Magical Realism for Children’s Illustration
From Big Areas to Small Details 1
A course by Juanita Londoño Gaviria , Children’s Book and Editorial Illustrator
Joined October 2019
Joined October 2019
About the video: From Big Areas to Small Details 1
Overview
“In this lesson using tonal value and color drafts, I'll go from painting the big areas to adding detail. The first thing I do to make the process easier is to identify the bigger elements, so I can stay focused. ”
In this video lesson Juanita Londoño Gaviria addresses the topic: From Big Areas to Small Details 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
“From Big Areas to Small Details Now we understand value and color, we can go from big to small to focus on the big picture. We're gonna mask our big shapes, so we can then add detail and textures, that will define the style of our illustration. Let's begin. Now that we've selected our color draft, I'll duplicate the layer of the sketch and move it to the left, as I always try to keep the final or the last part of my process so far in the left to keep that in mind. We have the lines and now I'm gonna import the color. I've duplicated and merged the file, so I can copy it in one single layer ...”
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Course summary for: Magical Realism for Children’s Illustration
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Category
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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
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.
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