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Summer School 2017 Summer School 2017 The picture book into two full-im- mersion paths of illustration The courses of Ars in Fabula Summer School are a unique opportunity to know illustration and animation, through the use of both traditional and digital techniques, with two specific paths and with those who are today the protagonists in the international arena. The Summer School Ars in Fabula of- bula Entry-Level and Master, academies and fers two distinguished types of artistic and illustration courses), as deepening and specific professional training courses. improvement. The Basic Design deals with the steps of The courses shall be attended individually or planning a picture book concentrating on in the formula complete path. The certificate individual issues, providing the basis for a pro- issued by the two courses Basic Design and fessional methodology. On the painting techni- Visual Design guarantees the recognition of 5 cal side the training offer includes traditional points of 5 as Specific Education for entran- techniques such as watercolor, acrylic, mixed ce to the Master in Illustration Ars in Fabula. techniques and modern digital contamina- In addition at Ars in Fabula every day is Open- tion. These courses are addressed to all those day! You can request an appointment with the who intend to approach the publishing indu- school tutor for your port-folio rewiev and to stry with professional aspirations, with no li- plan the course of your study or entry to the mits about age and educational qualification. Master. The Visual Design aims to provide students with all the design and methodological tools regarding the text interpretation. The main purpose of these courses is to start a personal research to develop those interpretative skills essential to reach a personal style. Also on the On the cover a picture of Anna Forlati for “Le renard painting technical side, the teachers will guide et l’aviateur”, Èditions Notari our students in a program aimed at developing a personal technique. These courses are desig- ned for those who have already embarked on their own path in the illustration (Ars in Fa- Summer School Ars in Fabula Summer School 10 july / 4 august 2017 Basic design Visual design Stop-motion Stefano Bessoni 10/14 July Character design Visual style by: Marco Somà Carll Cneut 17/21 July 17/21 July Story-board design Visual style by: Simone Rea Pablo Auladell 24/28 July 24/28 July Illustration design Visual style by: Anna Forlati Roger Olmos 31 July/4 August 31 July/4 August Stop motion Stefano Bessoni 10/14 July Stefano Bessoni, film-maker and illustrator, will reveal the secrets of ani- mation, guiding us in the realization of three-dimensional characters up to give them life thanks to the stop-motion technique. This course is also intended for students of past editions with a persolalized program and stage start for the Character design for those attending the entire Basic design module. MODALITY First day: History of of puppets. Deepening of the softwa- the stopmotion technique, with the re to make films in stop-motion, espe- analysis of some of the most important cially Dragonframe (projection of the animators of art films and commercial program interface and analysis of some cinema. Second day: The manufactu- realized animations). Of short shots in re of skeletons, from the simple ones stop-motion. Realization of short shots in braided iron wire to the complex in stop-motion.. ones with ball joints and micro screw adjustments. The various types of ma- TECHNIQUES Stop-motion. Stop- terials for the construction of the pup- motion, also called shooting in step one pets, from modeling to the mold, to or motion animation is a filmmaking replicas in series. The various types of and animation technique. Step one clay, foams, resins and latex (projec- uses a particular software that allows to tion of photographs from the topics). capture one frame at a time, driven by Third day: Design of an articu- the operator / animator. With this pro- lated character to animate. Gui- cess you can then create cartoons with ded manufacturing of skeletons articulated puppets. and puppets: each member can de- sign and set up his own puppet. Fourth day: Guided manufacturing of puppets. Fifth day: guided finalization MATERIALS Special aluminum wire for stop-motion animation, and rub- ber latex (the school will arrange to buy them, then dividing the spending among all members, roughly 15 euros each). Scotch, tissue paper or china paper, iron wire. Modeling white clay Fimo Air Light. Watercolors. Soft foam and medical patch Omnifix (or similar) Various Tools: pliers, scissors, box cut- ters. Various tools for drawing and mo- deling. Laptop computer and a digital camera. Character design This course is dedicated to issues related to the characterization of the cha- racters. Sketching a character that is fitting with the text we face requires special attention to the text. How does the author describe his characters or what emerges from their behavior, their objectives, by their actions? From this analysis we will search, as in a film casting, the protagonists but also the secondary characters, coming then to the graphic synthesis, the stylization that will make of them the right protagonists of our history. Marco Somà 17/21 July MODALITY From the observation of aded eraser, for final sheets (smooth the real to the sketches in pencil until white sheets and tracing papers), wa- the final synthesis of the chosen story. tercolors, watercolor brushes of various We will then pass to the study of pain- sizes, watercolor satin paper brand Ar- ting techniques to get to the final reali- ches or Fabriano Artistico 300 gr., Pc zation of the characters. Photoshop CS4 or later, graphics tablet, collage cards, for example: rice paper, TECHNIQUES Watercolor, pencils, di- textured papers, (for convenience and gital coloring. to save time it is preferable to bring the material already digitized and stored in MATERIALS Paper sketch, pencils or a single folder). micromine of different hardness, kne- Book design Simone Rea 24/28 July The purpose of this course is to acquire a working method for dealing with the most important phase in building a picture book. We will focus, in fact, on the initial themes of the book work: the text analysis and the division of pages, the study of characters and settings up to the creation of storyboards and study of construction techniques. MODALITY The initial work will fo- TECHNICAL acrylic, monotype and cus on the text, with the aim of brin- mixed media, story-board (story-board ging out various interpretations. An is an English term for the graphical re- analysis of the technical characteristics presentation in the form of sequences of the various picture books will follow: designed in chronological order, of the paper, sizes, pages, print sheet, passage shots of a picture book, a comic book from the original to the printing. Great or a cinematographic work ). importance will be given to the practi- cal design phase: the study of the cha- MATERIALS Acrylic, round and flat racters, the settings, the rhythm of the brushes of various sizes (important to pages, up to the creation of storyboard bring at least a large flat brush, measu- which is the real project of the book. ring about 30), adhesive tape, crayons, Knowledge of the storyboard techni- copy paper A3 or A4, glossy paper, ace- que is basic to the illustrator’s work. tate, tissue paper, sandpaper, drypoint , The course will also deal with the expe- smooth paper of basis weight of not less riments on color for the realization of than 320 gr. and max 600 gr. (Ex. Qua- the definitive tables. drex), chalcographic roller medium sized (15 cm. approximately), chalco- graphic water-dilutable ink tube (color of your choice). Illustration design How many times have we found ourselves in the position of not being able to create the image or concept we have in mind? Create an illustra- tion means to plan it. Compositionally knowing how to build the image without losing sight of the narrative but always chasing our intuitions; finally give her expressive force through technical and color choices, this is the main purpose of the course. Anna Forlati 31 July/4 August MODALITY Initial analysis of a selec- TECHNIQUES Acrylic, pastel pencils, tion of books with particular attention oil pastels. to rhythm, structure, and the image-text relationship. Theoretical and practical MATERIALS Scissors, utility knife, glue insights into the structure and rules of sticks, whites and blacks A4 cardbo- the picture book, color, composition, ards, flat and pointed brushes in diffe- the yield of detail and technique. After rent sizes, pencils of different grades. a series of warm-up exercises for crea- Sketch paper, satin paper Fabriano Ar- tive release, a sequence of story-board tistico 300 gr. A fine tip marker. Acrylic will be faced. We will work to the rea- of the following colors: titanium white, lization of one or more tables, thinking gray of Paynes, natural umber. Pastel about how not to lose in the definitive pencils and oil pastels. Modeling paste table the freshness and strength of the Liquitex or or something. Cotton cloth, black and white sketch. fine sandpaper. A drypoint. Visual Carll Cneut style 17/21 July One of the most important sectors of the illustrated publishing is un- doubtedly that of children’s classics. Facing a classic is the first step for those who aspires to become an illustrator. The way to give new life to immortal texts of children’s literature through a reading key and contem- porary style will be the theme of this course conducted by one of the great masters of the field.