Illustrated Children's Books: Create a Unique Story
Elements of design 2
A course by Weberson Santiago , Illustrator, Teacher, and Writer
Joined August 2015
About the video: Elements of design 2
Overview
“In this second part of the lesson, I will continue to explain the elements of the design, but this time with a focus on COLOR and TYPOGRAPHY.”
In this video lesson Weberson Santiago addresses the topic: Elements of design 2, 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
“Drawing Elements 2 In this lesson, we'll see visual elements a bit more. Let's get into typography and color, let's get to it. LETTERS Letters are also drawings, we draw letters. Let's separate them into three types, typography, calligraphy, and lettering. Typography are drawings of standardized letters, those fonts in typographic families that we use digitally and sometimes graphically. The origin of the word comes from "typos", which means impression, this comes from Gutenberg, the father of printing. I'll leave more information about him under Additional Resources. Calligraphy is the dra...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Children's Books: Create a Unique Story
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration

Weberson Santiago
A course by Weberson Santiago
Weberson Santiago knows how to combine the beauty of images with the power of words to create one-of-a-kind artwork. Weberson is a Brazilian illustrator, teacher, and writer who has published more than ten children's books and has created illustrations for major publications in his country, including Veja magazine and the newspaper Folha de São Paulo.
His illustrations have been showcased in exhibits throughout Latin America and have been featured in board games in Brazil, the United States, Asia, and Europe, where he currently lives. He also teaches courses at the School of Technology, Innovation, and Creation in Lisbon.
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