Online Portfolio for Children’s Book Illustrators
Finishing in Procreate 1
A course by Marissa Valdez , Children's Book Author and Illustrator
Joined February 2021
About the video: Finishing in Procreate 1
Overview
“I will show you how to finish off one of the illustrations in Procreate. ”
In this video lesson Marissa Valdez addresses the topic: Finishing in Procreate 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Online Portfolio for Children’s Book Illustrators. Learn the fundamentals of children’s book illustration to create a playful portfolio ready to share with editors and art directors.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Finishing in Procreate In the last lesson, we created our narrative scenes. In this lesson, I'll show you how I finish my illustrations in Procreate. Now that we've created our characters, settings, and narrative scenes, I can show you how I finish in Procreate. The first thing that I do when I create any new Procreate file is take the sketch that I've created with my pencil and computer paper and I take a picture of it. Here we have our Francis-stein character sketch. This is what I'll be finishing today. I like to take pictures of my white computer paper sketches because while I can sca...”
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Course summary for: Online Portfolio for Children’s Book Illustrators
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Editorial Design, Management & Productivity, Narrative, Picturebook, Portfolio Development, Storyboard, Traditional illustration

Marissa Valdez
A course by Marissa Valdez
Marissa is a children’s book author and illustrator based in Houston, Texas. Drawing and illustration have always been present in Marissa’s life, which led her to study animation at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. After her studies, she went on to work as a preschool teacher, an art teacher, and a graphic designer. She later discovered children's illustration and decided to pursue her newfound passion as a career
She has since worked with publishers such as Hachette, Penguin Random House, and Macmillan. Marissa illustrated books like Ambitious Girl, which was on The New York Times bestseller list, as well as the books Hedgehogs Don’t Wear Underwear and Esme’s Birthday Conga Line.
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