Story Illustration with Paper
Page and sketch design
A course by Estrellita Caracol , Visual Artist and Illustrator
Joined December 2013
About the video: Page and sketch design
Overview
“There are endless possibilities to organize the elements in space, establish different structures and compose or design a page. I'm going to show you some and then you can experience others. Let's see how to use the size and color of the elements to set reading levels. Then, we will talk and make decisions about the size and format that our illustrations will have. Next, we will talk about system, graphic story, sequence, rhythm and the importance of these concepts when deciding on a system of several illustrations. And finally, we will make the sketches of our final project. ”
In this video lesson Estrellita Caracol addresses the topic: Page and sketch design, 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
“PAGE AND SKETCH DESIGN In this lesson we will see the design of the page. Designing a page is basically organizing the elements we have. In the previous lesson we already assembled our imaginary, what we will do in this lesson is to organize those elements of what we want to say or what we want to communicate. To organize the elements we need first is to know the format that we are going to use. Now I will show you some formatting examples in my books. For example in this, the format is an elongated, horizontal format. Keep in mind that, if we work the full double page, The format will then...”
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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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