Picturebook Creation
Let's talk about the storyboard
A course by Flavia Z Drago , Illustrator, autor and graphic designer
About the video: Let's talk about the storyboard
Overview
“The storyboard is a visual guide to how your entire story will unfold. In this lesson, I will explain what the storyboard is for and how to create rhythm in the story through the use of vignettes, double spread pages, and different types of framing. ”
In this video lesson Flavia Z Drago addresses the topic: Let's talk about the storyboard, 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
“The storyboard In this unit, we'll start looking at the storyboard. A storyboard is the guide for our book. This is the diagram of our storyboard. I've decided that my book will have 32 pages but it could have 40 or even up to 48. It's a good idea not to go above that number as an editor will take the number of pages into account when selecting a story to see if it can be produced or not. If our story is too long, there's a risk that they might not publish it. The same is true if it's too short. That's why the ideal standard in the industry is 32 pages. This diagram shows us how the informa...”
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Course summary for: Picturebook Creation
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Category
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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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