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Illustrating Story: The fundamentals of Visual Storytelling
Illustrating Story: The fundamentals of Visual Storytelling
What you’ll learn
- How to tell a story within an illustration
- Creating clear, readable concepts that instantly communicate your intent
- Using character performance to enhance narrative and emotion
- The role of symbolism in visual storytelling
- How colour, lighting, and composition support the story you’re telling
- Live critique and feedback on your assignment (limited seats available)
Learn the Secrets of Visual Storytelling
Drawing on his experience creating characters and illustrations for clients including Disney Lorcana, BBC, Sesame Workshop, and Nick Jr., Kenneth will break down how to communicate a clear idea and narrative through a single image. Covering essential storytelling principles such as character performance, symbolism, colour, and composition, you’ll learn how to create illustrations that instantly capture attention and tell a compelling story.
It’s time to create illustrations that tell unforgettable stories!
Workshop Structure
Date and Time: Saturday, July 18th 2026, 1:00pm GMT - 8:00pm GMT
Gold Ticket & Silver Ticket: What You’ll Get
Requirements
To attend this workshop, you should have solid drawing skills and a basic grasp of art fundamentals. Basic proficiency with digital art software (such as Photoshop, Procreate or Clip Studio Paint) is also essential.
Meet your mentor
Kenneth is a character designer, illustrator and vis dev artist based in Scotland. Drawing on his background in traditional animation, his current artistic focus is on visual storytelling through characters, their performances, and the worlds they inhabit. His work spans a variety of creative fields, from books and magazine illustration to board games and children's television animation. He has created characters for the BBC, Sesame Workshop, Nick Jr. and more, and he has illustrated for Disney Lorcana and beyond. He loves to draw kids going on adventures, encountering monsters, creatures and the occasional pirate.
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