Illustrated Children's Books: Create a Unique Story

Overview

“Now that you know a little about me, I will present some of my references. The period when I worked in a newsstand was decisive for me, because I had contact with three magazines that influenced and still influence me until today. Follow the video!”

In this video lesson Weberson Santiago addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Children's Books: Create a Unique Story. Learn composition techniques for illustrating a story from first idea to final prototype.

Partial transcription of the video

“Influences In this lesson, I'll show a few of my influences. I worked at a newsstand when I was 11. I spent my days reading, and magazines influenced me a lot. One of them was called "Heavy Metal". "Heavy Metal" was a magazine published in Brazil and that's where I first saw a variety of illustrators very different from those I saw in Marvel or DC comic books, all of that. Each one had a lot of personality, it was very different from what I was used to. Some artists changed the way I saw things. One of them was Simon Bisley, he had a very visceral and aggressive line, but very delicate in t...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Children's Books: Create a Unique Story

• Level: Beginner
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• 4470 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 45m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

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