Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate
Book Planning 1
A course by Meike Schneider , Character Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Book Planning 1
Overview
“Here are a few tips for planning the entire book. I will also show you how you can create your story similar to a storyboard in order to adjust things if necessary, save time and be able to show the customer the first drafts.”
In this video lesson Meike Schneider addresses the topic: Book Planning 1, 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
“This lesson is about the topic of page planning. I will show you how to plan your pages and create transitions. Additionally. i'll show you how I created page plan. Like movies. books have a page plan. or storyboard. On the right in the illustration. you can see what it looks like. These are very rough sketches of the pages. giving a basic outline. You do it very roughly because things can be changed and adjusted later. First. you need to figure out which scenes you actually want to illustrate. And maybe you'll decide to choose a different scene while the others. while planning the others. ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate
-
Category
Illustration -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
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.
- 99% positive reviews (196)
- 11,007 students
- 20 lessons (3h 56m)
- 24 additional resources (12 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: German, English, Spanish (Latam), French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software & tools for this course
ProcreateCategory
Areas
