Wildlife Illustration for Children's Books
How It Really Works and Tips
A course by Dieter Braun , Illustrator and Author
About the video: How It Really Works and Tips
Overview
“In this lesson, I would like to talk about how it really works in the illustration business and give you a few tips and suggestions. ”
In this video lesson Dieter Braun addresses the topic: How It Really Works and Tips, 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
“How It Really Works and Tips In this lesson I'd like to talk about how it really works. Actually, it's not that easy to get a book published. Now I'm very happy that my books run good and that I have a publisher for all my ideas, but I had also a lot of back and forth in my career. I've been through ups and downs in my career, as well as everybody in the illustration business. I agree to make changes, this is not the problem, but sometimes clients are really too much into changes and they want me to change everything, not only one or two times. It's like I'm doing it all over again and some...”
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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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