Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
Creating gouache texture
A course by Giovana Medeiros , Illustrator
About the video: Creating gouache texture
Overview
“Here, I will explain how to create manual textures by making various brush strokes with gouache and then scan them and see how to treat them in Photoshop. This whole process will serve us so that, in files, the textures are separate from the background and are easy to edit.”
In this video lesson Giovana Medeiros addresses the topic: Creating gouache texture, 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
“Creating gouache texture In this lesson, we will create our gouache texture then scan and edit in Photoshop for us to apply to our final illustration. These textures will not only give a manual touch for your digital illustration, but it will also be a personalized touch. We can search for images on the internet, but it is much more interesting to make our own. And that’s when we’re going to use a lot of materials that we presented in unit two of that course. You will need brushes, paper, a glass of water, cloth, and a container to put paint on. As I explained, you can use school gouache fo...”
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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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