Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
Thumbnails
A course by Giovana Medeiros , Illustrator
About the video: Thumbnails
Overview
“To open this unit, we will make thumbnails thinking about the possible multiple compositions, based on the scenes noted in the text.”
In this video lesson Giovana Medeiros addresses the topic: Thumbnails, 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
“Thumbnails In this class, we will do thumbnails on the project. Thumbnails are very small drafts that try to synthesize our idea of composition. It is important that these drafts are made loose and spontaneous. When we think about this type of composition, it can be either for the scene itself or for what it wants to represent. Before we start, I would like to show some thumbnails made by artists that I talked about in the influences class. This book here is a book compiling Mary Blair's life's work. It is super inspiring, here we can see examples of thumbnails that she made. If we look at ...”
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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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