Illustrated Scenes Using Traditional Techniques on Photoshop
The silence
A course by user1437986 surname1437986 , Illustrator
Joined August 2019
Learn how to tell a story visually by combining narrative with manual and digital techniques
Joined August 2019
About the video: The silence
Overview
“In addition to the puppet theater, we will take into account the concept of silence to make our story; and by silence I mean the absence of a text that explains the image. Silent images have the advantage of eliminating any age and language barrier, in this way, they force us to participate actively in the plot. Anyone can become an interpreter doing it from their own cultural vision, beliefs, tastes and feelings; what makes the story can have more than one interpretation. ”
In this video lesson user1437986 surname1437986 addresses the topic: The silence, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Scenes Using Traditional Techniques on Photoshop. Learn how to tell a story visually by combining narrative with manual and digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“The silence Besides the puppet theater, we will use the concept of silence to build the story. Just like me, there are many authors who are interested in telling stories without text. I will show you three examples of how silence is a fundamental part of the story. In all these examples I will refer to silence like the absence of text to tell the story. The first book I will show you is "Dance" by João Fazenda and I am interested in you seeing it because it makes it very evident the use of shapes, color and composition. For example, our main character in this book is a square character and ...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Scenes Using Traditional Techniques on Photoshop
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
A course by user1437986 surname1437986
Jimena Estíbaliz is a Mexican illustrator specialized in editorial illustration. After her studies in Design and Visual Communication in UNAM, Mexico, she was an assistant to Juan Palomino, which began her path into illustration as a full-time career. She then pursued studies in Narrative Illustration, which allowed her to hone her personal style as an illustrator.
Her passion lies in telling her own personal stories and those of others through her illustrations. She has created book covers and illustrations for editorials such as Random House, Planeta, and for Mexican institutions such as the Secretary of National Culture, the Secretary of Public Education, and the Ministry of Education of Culture and Sports for the Spanish Embassy. She has also illustrated for magazines like Tierra Adentro, Letras Libres, KM 0 Chilango, and Palacio de Hierro and worked with musicians like Silvana Estrada, Alex Ferreira, and Pasión Vega, creating their posters, album covers, and more.
She has won the Cartel de la 39 Filij contest, was selected in the IX Catálogo Iberoamericano 2018, and was a finalist for the Silent Book Contest 2018 of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
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