

LEARN BEATRICE BLUE'S ILLUSTRATION AND STORYTELLING WORKFLOW
APRIL 6 - 7, 2019
ILLUSTRATION
& VISUAL
STORYTELLING
WORKSHOP
THE TEACHER
Freelance visual development artist and Illustrator for Nickelodeon, Huion, DreamworksTV and more...
Beatrice Blue is a freelance visual development artist and Illustrator who loves to travel and explore. She has worked for Nickelodeon, Huion, DreamworksTV, Sauvage - Procreate-, 3D total, Lightbox Animation, Literatura SM, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Harper Collins, Lonely Planet and Quarto books among others...
During the course of this workshop, we will work on a full illustration, following a step by step process that works on either digital or traditional painting. We will focus on how to tell a visual story and the ways and techniques to approach that. We will explore and test textures and different media, and talk a lot about color.


PROGRAM
DAY 1
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How to get our ideas, and how to translate them into what we want
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Workflow
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The importance of sketching and making thumbnails
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Shapes and silhouettes and how they can affect our narrative
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Narrative and composition
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Color and form
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Storytelling
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Characters: Interaction, personality, stance. The importance of color and form in a
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We´ll read 1 short story if there´s tim.

DAY 2
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Choosing colors.
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Exploring textures.
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Testing different materials.
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Lighting.
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Portfolio Reviews
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Post production and editing.
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We´ll read 1 short story if there´s time.


COST AND SCHEDULE
Cost: € 250,00 VAT included. For more info visit the FAQ page
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Time Schedule:
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Saturday 10:00–13:00 14:00–19:00
Sunday 10:00–13:00 14:00–19:00
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Course language: English
Availability: 20 people
Required tools: notebook with graphic tablet, photoshop (or equivalent software). Pencil colors, markers (Copic, Promarkers or equivalent) or watercolors. Sketching material (sketch book, pencils, pens...)
OR An iPad pro running procreate or similar software, and the apple pencil.
General requirements: N/A
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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HOW TO ENROLL
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Courses can be booked:
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The booking is not binding and it turns into a real enrollment only after paying the enrollment fee. In case of payment through bank transfer, students have to send the TRN code via email to info@idea-academy.it
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