hairstyles, how is the skin color, the differences between the members, how is the head with respect to the body, and so on. Each point of those are the ones that we will define at this moment and that will le...”
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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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