Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
Applying textures and final details 2
A course by Giovana Medeiros , Illustrator
About the video: Applying textures and final details 2
Overview
“In this second part of the lesson, I will deal with the color and texture of the leaves and flowers.”
In this video lesson Giovana Medeiros addresses the topic: Applying textures and final details 2, 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
“Applying textures and final details I will leave the fish like this for now and I will start working on the leaves. I will hide things that I will not use too. For the leaves, I will see what texture I can use. I'm going to use this one, kind of curved. Almost straight, the first group of leaves. First thing, look what I think, if I'm happy with the edge. I think so, paste my texture. And I play the warp to see how it looks. I will not make a color different from the color I already have to put texture, I think. It's always good to test, of course. I duplicated the texture a little to make ...”
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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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