Children’s Illustration: Create Decorative Letters
Digital sketch 2
A course by Julia Christians , Illustrator
About the video: Digital sketch 2
Overview
“Now that we've finished the basic framework for our background, we can get down to adding more details. The best thing to do is to put the paper sketches you made beforehand next to you as a reminder to make drawing easier for you.”
In this video lesson Julia Christians addresses the topic: Digital sketch 2, 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
“Digital sketch So now we have the basic framework for our background ready and I'll add a few more details. Maybe change a few shapes again a bit, but by and large it stays that way. I will z. B. make these bushes a little more detailed. But now I'm just getting started with a new level and a few details. While I am drawing, the paper sketch I made lies next to me - of mushrooms and flowers and leaves I keep looking at myself for inspiration a plant or a mushroom that I am now drawing on here. Just like that as a reminder. I'll start here with a thimble I don't do that in great detail. That...”
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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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