Illustration Techniques for Children’s Books
Sketches
A course by Estelí Meza , Illustrator
About the video: Sketches
Overview
“You already have all three sketches of your character's story. Now it is time to choose the color palette. The next step is to color the sketches to see how the story works in general. These drawings will be very important, because they are your reference for the final project.”
In this video lesson Estelí Meza addresses the topic: Sketches, 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 3 Sketches We already have our chosen sketches, so now we will pass them in a large format. This is important because it will be easier to work and also, I don't know, if you want to put him in a contest, if you want to frame it or something, a large format will help us to work better. Let us begin. I decided that I will select this sketch and now I will have a great time. I will work on a sheet of bond paper. I will pass my sketch here and then I will color it in a very simple way. So I am using a bond sheet, which is a very thin paper. It's also not that important right now use thick...”
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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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