Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration
Some Notes on Color
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: Some Notes on Color
Overview
“In this lesson, I will limit the colors in your final illustration to four colors: black, white, and two grey tones. Working with this limited tone palette will teach you to focus on the tonal contrasts within an illustration. ”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: Some Notes on Color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration. Inspire young minds by learning how to create magical illustrations for children’s publications with digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Some Notes on Color Before I start on my illustration, I want to talk to you about color. Color has different properties, and knowing how to use them and combine them will help you be a better artist. Let me explain. Color has three properties. These are hue, saturation, and value. Hue is what we normally think of as color. It is the difference between blue, green, red, et cetera. Saturation speaks to the intensity and purity of a color. The higher the saturation of a color, the more vivid it is. The lower the saturation, the closer it is to a pure gray. Value is how dark a color is. Ever...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration
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Character Design, Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration
Jimena S. Sarquiz
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz
Jimena S. Sarquiz is a freelance illustrator specializing in the illustration of books for children and young people. During her career, she has had the opportunity to illustrate books for different publishers in Mexico, the United States, and Europe, as well as different magazines from Editorial Televisa (Mexico). In 2010, she illustrated her first children's book. Since then, she has illustrated ten more, mostly for publishers in Mexico.
Jimena is an active participant in comic events and design fairs, where she sells her illustrations. Her work can be found on social media under the name Monitos Bonitos.
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