Illustration for Children's Book Covers

Influences

A course by Manuela Montoya Escobar , Illustrator and art director

98% positive reviews (128)

2,899 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Influences

Overview

“In this lesson I'm going to show you some of the different creators that inspire me.”

In this video lesson Manuela Montoya Escobar addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Children's Book Covers . Create a fantasy universe with mixed techniques by developing your own cover, from the initial brief and character design to the final digital edit.

Partial transcription of the video

“Influences In this lesson, I’ll show you my influences. The first influences are illustrators Alice and Martin Provensen. They were married and worked together. This book is called “A Visit to William Blake’s Inn.” What I like about this couple is that their illustrations, from the moment you see them, start to tell you things. Here, for example, we see two children arrive at the inn and you can see that there are two dragons here kneading dough like bakers. It tells us it's a fantasy world. From the moment we enter it, lots of things happen. Here you can also see a room, which is the tiger...”

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Course summary for: Illustration for Children's Book Covers

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (128)
2899 students
4 units
16 lessons (3h 14m)
6 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Painting, Picturebook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Manuela Montoya Escobar

A course by Manuela Montoya Escobar

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Illustrator and art director

Manuela Montoya is an illustrator and art director. He studied advertising graphic communication at the University of Medellín (Colombia), his hometown, and later, he studied a master's degree in art direction at the Elisava school in Barcelona.

Throughout her career in the industry, she has worked in advertising agencies such as DDB and McCANN Worldgroup as a designer and illustrator. He has also illustrated books for publishers such as SM, Cruïlla, Penguin Random House, Usborne and Little Brown, among others.