Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
Joining drafts
A course by Giovana Medeiros , Illustrator
About the video: Joining drafts
Overview
“In this class, we will unite all the draft studies thinking about our final composition ideas. I'll show you how to take a photo of the separate elements and make a "collage" and then trace it digitally in Procreate or Photoshop.”
In this video lesson Giovana Medeiros addresses the topic: Joining drafts, 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
“Joining drafts In this class, we will work on our final drafts. But now that we draw so many times and we collect information, that part is much easier. What am I going to do now? I'm going to take a picture of these studies that I've done both of the complete composition as well as the more elaborate studies of the characters then put everything together. I like to take pictures for convenience. As this drawing is not super defined, no problem, no need to be exact. If you want, you can work with "scan", you choose. I'll take a picture of the drafts. I'll start with the soup dish. I'll take...”
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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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