Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook

Overview

“This is the last step of the process. Here I will scan and work on the two spreads digitally, adding color and preparing the files for printing. ”

In this video lesson Catarina Sobral addresses the topic: Digital Post-production, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook. Combine storytelling and illustration techniques to craft a captivating children’s book inspired by the real world.

Partial transcription of the video

“Digital Post-production In this lesson, I will finish both illustrations, the ones that I did in the last two previous lessons, adding color and preparing the files for printing. I will follow the same steps I did on unit three, but instead of finishing everything on Photoshop, this time, I will finish on InDesign because I want to show what's the process to prepare the files for professional offset spot color printing. Almost everything that you see, all the printed materials are printed in CMYK, which is a mixture of four colors. Basically, the printers print in cyan, magenta, yellow, and...”

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Course summary for: Writing and Illustration of a Non-Fiction Picturebook

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (88)
• 2617 students
• 5 units
• 22 lessons (4h 20m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration, Writing

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Creative Writing, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Picturebook, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Writing