Illustrated Children's Books: Create a Unique Story

Overview

“In this class, I will work on my illustration digitally on a central double page. And, also, I will show you the other finishing options so that you can assemble your book prototype.”

In this video lesson Weberson Santiago addresses the topic: Illustration, 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

“Illustration In this lesson, I'll digitize the illustration we made, the character in its set, representing a double page in our book. You can digitize your image using a traditional scanner. It's recommended to digitize with a resolution of 300 dpi or you can use a camera phone, very simple. You can take the photo from the top. But you need to have good lighting to take the photo. You can just use natural light. Tilt the drawing a bit instead of doing it from the top, you might get a shadow. Find a way of having it tilted and shoot with natural light, it's a great tip. When the image is di...”

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

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (177)
• 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