Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration
Adding Color to Black and White Images
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: Adding Color to Black and White Images
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show a couple of ways to add color to a black and white image. You will learn to use different Procreate tools such as alpha locking, gradient maps and call and edit the quick menu.”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: Adding Color to Black and White Images, 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
“ Adding Color to Black and White Images Like I mentioned at the end of the last lesson, I could actually consider this a finished illustration, but what if you want to add color to a black and white illustration? The methods I'll show you are just a couple of the ones you can use. It's important that you explore the different ways you can achieve things so you can find the best options that work for your own workflow. Now, let's dive into coloring this image. The first thing I'm going to do is get rid of the layers I don't need anymore. If you still want to keep them in your file, you coul...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration
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Category
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Software
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Areas
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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