Introduction to Picturebook Creation
Export your work for printing
A course by Ricard López Iglesias , Painter and illustrator
About the video: Export your work for printing
Overview
“In this lesson we will analyze the different types of formats with which an image can be exported from Photoshop and we will learn to export it in the form that best suits the final use of our illustration (personal printing, editorial printing, etc.). This way we will always guarantee the optimum quality in our work.”
In this video lesson Ricard López Iglesias addresses the topic: Export your work for printing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Picturebook Creation. Learn how to combine illustration with text to create unique stories by applying manual and digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. we'll explore exporting our work in various formats based on its intended use. Let's begin opening our completed file. Let's do it. The first thing we do is open our file where the illustration is complete. As you can see. opening the file is taking quite some time because it's quite large. The file size is 800 megabytes. which is almost equivalent to a gigabyte. We'll start by flattening it to reduce its weight. making it easier to manage. The text will be removed. it won't appear in our illustration. since text is added later. Removed. as it won't be visible in our illustr...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Picturebook Creation
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Traditional illustration

Ricard López Iglesias
A course by Ricard López Iglesias
Ricard—aka Ricardilus—López’s passion for drawing started when he was three years old, always surrounded by pencils, paints, and sketchbooks, although his vocational calling for illustration started at the age of sixteen when he began his art studies.
He started with Fine Art studies for one year, which he later changed for Higher Level studies in Animation and 3D at EASD Pau Gargallo, in Barcelona, Spain, as he always loved the idea of bringing his drawings to life. During that time, he also took several illustration courses and completed his studies with a short animated film (La Folie), for which he was selected and rewarded by many renowned competitions. He then studied Graphic Arts at the Escuela Joso in Barcelona and graduated in 2017. Currently, he devotes all his professional energy into illustration, alternating many different types of projects that all relate to art in some shape or form.
His illustrations are usually based on the female figure, although he strongly believes that a good illustrator should never stay within a particular style, and is always looking for new areas and techniques to learn and include in his work. This has secured a long list of major clients for Ricard, including Penguin Random House, Planeta, TSL Jewellery (Hong Kong), Joyería Suárez, SofarSounds, or the National Art Museum of Cataluña (MNAC), in Barcelona, Spain.
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