Illustrated Children's Books: Create a Unique Story
Materials
A course by Weberson Santiago , Illustrator, Teacher, and Writer
Joined August 2015
About the video: Materials
Overview
“The time has come to present the basic drawing and stationery materials. We will need different colored papers, adhesive tape, scissors, glue, ruler, stylus, some sheets of white paper in A4 and A3 format, pencils and any other drawing and painting materials of your choice.”
In this video lesson Weberson Santiago addresses the topic: Materials, 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
“Materials In this lesson, I'll show you some materials we'll use in this course. You should have at least one sheet of A3 paper, some A4 sheets of paper and some color papers. I also have A4 in primary colors, solid colors, and also some papers with textures that I got from wrapping paper, cutting magazines, we'll cut them up and glue them throughout the course. You should have a ruler. I'm using a 50-centimeter ruler, it can be a bit smaller. Some objects to cut like scissors and a stylus. It's important to have somewhere you can cut the paper. You can use a cutting board or a wood base or...”
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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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