About the video: Finding Ideas and References
Overview
“In this lesson, I will explain my process for finding ideas for books, and I will show you where I gather reference material when starting out.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Finding Ideas and References, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization: Paper Art Storytelling. Explore advanced paper sculpting techniques to create impactful, dimensional artworks inspired by nature or architecture.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you where I find ideas for books and how I gather references and ideas. Storytelling is a really important tool in pop-up books. Almost all books, regardless of whether they're fiction or non-fiction, have some kind of narrative thread. And it's that that keeps your reader engaged and moving through your book. I've gathered some books. I think are really inspiring to show you what I mean. This one. It's all about... Toys. And each page, seems like almost a standalone in itself. Each one is about one of the toys. Sometimes the toys move from one page to anot...”
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