From Autobiography to Illustrated Story
What will we do in the course?
A course by Paloma Valdivia , Illustrator, Writer and Editor
About the video: What will we do in the course?
Overview
“What we are going to develop in this course is a starting point for a story with multiple possibilities. It seems that everything is done, art works many times reinterpreting what exists, from this place, the intimate, it can be the most innovative that we can show. In this lesson, I will show you the project that we will carry out in this course; a graphic piece that tells a written and illustrated personal story, and is based on an object. ”
In this video lesson Paloma Valdivia addresses the topic: What will we do in the course?, 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
“Q from Quentin Tarantino What will we do in the course? What we will develop in this course is a starting point for a tale of infinite possibilities. It seems that everything is done. Art works many times by reinterpreting what exists. However, from this place, the autobiography and the intimate story it seems to be the newest thing to present. In this course we will make a graphic story based on an object. Through it, we will tell a personal story, small or short, where we can tell part of our privacy. I have here an example of a graphic story that narrates part of my life. In this case, i...”
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Course summary for: From Autobiography to Illustrated Story
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Category
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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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