Illustration for Children's Book Covers

Overview

“Try different fonts until you find one that is related to your cover and creates harmony with the image. In this lesson, I'll continue to experiment with the title and share what I've learned about cover fonts.”

In this video lesson Manuela Montoya Escobar addresses the topic: Title and choice of font 2, 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

“Title and Font Selection Now for color, which is the last thing to consider after writing my text out and having it basically set. There has to be enough contrast between the text and background. This is a complementary color to the background. The background is green and this is a very dark, reddish brown, so it improves the legibility. I could change the color. Maybe I’ll choose a warm green to see what happens. With this, it’s maybe not visible enough. I have to work to read the text and we want the text to be immediately legible, so, I’m going to I chose this color. You could even do a ...”

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Course summary for: Illustration for Children's Book Covers

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (131)
• 3031 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