Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks

Final Thoughts

A course by Kevin Waldron , Illustrator and Children’s Book Author

Illustrator and Children’s Book Author. Nueva York, United States.
Joined December 2019
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3,312 students
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About the video: Final Thoughts

Overview

“In this lesson, I will give you a few tips on how to continue working on your story as well as some advice on how to approach publishers. ”

In this video lesson Kevin Waldron addresses the topic: Final Thoughts, 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

“Final thoughts So, now you have a final, full colour illustrated piece and you'll have a couple of colour vignettes that you worked up from your notebook. And you'll have quite a few ideas scribbled down in your sketchbooks, which is a good foundation, a good start. I find it really, really helps with my motivation when I've been drawing in sketchbooks and coming up with ideas to go ahead and make a finished piece of art. You can see what it looks like, you wanna keep going, and it's there, it exists, you can move on to the next piece. It's also really good to have. The name of the game is ...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (137)
  • 3312 students
  • 4 units
  • 22 lessons (4h 29m)
  • 5 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Areas

    Children's Illustration, Drawing, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Kevin Waldron

Kevin Waldron
A course by Kevin Waldron

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Illustrator and Children’s Book Author

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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Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks. Illustration course by Kevin Waldron

Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks

A course by Kevin Waldron
Illustrator and Children’s Book Author. Nueva York, United States.
Joined December 2019
  • 99% positive reviews (137)
  • 3,312 students