Creative Illustration: From Text to Image
The sketch: format
A course by Christian Montenegro , Illustrator and Painter
Joined October 2018
Joined October 2018
About the video: The sketch: format
Overview
“Once the analysis is done, we will make decisions with what is obtained. For a text like Thumbnail, how to represent something differently that has been represented until we are fed up?”
In this video lesson Christian Montenegro addresses the topic: The sketch: format, 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
“We have already analyzed the text, we have already obtained graphic concepts to work with. Let's start now the final stage of getting the sketches. Before lifting a pencil, I want to talk about the formats. Many times it happens to us that we work the sheet as is the cut, that it should be a predetermined measure, but we do not decide on the format, but we are taking something that is being given to us, and we do not think if it is the ideal format for what we want to say. I want to show you a possibility of different formats to work with, and when it comes to sketching, be aware of what fo...”
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Course summary for: Creative Illustration: From Text to Image
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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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