Book Cover Illustration: Unraveling the Essence of a Story
Assembly in Photoshop
A course by Silja Goetz , Illustrator
About the video: Assembly in Photoshop
Overview
“After scanning, the drawings are assembled in Photoshop in a good resolution and on separate layers. I apply a textured layer to make my piece more atmospheric.”
In this video lesson Silja Goetz addresses the topic: Assembly in Photoshop, which is part of the Domestika online course: Book Cover Illustration: Unraveling the Essence of a Story. Learn the secrets of conceptual illustration to create an eye-catching book cover using analog and digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Assembly in Photoshop So much for the analog part. Now it's time to take everything into the digital realm. I scan everything on a very run of the mill scanner, nothing special. I scan it in black and white for this kind of illustration and I aim for a good resolution, let's say 500 dots per inch in the original size, that's enough. And if you use a camera phone or something else to scan, just aim for the best resolution possible. So now I have everything in my computer. Let me show you what I do now in Photoshop. So I'll show you my method of assembly in Photoshop. And first, I'll open a t...”
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Course summary for: Book Cover Illustration: Unraveling the Essence of a Story
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Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Silja Goetz
A course by Silja Goetz
Silja has always loved to draw, and with the encouragement of her parents, she kept it up and decided early on that she wanted to become an illustrator. She studied Communication Design in Nüremberg while working as an illustrator for a magazine about animals for children, along with some work for magazines like Elle and Cosmopolitan.
Silja worked as a layout designer for Allegra Magazine (Germany) for over two years, where she learned to see illustration from an art director’s perspective. After deciding she wanted to create illustrations instead of working with the work of others, she took a leap of faith and moved to Spain, where she started working as a freelance illustrator.
She has worked with press clients like The New Yorker, Elle, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Die Zeit, Outdoor magazine, and more, as well as on advertising projects for clients like Estrella Damm. Her book cover illustrations adorn the books of publishers like Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Gräfe und Unzer, and Doubleday.
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