Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings

Drawing in Photoshop

A course by Giovana Medeiros , Illustrator

Illustrator. Lisbon, Portugal.
Joined February 2020
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1,765 students
Audio: Portuguese
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About the video: Drawing in Photoshop

Overview

“In this lesson, you will see how I import the sketch into Photoshop and draw the base layers, creating some texture on the edges and fills, but without adding internal details.”

In this video lesson Giovana Medeiros addresses the topic: Drawing in Photoshop, 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

“Drawing in Photoshop In this lesson, we’re finally going to work on Photoshop and start using it to color the final illustration. At this stage, we need to import the draft with the color study that we did for Photoshop. As I worked on the iPad, I used AirDrop, after importing our draft I created a new file with the desired size and resolution. The recommended print resolution is 300 DPI, but I like to work with a little more in case you need to change the dimension of some objects of my illustration and still maintain the quality, let's see. So in my Procreate file for the line and one for...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (100)
  • 1765 students
  • 5 units
  • 18 lessons (3h 31m)
  • 14 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Areas

    Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Picturebook, Traditional illustration

Giovana Medeiros

Giovana Medeiros
A course by Giovana Medeiros

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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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Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings. Illustration course by Giovana Medeiros

Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings

A course by Giovana Medeiros
Illustrator. Lisbon, Portugal.
Joined February 2020
  • 100% positive reviews (100)
  • 1,765 students