Story Illustration with Paper
Influences
A course by Estrellita Caracol , Visual Artist and Illustrator
Joined December 2013
Joined December 2013
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you some of the things that inspire me and, also, we will see the work of several artists who love collage and are my fundamental guides, (something like my professional grandparents and grandmothers). ”
In this video lesson Estrellita Caracol addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Story Illustration with Paper. Explore the possibilities of paper and learn to illustrate using collage techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“INFLUENCES Now that you know me, I'm going to tell you the influences I had in my career. I had a childhood very surrounded by books. My mom not only bought us books but she told us every night some story I loved Maria Elena's stories but, Besides the stories, I loved the illustrations in these books. What happens to me is also that I can't separate María Elena's stories from my childhood from Pedro Vilar's drawings, for me they are absolutely linked and one thing cannot go without the other. And in many the collage appeared, for example here is this photomontage. These will be other of my ...”
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Course summary for: Story Illustration with Paper
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Collage, Creating with Kids, Narrative, Paper Craft, Traditional illustration
Estrellita Caracol
A course by Estrellita Caracol
Natalia Spadaro, better known as Estrellita Caracol, is an Argentine illustrator. She studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires, but later taught herself illustration, specializing in collage.
Her illustrations have been featured in books and magazines from a range of publishers like Atlántida, Edelvives, MacMillan, Puerto de Palos, Estrada, Treintayseis, Gerbera, and Kalimat from the United Arab Emirates. She has also participated in numerous exhibitions. In 2013, her illustrations were chosen to compete in the Fourth Ibero-American Illustration Contest and the Guadalajara International Book Fair. She currently works as a freelance artist, designer, and illustrator and teaches workshops on collage and illustration for both adults and children.
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