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Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate

Influences

A course by Meike Schneider , Character Designer and Illustrator

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99% positive reviews (190)

10,635 students

Audio: German

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About the video: Influences

Overview

“Now I'll tell you what inspired and influenced me and my work. Inspiration can also be found in different ways, for example in hobbies, travel and in everyday life. ”

In this video lesson Meike Schneider addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate. Learn the fundamentals of illustrating children's books and create a coherent concept for layout, drawing style, and character design.

Partial transcription of the video

“influences This lesson is about my inspiration and where to get them. My drawing style is influenced by things from my childhood, especially Disney movies I used to watch Movies like "Aladdin" or "Pocahontas", TV series, for example "Sailor Moon" or even video games that I've played. I played Nintendo games like "Mario" and "Zelda" and all these things have also influenced my drawing style. When I watched TV I wanted to draw something like I also wrote and designed my own stories and get inspired by it. Sometimes there are also things that I like or like to do, for example hobbies that insp...”

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Course summary for: Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (190)
10635 students
5 units
20 lessons (3h 56m)
12 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Procreate
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration

Meike Schneider

A course by Meike Schneider

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Character Designer and Illustrator

Meike Schneider is a German illustrator and character designer who regularly works with animation studios, publishing houses, and advertising agencies. She knew she wanted to work in the creative industry from a young age, which led her to study 3D animation and VFX art. Her animation style is inspired by children's shows, Disney movies, and Nintendo games from the '90s. Illustrating children's books is her artistic outlet and allows her to feed her passion for creating characters and stories.

Her portfolio is a showcase for a wide range of projects, from editorial illustrations, character design, and visual development to product design and packaging, 3D scenery and character modeling, and look-development. Her client list includes big names like Adobe, Lidl, Dell, My Best Book, and 3dtotal. In addition to her freelance career, she has experience in education, working as the head of the 3D modeling and character design department and teaching classes at PIXL VISN and SCHOOL OF GAMES in Cologne.