Creative Illustration: From Text to Image
Presentation
A course by Christian Montenegro , Illustrator and Painter
Joined October 2018
Joined October 2018
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“I am going to tell you how I trained, the two stages that I consider fundamental and how one complemented the other. And then, I will share my work experience. ”
In this video lesson Christian Montenegro addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Illustration: From Text to Image. Learn to analyze a story and interpret it visually.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hi, I'm Christian Montenegro and I'm an illustrator. I studied Comics and Graphic Design. I studied with Alberto Breccia, who was one of the most important Argentine cartoonists. consider her formation as impressionistic. It consisted in a form that I could call an ethic of the trade, what he taught. He said that the style is the sum of small findings, and those little findings that one was finding were, at the same time, a discovery of one as a person . He considered that, what he was as a person could not separate him from the work he did. He understood that his work was a way to stand in...”
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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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