Creative Illustration: From Text to Image

The sketch: the scenes

A course by Christian Montenegro , Illustrator and Painter

Illustrator and Painter. Villa Sarmiento, Argentina.
Joined October 2018
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1,435 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: The sketch: the scenes

Overview

“And now we will choose the three scenes that we are going to represent.”

In this video lesson Christian Montenegro addresses the topic: The sketch: the scenes, 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

“I already defined the characters graphically and now I'm going to sketch three scenes from the text. The three scenes that I will choose, I will try to be very different. I'm not going to choose by introduction, node and ending, but by the graphic possibilities that each one allows me, in which I'll try to get to staging situations very different from each other. I remind you that I chose for the scenes, the square format. Although, they saw that I was working on A4 sheets, to draw the characters and that, does not need a strict format, or a certain format, but rather they can grab loose sh...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Creative Illustration: From Text to Image

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (107)
  • 1435 students
  • 4 units
  • 11 lessons (1h 39m)
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    Illustration
  • Areas

    Editorial Illustration, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Christian Montenegro

Christian Montenegro
A course by Christian Montenegro

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Illustrator and Painter

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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Creative Illustration: From Text to Image. Illustration course by Christian Montenegro

Creative Illustration: From Text to Image

A course by Christian Montenegro
Illustrator and Painter. Villa Sarmiento, Argentina.
Joined October 2018
  • 99% positive reviews (107)
  • 1,435 students