Picturebook Creation
Showing and telling
A course by Flavia Z Drago , Illustrator, autor and graphic designer
About the video: Showing and telling
Overview
“Now, I'm going to show you how we can show instead of say through the interaction between text and image. ”
In this video lesson Flavia Z Drago addresses the topic: Showing and telling, 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
“Showing and saying Here, I'll discuss the difference between showing and saying. Andrew Stanton and Bob Peterson, creators of "Finding Nemo", say that a good story always gives you 2 + 2 and never 4, This means that you, as a writer, when creating a story, have to give the viewer enough elements so that they can figure out by themselves how a character is behaving or what's happening in the story. In a story, we can get to know a character by how they behave. A clear example is Pippin in "The Lord of the Rings". Just after leaving the county and heading towards Mordor to destroy the ring, P...”
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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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