Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books
The Full Spread: Bringing It All Together
A course by Dieter Braun , Illustrator and Author
About the video: The Full Spread: Bringing It All Together
Overview
“Now that we have completed both artworks, we will make them into a double-page spread and add some text to it.”
In this video lesson Dieter Braun addresses the topic: The Full Spread: Bringing It All Together, which is part of the Domestika online course: Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books. Create playful illustrations of animals and wildlife by exploring vectors, textures, and gradients in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Full Spread: Bringing It All Together This is where it all comes together. You see the layout. I usually work with an art director, who does the layout in InDesign. I'm not very good in InDesign, so I won't show it to you, I'll show you the print outs here. Usually I write my text by myself. If you want to read it, you can find it in the additional resources. My art director helps with the font selection and the type setting. This is how a full double page could look like. What we now need is eighteen more pages like this and we'll have a new children's book. In the next unit we'll see ...”
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Course summary for: Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration
Dieter Braun
A course by Dieter Braun
From an early age, Dieter Braun has always had a passion for illustration. He studied Communication Design at the Folkwangschule in Essen. Following his university years, he explored a range of artistic mediums ranging from painting to photography.
Dieter’s main inspiration is wildlife. He has written and illustrated several children’s books on the subject, including Wild Animals of the South, Wild Animals of the North, and Oceans of the World. He has also worked with clients like H&M and WWF. His work has been featured in publications like Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Newsweek, Elle, and Glamour.
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