Worldbuilding for Picture Books: From Concept Sketch to Narrative Universe
WorkshopKristin Garanchon
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This workshop explores how writers and illustrators create believable, imaginative worlds through visual and narrative design. Designing a mini world through drawing and writing exercises, participants will learn how geography, culture, and everyday details inform worldbuilding in children’s literature and visual storytelling, and how to translate imagination into structured, communicable form. Explore world-mapping and using everyday objects as story engines, and walk away with a one-page world-bible for your next story.
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Kristin Garanchon (Philippines)
Kristin Garanchon is a children’s book illustrator, visual artist, and college professor based in Quezon City, Philippines. Her work explores storytelling, cultural identity, and emotion through expressive, character-driven illustrations. She has collaborated with major Philippine publishers, including Phoenix Publishing, NCC, and Vibal Publishing, with one of her illustrated books featured at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025, where the Philippines is Guest of Honour. As an educator at CIIT College of Arts and Technology, she mentors young artists in visual storytelling and design. Kristin continues to bridge art and education, creating works that inspire imagination and celebrate Filipino narratives.
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