Magical Realism for Children’s Illustration

Color Draft 1

A course by Juanita Londoño Gaviria , Children’s Book and Editorial Illustrator

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2,601 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Color Draft 1

Overview

“Already having tonal values established, it's time to play with color.”

In this video lesson Juanita Londoño Gaviria addresses the topic: Color Draft 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Magical Realism for Children’s Illustration. Learn how to illustrate a magical scene for a children’s book by exploring colors and textures with Procreate or Photoshop.

Partial transcription of the video

“Color Draft Now I will teach you about color, which is a fundamental step to creating an illustration. Colors say a lot, so picking them is important. Let's dive in. Just like for your thumbnail and sketch process, in the color stage, you'll need to plan ahead. You wanna make sure that you're choosing the right colors and I'm going to teach you how to do that. This is the color wheel and we're gonna use this to understand color combinations. These are some basic colors and you can make them a lighter, darker, or more saturated version, but we're gonna stick to this color wheel. The first ty...”

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Course summary for: Magical Realism for Children’s Illustration

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (81)
2601 students
4 units
19 lessons (4h 7m)
9 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration

Juanita Londoño Gaviria

A course by Juanita Londoño Gaviria

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Children’s Book and Editorial Illustrator

Juanita is a children’s book, editorial and commercial illustrator from Medellín, Colombia. She began her academic career studying fashion design at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, but after realizing her passion was in illustration, she went on to study animation concept art at the Vancouver Film School. The heart of her work is centered on children’s books, which have inspired her creativity since she was a young girl.

Her work has been recognized internationally, and she has worked with clients such as Target, American Greetings, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Quarto, and Maaji. She is currently represented by Advocate Art Agency, which has allowed her to take part in a variety of unique projects like illustrating the children’s books Health Heroes and The King and the Pearl.