Narrative Illustration: Create a Children's Picturebook
Preparation of materials
A course by Pablo Bernasconi , Illustrator and Writer
Joined July 2021
Joined July 2021
About the video: Preparation of materials
Overview
“Each texture, element and detail of our illustration requires prior preparation. In this lesson I will explain how to do it with different tools before starting the assembly.”
In this video lesson Pablo Bernasconi addresses the topic: Preparation of materials, 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
“Preparation of materials It's time now to start working on the textures and in each of the objects that I am going to intervene and that I had already planned before in my concept map. For example, I had thought that for the hair of both Lucía and her mother and father We were going to use a texture made with letterpress from an old book. Let's do that now. For that we can try different formats. One could be cutting bits of the same sheet and pasting them on another sheet. That's going to give us a kind of messier texture, but later, when we intervene, it will turn out better. This sheet th...”
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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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