Creative Illustration: From Text to Image
Course final project
A course by Christian Montenegro , Illustrator and Painter
Joined October 2018
Joined October 2018
About the final project for: Creative Illustration: From Text to Image
Creative illustration: from text to image
“Dear students, we have reached the end of this course! We have analyzed a text, we have interpreted it and from this, we have extracted ideas to start thinking about how to illustrate. If we review the process, we can appreciate our view of the world and how we understand ourselves as people. There is no "one" method of work. I spoke from mine. Each person can adapt the slogans and triggers to their own ideas. The best result that I would like to see in you is that you find your own voice. Be open to peer advice, that helps a lot. I will be in the forum to answer your questions! ”
Partial transcription of the video
“We arrived at the end of the course, I hope you enjoyed it and that it has been of benefit to you. Now I'm going to pass to a brief summary of what was done. I introduced myself, I talked about my training, I counted my influences and I talked about the project that we were going to carry out. Then I made an introduction to the analysis of the text and to the elaboration of the relationship text-image. I showed some examples of my work regarding those contents. Then I started doing the exercise. I took a text, in this case was "Tom Thumb," I analyzed it, got graphic concepts of that text, a...”
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Course summary for: Creative Illustration: From Text to Image
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Category
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Areas
Editorial Illustration, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Christian Montenegro
A course by Christian Montenegro
Before completing his graphic design degree at UBA, Christian Montenegro trained in comics illustration under Alberto Breccia. He has authored books like The Creation: Pictures from the Book of Genesis and New Order and illustrated others, including a Spanish-language version of Kafka's First Sorrow and Didi Grau's Peleonas Mentirosas y Haraganas, Cuatro Gatos Negros Flacos, and Cocorococó. Another recent project is 200 Años de Monstruos y Maravillas Argentinas, an anthology of historical texts by Gabo Ferro.
His work has been recognized worldwide and is featured in various creativity and illustration annuals. He also won the 2009 Swatch Illustrative Award in Berlin and has recently been recognized by ALIJA.
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