Libro ilustrado de la leyenda tradicional esmeraldeña El Duende y La Tunda

Abstract

The objective of the titling work was to elaborate an illustrated book of the traditional Esmeraldeña legend "El Duende y La Tunda"; to strengthen the cultural identity of children and young people. Therefore, it used drafts with pencil strokes to help precise digitizing, illustrations based on comic style with exaggerated features to give dark appearances. The research allowed interviews with resourceful people about legends and the collection of bibliographic information from various authors, it was possible to study the past events to specify each of the ideas put forward in a way that allows the reader a good understanding of the book. The design process developed under Guillermo Gonzáles's methodology is composed of six stages, character sheets prepared with their respective features described in the dashes; the illustrations about characters and their scenes reflected in the sketch were originally digitized in Photoshop 2020 software. Its editing tools allowed to highlight and define the features of the lines and pronounced shadows following the style that was wanted to achieve with a dark and solitary chromatic, referring to the iconographic aesthetics of Tim Burton in the illustrations. It concluded that the design of the traditional Esmeraldeña legend book "El Duende y La Tunda" whose illustrations are close to fantasy, encourages reading because the visual and textual content focuses on rescuing Afro- Ecuadorian culture and is a basis for children and young people to learn about traditional legends. Finally, it recommends that schools strengthen learning through illustrated books that help develop creativity and that this project is a reference to promote the cultures of our country.