Creative Illustration: From Text to Image
What are we going to do
A course by Christian Montenegro , Illustrator and Painter
Joined October 2018
Joined October 2018
About the video: What are we going to do
Overview
“We will see how through analysis and interpretation of text we can develop a relationship between it and the image on which we will develop the illustration. In a world saturated with images, we will look for how to say something different and with our eyes. Although we will work on a literary text, the tools we exercise serve for any illustration assignment. ”
In this video lesson Christian Montenegro addresses the topic: What are we going to do, 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
“In this course we will perform three well-finished sketches of three instances very different in text. After those three sketches, we're going to choose one and we're going to make a final illustration. To do this, we will work text analysis, interpretation, making special focus on the text-image relationship. My job as a professional, is to go beyond a reading, or reading that would have a person who is enjoying the text. My job is to take it apart, take it to a dissection table, separate it into parts and, starting from that analysis, propose something. Over time, developed a series of qu...”
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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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