Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition
Visual Devices
A course by Melissa Castrillón , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Visual Devices
Overview
“Visual devices are used through picture books to aid the process of storytelling and also elevate the experience for the reader. In this lesson, I will show you 9 key devices, how they are used and the effects they have throughout the picture book.”
In this video lesson Melissa Castrillón addresses the topic: Visual Devices, which is part of the Domestika online course: Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition. Develop eye-catching illustrations for picturebooks by using harmonious structures and a consistent color palette while experimenting with textures and media.
Partial transcription of the video
“In order for a reader to be fully engaged in a picture book, it requires the ability to read images in sequence. Illustrators use visual devices in order to communicate the stories and the picture books. In this lesson, I will be discussing what those key devices are and how they can be used to elevate the picture book and communicate the story. The first device we'll be talking about is Format. Format is how the physicality of the book is arranged This can be in how the book is constructed Here you can see how this book has used the format in a way where it plays with the length of the pag...”
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Course summary for: Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition
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Children's Illustration, Color Theory, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Picturebook, Traditional illustration
Melissa Castrillón
A course by Melissa Castrillón
Melissa Castrillón is a freelance illustrator and designer with a mix of English and Colombian roots. Growing up in a creative family, she knew from the age of five that she wanted to draw for a living. While studying an MA in children’s book illustration at the Anglia Ruskin University, she discovered screen printing, and with it, a new way to approach her artwork, focusing on color and composition.
Melissa has illustrated over 25 book covers and more than ten picturebooks, collaborating with publishers like Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Bloomsbury, and Scholastic. She has also written three of her own, Mighty Min, The Balcony and Can You Keep a Secret?, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. In 2019, she was awarded the Gold medal by the Society of Illustrators in New York for The Balcony. That same year, she was asked to redesign the covers for Philip Pullman’s popular trilogy His Dark Materials.
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