Children’s Illustration: Portraying Emotions
About Me
A course by Noemí Villamuza , Illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you where I come from and how my creative beginnings were. You will see what I discovered during my Fine Arts degree and what my influences were in those early years.”
In this video lesson Noemí Villamuza addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Illustration: Portraying Emotions. Learn to compose compelling children’s illustrations using graphite, watercolor, and collage .
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hello, my name is Noemí Villamuza and I am an illustrator specializing in children's and youth literature. I was born in Palencia, but I have lived in Barcelona for many years. I draw since I was very little, but above all I remember the compulsive way in adolescence of drawing with pencils and pens. I remember how much I loved comics and I watched all the magazines that fell into my hands. when i finished high school I went to study Fine Arts in Salamanca. My specialty was graphic design, but what marked me the most was discovering a subject called Illustration. When I finishe...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Illustration: Portraying Emotions
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Noemí Villamuza
A course by Noemí Villamuza
Illustrator Noemí Villamuza was born in Palencia, Spain, and has been living in Barcelona since 1998, the same year she published her first children's book. She studied fine arts with a major in graphic design, but she found her true calling in illustration. She has released numerous children's and young adult books with publishers like Kalandraka, Kókinos, Media Vaca, and Nórdica, and has created illustrations for graphic novels as well as press and advertising content.
She was a finalist for Spain's National Illustration Award in 2002 and won a Junceda award for illustration in 2007, as well as an award for the IBBY poster for the 2010 International Children's Book Day. When she's not creating, she shares her knowledge by teaching illustration classes at institutions across Barcelona, like the Escola de la Dona, Escola Bau, and Escola Massana, and by running workshops at schools, libraries, and cultural centers.
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