Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
Thinking about colors
A course by Giovana Medeiros , Illustrator
About the video: Thinking about colors
Overview
“After choosing one of the compositions for the final project, I will now explain the color possibilities based on the references we have gathered and will do a digital study.”
In this video lesson Giovana Medeiros addresses the topic: Thinking about colors, 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
“Thinking about colors Today we will choose a draft to finish and think about the colors of the final project by doing a color study. I chose the fish illustration. My research was an image that I have not seen many times. At least not at the angle I tried to show. I really liked the contrast of the large leaves with the small characters. These sheets have a really cool geometric shape to work with with flat shape in Photoshop. With my image search, reading the text and my draft process, I already get an idea of the feeling I want to convey with my illustration. But to convey what we want in...”
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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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