Illustration for Children’s Books: Creating a Joyful Universe
Juggling Ideas and Moving Forward
A course by Maddy Vian , Freelance Illustrator
About the video: Juggling Ideas and Moving Forward
Overview
“In this lesson, we will continue to develop our ideas.”
In this video lesson Maddy Vian addresses the topic: Juggling Ideas and Moving Forward, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Children’s Books: Creating a Joyful Universe. Learn to illustrate an original story by combining digital and traditional illustration tools to create friendly characters and bold scenes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Juggling Ideas and Moving Forward In this lesson, we're going to continue to develop our ideas. So far, we've questioned lots of different elements. We've done our research, which means we have a far better impression of the kind of work we'd like to make. We've looked into the kinds of clothes kids wear, and then we've looked at how they might feel and think in the environment that we make for them. What if you're suddenly bursting with all these ideas and don't know where to start. For me, it's about balancing my portfolio. You don't need to put all these ideas into one single image. You ...”
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Course summary for: Illustration for Children’s Books: Creating a Joyful Universe
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Narrative, Picturebook, Sketching, Traditional illustration
Maddy Vian
A course by Maddy Vian
Maddy Vian is a UK-based freelance illustrator who immersed herself in drawing at a very young age. She was experimenting with drawing before she could even write, and eventually went on to study illustration and animation at Kingston University in London. There, she began sharing her work online and, after building a professional network of clients, took her freelance career full-time.
Maddy has worked on everything from art direction to packaging design and now specializes in illustrations for children’s books, where she focuses on bringing kindness to her creations to convey warmth and comfort to her readers. She has worked for brands including Penguin Random House, Ohh Deer, and Twitter UK.
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