Picturebook Creation
Things that inspire me
A course by Flavia Z Drago , Illustrator, autor and graphic designer
About the video: Things that inspire me
Overview
“As a storyteller, I think it's very important to look for inspiration everywhere, in this lesson, I want to tell you a bit about some artists that I admire and why. ”
In this video lesson Flavia Z Drago addresses the topic: Things that inspire me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Picturebook Creation. Use illustration as a narrative base for your book and create a model ready to present to an editor.
Partial transcription of the video
“Things that inspire me As a story creator, I like to look for inspiration everywhere, not only in illustrated albums, but also in films, cinema and paintings. In this lesson, I'll tell you about some things that inspire me and why. I want to talk to you about my love of medieval images and monsters. Something I like about this type of images is the use of perspective, which is quite flat. I also like that there was no censorship and that the images were very narrative. Just by looking at one we know what happened in the story. There's also always an interesting mixture of things that exist ...”
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Course summary for: Picturebook Creation
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Flavia Z Drago
A course by Flavia Z Drago
Flavia studied graphic design in Mexico and for many years, worked in branding and packaging design. She later became an illustrator and is now a full-time writer and illustrator of picturebooks for children of all ages. Her books can be found in Mexico, Spain, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and online through Amazon.
As a designer, she has worked with Dolce Gusto, Nestlé Chocolate, and Hermés. She has illustrated for editorials such as Combel (Ricitos de Oro), Petra (Dientes, Santo Remedio), Delete Dog (Balandra), and the Secretary of Culture in Mexico (Tolstoi), A Fin de Cuentos (Alimentos que cambiaron al mundo), Castillo (Maroma y la mariposa roja) and Walker Books (Gustavo the Shy Ghost); and for animation studios like HolaCombo (Matlatzinca and #Refugeechildren) and Dicinueve36 (Little Thinkers).
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