Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate
Defining the Colors and Basic Shapes of the Illustration 1
A course by Meike Schneider , Character Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Defining the Colors and Basic Shapes of the Illustration 1
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn which colors I have chosen for my project and how I define them. I'll also show you how I create the basic forms for my double page spread and what I pay attention to so that we can implement any changes the customer requests later.”
In this video lesson Meike Schneider addresses the topic: Defining the Colors and Basic Shapes of the Illustration 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
“Specify the colors and basic shapes of the illustration In this lesson I will start coloring my picture. I just made an outline sketch I reworked it and created a final version. You can already see here that the lines are now very clear and you can already see in which direction the whole thing should go. First, I need to set the colors. I showed you earlier in the side plan, that I have a color palette created for the Frau Holle world and for the human world. I will use that here. But still I have to look how the colors look distributed in the picture. Maybe one color doesn't go so well af...”
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Course summary for: Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate
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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.
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