Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks
My Children's Stories and the Characters I Designed 2
A course by Kevin Waldron , Illustrator and Children’s Book Author
Joined December 2019
Joined December 2019
About the video: My Children's Stories and the Characters I Designed 2
Overview
“Let me finish going over the characters I have created throughout my career.”
In this video lesson Kevin Waldron addresses the topic: My Children's Stories and the Characters I Designed 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks. Explore your daydreams and tell a story that makes children smile with watercolor animal characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“My children's stories and the characters I designed I seem to operate on a schedule of I write and illustrate a book for myself, and then I take someone else's text. It's not like I'm in control. It depends on what comes along, what offers come up and what publishers approach you. I worked with Michael Rosen twice. This one's called "Chocolate Cake" This is a poem that Michael wrote, it was decades ago at this stage, and he would read it to schools up and down the country in the UK, for years and years. It got a really good reception, and they figured it was time to make it into a children'...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Kevin Waldron
A course by Kevin Waldron
Kevin Waldron is a NYC-based illustrator and author who is dedicated to creating original illustrations for storybooks, animations, and other visual media. He grew up and studied in Dublin before moving to London to complete a Master’s degree at Kingston University.
His first book, Mr. Peek & the Misunderstanding at the Zoo, won the first ever Opera Prima award at the Bologna Book Fair and was recently made into an animated TV series. He has worked with several editorials including Hansol, Saatchi & Saatchi, Templar Publishing, and Penguin Books. His latest work includes t-shirt designs, temporary tattoos, and several storybooks, including a cookbook for dogs and a book that helps detect eye problems in young children.
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