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Digital Illustration for Children’s Stories

A course by Teresa Martínez , Illustrator

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Learn to tell stories with illustrations created in Photoshop

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Learn to tell stories with illustrations created in Photoshop

A course by Teresa Martínez

Ever wanted to weave stories through your illustrations? Teresa Martínez, a children's illustrator with over 15 years of experience, has had her work published by international publishers such as SM, Editorial Castillo, and Macmillan, and truly believes that the illustrator is the second narrator in any story. Her work involves retelling a story, complementing the text, and enriching it through the imagery.

In this course, she teaches you how to illustrate a children's story digitally, creating beautifully compelling images for children and young people, using the tools available in Photoshop.

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What will you learn in this online course?

16 lessons & 9 downloads

Interpreting the text

7 minutes, 28 seconds

Storyboard

17 minutes, 4 seconds

Composition of a scene

16 minutes, 20 seconds

Study of values

6 minutes, 14 seconds

Work area I

12 minutes, 43 seconds

Painting I

16 minutes, 37 seconds

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English, Spanish

• 99% positive reviews (887)
• 15777 students
• 16 lessons (2h 59m)
• 9 additional resources (5 files)
• Online and at your own pace

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• Audio: English, Spanish
• Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
• Level: Beginner
• Unlimited access forever

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Recommended software for this course

• Adobe Photoshop

What is this course's project?

Using Photoshop as the main tool, create an illustration based on a text to serve as the cover of a story. Work on a storyboard to present your project to a publisher.

Projects by course students

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Who is this online course for?

Illustrators, designers, and anyone interested in delving into the world of digital illustration and learning to enrich children's texts with images.

Requirements and materials

You need basic knowledge of drawing and Photoshop to take this course.
As for materials, you need paper and a pencil for sketching, a computer with Photoshop, and a tablet to work freehand.

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Teresa Martínez

A course by Teresa Martínez

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Teresa started out in illustration at a young age, publishing comics independently as well as in a local daily newspaper. She later studied to be a graphic designer but never stopped incorporating illustrations into her projects. In 2002 she started working in the publishing industry and had her work published with clients like Richmond, Editorial SM, Castillo, Edebé, Alfaguara, and CONACULTA.

More than 25 years' experience in the field of illustration has opened doors for Teresa in the audiovisual world, seeing her illustrations come alive in the short Imaginantes as well as internationally. Some of her pieces, including Swan Lake, Fábulas Mexicanas, Arthur and the Sword in the Stone, and Fantastic Body, have been published in England, France, Spain, Brazil, and the United States.

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