Creative Illustration: From Text to Image
The sketch: the characters
A course by Christian Montenegro , Illustrator and Painter
Joined October 2018
Joined October 2018
About the video: The sketch: the characters
Overview
“Now let's raise the characters. We will do it according to our reading of the text, our vision since the 21st century and with those other characters with whom we think the text can be crossed.”
In this video lesson Christian Montenegro addresses the topic: The sketch: the characters, 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
“Now I'm going to start designing, to define the characters, and I wanted to start also talking about each one's personal background and that how can it be a useful tool when thinking, of thinking an approximation to the text or a way to visualize it. In graphic concepts I talked about being an ideal couple that was the ogre and the ogresa, I referred to duplas, couples within rock and the one I talked about was Lux Interior and Poison Ivy, They were from The Cramps group. This is an old book that I have of them. The images that came to mind when I thought of the ogre and the ogres, these ar...”
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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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