Creative Illustration: From Text to Image
Reading and analysis
A course by Christian Montenegro , Illustrator and Painter
Joined October 2018
Joined October 2018
About the video: Reading and analysis
Overview
“A simple line, a minimal detail, can be the key that opens us to a different way of understanding the text. It may be the lens with which we are going to look.”
In this video lesson Christian Montenegro addresses the topic: Reading and analysis, 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
“To start this unit, I'm going to ask you read the text with which we are going to work, the text is "Thumbelina". You will find it attached on the course website. "Thumbelina" is a classic, it is a text that we all know, but we know it and we did not read it there. What we are going to do is analyze it, choose three instances, and illustrate them with three well-finished sketches. After those sketches, we choose one and we will make a final illustration. The exercise is proposed within an experimental framework, does not try to replicate a real situation of an illustrator commission, but so...”
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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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