Análisis del estilo de los cuentos infantiles y propuesta de diseño ilustrado “Primera Constituyente” de la ciudad de Riobamba.

Abstract

The objectice of this investigation was to carry out a previous analysis about the style of children´s stories in order to design an illustrated proposal about one of the beginnings of the city of Riobamba: “The First Constitution”. The purpose was to reach 6-year-old children, students of the “Unidad Educativa Nicanor Larrea”, with the children´s story titled “Ecuador was born in Riobamba”. Different sources such as books, magazines, index cards, internet, among others were consulted. A survey about the daily experience with children was also applied to the teachers of the institution, obtaining this way valuable information for the creation of the children´s story and applying the methodology of Bruce Archer. For this purpose vector and photographic editing software was used. The story was made with the following materials: the cover of the story is a hard cover or lined cardboard and the internal pages are made of satin couche paper of 150 grams. The children´s story has the following characteristics: it has a historical content, the characters are real, it is visually attractive with illustrations based on geometric figures, flat colors were used, the typography is simple and without endings, the colors are suitable, flashy for the age of the children, and educational. 33 second-grade children of the institution were given the finished children´s story, who liked the history, illustrations and text, obtaining this way acceptance and understanding of the story. It is possible to conclude that the stories are part of the development and learning of the children, in addition it is recommended to the teachers to use them as a didactic aid.word