From Autobiography to Illustrated Story
Use of color and final details
A course by Paloma Valdivia , Illustrator, Writer and Editor
About the video: Use of color and final details
Overview
“In this lesson I will share with you my process of choosing color, and I will show you how to apply it in your work. ”
In this video lesson Paloma Valdivia addresses the topic: Use of color and final details, 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
“D for David Lynch Use of color and final details Now I'm going to show you about the use of color. This part is very entertaining because deep down, color gives your work personality. Here I have a selection of previously chosen colors and I'm going to show you, for example, what would happen if what I have to highlight I would do it with red. I don't think it is much for my work, since I'm talking about something nostalgic, melancholic, there is magnifying glass and nature. Red seems to me to be something that has more force and a little wilder than what I want to show in my work. Then I h...”
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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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