Illustration of the legends of the city Riobamba, as a strategy for strengthening the cultural identity in the child population.

Abstract

Introduction This research corresponds to the third phase of the research project "Illustration of Riobamba legends as a strategy for strengthening identity in the child population of the Riobamba canton.", Objective Which objective to develop illustrations of the legends of the city ​​of Riobamba. For this, a general investigation was carried out which the historical, social and cultural context of each legend was established. Methodology After this, a detailed study of each legend was carried out, which consisted of an investigation in which information was investigated in various sources: a bibliographic investigation in which different versions of the legends of various authors were obtained; a field investigation in which visits were made to the environments where the events are believed to have taken place; Also, interviews were conducted with citizens from the places, and with expert historians of the city who provided precise and detailed data. All information was recorded in technical files, this process was replicated in each of the legends. Results Once the material was obtained, the illustrations were created, starting with the reading and understanding of the legend, later, the fragmentation of the story to establish the visual narrative and the choice of the appropriate narrative elements to tell the story and finally the development of illustrations applying digital illustration techniques. As a result, 6 illustrated legends were obtained.