Illustration Techniques for Children’s Books
Draw and play
A course by Estelí Meza , Illustrator
About the video: Draw and play
Overview
“After choosing a notebook, you will now do a couple of drawing exercises to release your hand, develop and create different characters. Do not worry. They are fun exercises and you can do them whenever you want, in addition to always working very well.”
In this video lesson Estelí Meza addresses the topic: Draw and play, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration Techniques for Children’s Books. Learn the process of telling a story through a sequence of illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“Unit 2 Drawing and playing After choosing a notebook, we will now draw. We will do a couple of playful exercises that will help us to let go of the hand. The idea is to have a great time and have fun, and through these exercises we will find our character with whom we will work throughout the course. The first exercise that we will do is to draw with the hand that we never draw. If you are left-handed, you will draw with the right, and if you are right-handed, with the left. The idea is to let go. Sure it will be super crazy, but it does not matter, that is the objective, And also, what I w...”
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Course summary for: Illustration Techniques for Children’s Books
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Paper Craft, Traditional illustration
Estelí Meza
A course by Estelí Meza
Estelí Meza is a Mexican illustrator specialized in children’s books, who also works with magazines and creates book covers for imprints in Mexico, Spain, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates.
Since 2007 she has dedicated 100% of her professional life to illustration. She is the author of three illustrated books: Lino Felino, Angustia, and El Príncipe Valiente tiene miedo. Her main clients include editorials such as Scholastic, Anaya, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Kalimat, Penguin Random House, among others, and she has worked with other clients such as Google.
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