Specialization in Creative Writing and Children's Illustration

Overview

“In this lesson, you will discover how medieval bestiaries and Max Ernst’s surreal collages inspire imaginary worlds filled with visual narrative. You will learn about the authenticity of children’s drawings in Jean Dubuffet and Cy Twombly, and explore magical composition in Sergio Larraín’s photography.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Inspiration / Natalia Gurovich, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Creative Writing and Children's Illustration . Write captivating children's books by exploring narrative techniques and age-appropriate language for young readers..

Partial transcription of the video

“Now that you know me, I'm going to talk to you about my main influences and the things that inspire me. What I'm going to show you are representations of fantastic animals, of fantastic beings from ancient times. I'm very passionate about this because the people who represented them really didn't have in mind the concrete knowledge of some of these beings, but what they did was represent them according to what they thought they were. Many of these books belonged to the Middle Ages, for example, and here we see some figures, like an elephant, which we can see that surely the description was,...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Creative Writing and Children's Illustration

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (62)
• 6802 students
• 6 units
• 70 lessons (14h 37m)
• 38 downloads

• Category

  Illustration, Writing

• Areas

  Character Design, Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Content Writing, Creative Writing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Picturebook, Writing