From Autobiography to Illustrated Story
Influences
A course by Paloma Valdivia , Illustrator, Writer and Editor
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you some of my references and I will tell you why I admire them, or rather, I admire them, since for this course I chose only women, as a reaction and tribute to the changes that our society is experiencing.”
In this video lesson Paloma Valdivia addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: From Autobiography to Illustrated Story. Learn how to create a picture book starting from a personal story and an object from your childhood.
Partial transcription of the video
“I by Ingmar Bergman Influences In this lesson I will show you some of my references. One of them is Marjane Satrapi. Cartoonist, painter, film director, creator of the well-known graphic novel "Persepolis". In this novel drawn in black and white she explains her childhood in Tehran, the Islamic revolution and its difficult entry into Europe. In general, the comic book market is usually in the hands of men, That is why "Persepolis" caught my attention. In it, she makes an account of her life, her childhood and it opened my eyes to be able to talk about my life too. She is usually surrounded ...”
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Course summary for: From Autobiography to Illustrated Story
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Ink Illustration, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Pencil Drawing, Picturebook, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Writing
Paloma Valdivia
A course by Paloma Valdivia
With a design degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and a postgraduate degree in illustration from the Escola d'Art i Disseny de Barcelona, illustrator, writer, and publisher Paloma Valdivia has taken the children and young adult’s books world by storm.
With work translated into more than twenty languages, she has been recognized internationally with the New Horizon Award of the Bologna Children's Book Fair (Italy), the BIB PLAQUÉ of the Bratislava Biennial of Illustration (Slovakia), the Municipal Literature Award of Santiago (Chile), The Best Book Awards granted by UNESCO and the German Graphic Arts Foundation, and the Little Bird Award, among others.
Besides having her own publishing house dedicated exclusively to children’s books, Ediciones Liebre, Paloma has collaborated with publishers and entities including Amanuta (Chile), Fondo de Cultura Económica (Mexico), Kalandraka (Spain), La Joie de Lire (Switzerland), Fatatrac, (Italy), and Enchanted Lion Books (USA).
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