Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques
Get noticed!
A course by Guilherme Karsten , Writer and Illustrator
About the video: Get noticed!
Overview
“The publishing market is full of artists knocking on publishers' doors. In this class I'm going to show you how to get noticed so they come after you.”
In this video lesson Guilherme Karsten addresses the topic: Get noticed!, 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
“Get noticed! The publishing market has many artists knocking on publishers' doors. But I've always believed that if you have a good job and it's easy to find with an online portfolio, email, a website, social media, publishers will come after you. But while they don't come, I suggest you keep producing and follow some of these valuable tips. Search the publishers Research publishers, their audience and style. You need to get the attention of publishers that make books you would like to do. It's no use sending a portfolio full of cute pets for a publisher that publishes horror tales. Pay clo...”
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Course summary for: Children's Picturebooks with Digital Techniques
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration

Guilherme Karsten
A course by Guilherme Karsten
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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