Illustration for Children's Book Covers

Overview

“Now I will start with the character design. I will tell you about some techniques that I use when drawing and tips to keep in mind. ”

In this video lesson Manuela Montoya Escobar addresses the topic: Miniature Character Design 1, 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

“Character Design in Miniature Now I’ll show you how to design your character. The first step, which I always do without fail, is look for references for what I’m working on, which is a dog. Even if my reference is something very common, I never pull ideas out of nowhere. Here, for example, I chose some photos where we can see the dog in a three-quarters view. Here's the full body. Here we have a profile and here’s the full body again. I can also see his body in profile here. One technique that I use before I start drawing my character is trying to draw it as realistically as possible becaus...”

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Course summary for: Illustration for Children's Book Covers

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (131)
• 2987 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