Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
Mood board
A course by Giovana Medeiros , Illustrator
About the video: Mood board
Overview
“The time has come to set up a mood board with references of images and inspirations on Pinterest. We will also look at other possible inspirational materials, such as books.”
In this video lesson Giovana Medeiros addresses the topic: Mood board, 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
“Mood board In this class, now that we know the text, we already have an idea of the scenes, let's start by doing an image search that can help or inspire us to create our final illustration. It is important to do both illustration and image research of real things that we will need to draw like plants and animals. It is very important to research how the story was illustrated to think about interpretations and different climates that have already been extracted from the same text. For mood board research, let's use a computer with Pinterest and I have the book from Carson Ellis called "Ké I...”
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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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