Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
Presentation
A course by Giovana Medeiros , Illustrator
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“To start, I will talk a little about myself, my career as an illustrator and some of my most remarkable works!”
In this video lesson Giovana Medeiros addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings. Learn how to adapt the illustration of a classic story, from sketch to digital finish.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hello, welcome or welcome to my Domestika course. In this class, I will talk about myself. I am from the south of Santa Catarina in Brazil, my mother is an art teacher. My father is also creative in his own way. He always liked to experiment with wood. I think I grew up in a very stimulated environment. As a teenager, I was always drawing and in high school I took a technical course in Design, where I learned to use drawing programs like Photoshop. At the age of 17 I did my first internship at a Design studio in my city. And it was at that time that I started to share the drawi...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Picturebook, Traditional illustration

Giovana Medeiros
A course by Giovana Medeiros
Graduated in Illustration from the BCFE School in Dublin, Brazilian illustrator Giovana Medeiros combines digital and manual techniques with gouache, watercolor, and collage. Her work is inspired by children's stories and fantasy, everyday scenes, nature, and fashion.
Throughout her career, her work has been seen in magazines, advertising campaigns, games, and as prints. However, the publishing world has always felt most at home. Some of Giovana’s clients include Chronicle Books, Harper & Collins, Cottage Press, Zara, FTD, Itaú, My Taxi, Oxford University Press, Auzou Editions, Hallmark, Usborne, Charlesbridge, and Bloomsbury.
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