Creation of a Children’s Picturebook
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Learn how to plan and create your picturebook project from scratch combining narrative and illustration
If you would like to learn all the steps involved in creating an illustrated children’s book and surprise your young readers, Claudia Rueda is the ideal person to guide you in this adventure. She has over thirty published books — many of which have made the New York Times bestsellers list and obtained prestigious international nominations such as the Hans Christian Andersen and Astrid Lindgren prizes.
In this course, learn how to plan and elaborate an illustrated picturebook from scratch. Claudia shows you each step involved: from the initial idea to creating your model until it is ready to be sent to an editor. See how to build a narrative and visual sequence by combining text and images in a unique way.
Start this course by getting to know your teacher, Claudia Rueda. Learn about her career as an author of illustrated books, her most notable projects, and her main sources of inspiration in the visual narrative world.
Through art history and contemporary artwork examples, discover the main features of a picturebook. Claudia teaches the elements involved in creating visual and narrative sequences, the relationship between the protagonist, the scene, and the narrator, as well as the possible dynamics between text and images. To conclude this unit, delve into the creation theory and character specifics.
Next, it’s time to make a start on your book! Create an entire graphic script to begin. Claudia helps you choose the ideal text to use as a starting point for your project. Then, divide the text into a number of pages and start sketching to create the structure.
Illustrate your sketches, add narrative elements, before reviewing your visual and narrative sequences to ensure continuity throughout your project. Then, create your characters and final scenes.
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