Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques

Color palette

A course by Guilherme Karsten , Writer and Illustrator

Writer and Illustrator. Blumenau, Brazil.
Joined July 2020
100% positive reviews (93)
1,395 students
Audio: Portuguese
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About the video: Color palette

Overview

“Colors bring life to life and it's time to bring the drawings to life. In this class, I will define which colors I will use in the illustrations. ”

In this video lesson Guilherme Karsten addresses the topic: Color palette, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques. Discover the techniques and digital tools to create unique visual narratives by composing an illustrated album that evokes the curiosity of young readers.

Partial transcription of the video

“Color palette Colors give life. It's time for us to bring our project to life. Now let's define the colors we'll use in our illustrations. Here we go? Colors set the mood of our story. They show if the story will be more fun or a sadder story. Colors have this function. I want to show you how I chose the color palette for some of my books. Then I will go through the color research process. I'll start with the book "Aaahhh!". This is a book that works only with solid colors, or plain colors. I don't have gradients or gradients. The points I have here are more solid. Let's go through the page...”

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Course summary for: Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (93)
  • 1395 students
  • 4 units
  • 17 lessons (2h 4m)
  • 9 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

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

Guilherme Karsten

Guilherme Karsten
A course by Guilherme Karsten

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Writer and Illustrator

Writer and illustrator Guilherme Karsten produces all his pieces digitally from start to finish. For an illustration to be compelling, he believes it must contain a creatively bold message that ignites something deep within in the reader.

He received his degree in Publicity and Advertising with a major in Graphic Design and has published five works and illustrated over thirty books for other authors. He was awarded the esteemed Golden Plaque (Slovakia) and the Golden Pinwheel (China) and is also a two-time finalist for the Jabuti Award, the most prestigious Brazilian editorial prize there is.


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Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques. Illustration course by Guilherme Karsten

Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques

A course by Guilherme Karsten
Writer and Illustrator. Blumenau, Brazil.
Joined July 2020
  • 100% positive reviews (93)
  • 1,395 students