From Autobiography to Illustrated Story
Creating the First Sketches
A course by Paloma Valdivia , Illustrator, Writer and Editor
About the video: Creating the First Sketches
Overview
“In this lesson, we will create the first pictures that will accompany each paragraph of the written story. They will be a first approach to our illustration. ”
In this video lesson Paloma Valdivia addresses the topic: Creating the First Sketches, 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
“Bowie's B. WELCOME HOME! Creation of the first sketches In this lesson we will make the first sketches. Here is a template that you will find in Additional Resources. This is a first meeting for this exercise. When they are seasoned illustrators, they can draw in any format. But for now I recommend working on this structure, because it will give them an order and a global vision of what they do. We have eight rectangles in which we will articulate the story. We will not touch the first one yet, because it will be the cover. So we have the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and the 8 we will not touch either,...”
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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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