Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate
Contextualization and Pedagogical Aspects
A course by Meike Schneider , Character Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Contextualization and Pedagogical Aspects
Overview
“Now I'll talk about the contextualization and pedagogical aspects that should be considered when planning a children's book.”
In this video lesson Meike Schneider addresses the topic: Contextualization and Pedagogical Aspects, 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
“Contextualization and pedagogical aspects This lesson is about contextualizations and pedagogical aspects in your story. A coherent basic concept and an authentic story are important. This means that, for example, the location must be specified. The timing has to be right and the cultural backgrounds must fit the story. With the cultural backgrounds if you for example to illustrate an Islamic book you need to inform yourself properly. For example, the clothes and objects or the architecture in Islamic countries be different from ours. That means you have to implement these things correctly ...”
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Course summary for: Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate
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Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration
Meike Schneider
A course by Meike Schneider
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.
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