Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
Influences
A course by Giovana Medeiros , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Here I will show and talk a little about my biggest influences and inspirations, both the oldest and the most recent.”
In this video lesson Giovana Medeiros addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“Influences In this class, I will tell you my main influences. I prepared a document with artists that I would like to mention, let's see. Mary Blair was one of my greatest influences in illustration. She created concept art for Disney features, like "Alice in Wonderland", "Peter Pan" and "Cinderella". She works with flat shapes and marked gouache thickness. I really like how she uses these brush strokes to give more movement to the drawing. This is what I try to bring a lot to digital work. She was an influence for me in that sense how to use these shapes and textures to add more informatio...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
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Category
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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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