Children’s Illustration: Create Decorative Letters
Let's get started
A course by Julia Christians , Illustrator
About the video: Let's get started
Overview
“Here I explain to you what we will do in the course and what you will need for your project. Then I'll give you some ideas and options on how to approach your illustrated letters.”
In this video lesson Julia Christians addresses the topic: Let's get started, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Illustration: Create Decorative Letters. Learn how to combine typography and illustration to create a playful composition for children with analog and digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Let's get started In this course you will learn how to combine drawings and letters to create an illustration with many possible uses. I'll show you how to develop a concept and work with references, to create a unique look with these. You will learn important rules how to keep typography and illustration in balance. The challenge in this project is to in the limited form that the letter specifies, to create a world and create a composition. I mainly work in the children's book area. What you will learn in this course you can use it in different industries, for example in the editorial or f...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Illustration: Create Decorative Letters
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Lettering, Narrative
Julia Christians
A course by Julia Christians
Since she was a child, Julia Christians has been a creative type interested in stand-alone comics, typography, and fanzines. She later went on to create her own website to showcase her digital illustrations. After completing her studies, she started work as a freelance graphic and web designer, and although her art became nothing more than a hobby, she never stopped dreaming of becoming a children's illustrator. With the help of some online courses, she managed to develop her personal style and put together a portfolio, which she presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair where she landed her first commission.
Julia's style can be described as fun, cheerful, entertaining, and full of personality. Her main sources of inspiration come from illustration, graphic design, typography, and interior design. She currently has a packed schedule and is represented by two different agencies, one German and the other international.
Julia has collaborated with publishers both within Germany and throughout the rest of the world including Oxford University Press, Nosy Crow, Verlagsgruppe Oetinger, Random House, Carlsen, Porsche, Rowohlt, HarperCollins, Magellan, and Coppenrath.
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