Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate
Adding Effects, Textures, and Details
A course by Meike Schneider , Character Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Adding Effects, Textures, and Details
Overview
“Finally, I'll show you how I give my characters and worlds unique textures. Here I add the last details and also a few effects to finalize my project.”
In this video lesson Meike Schneider addresses the topic: Adding Effects, Textures, and Details, 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
“Add effects, textures and details In this lesson we will add the details and also a bit of textures. I just created the blockout and that's the bottom line I'm at now. We added the plants, the character and the background. Now it's time to add some textures. You can also see that I split the image in the middle. We have two sides and I have the other side saved in another document because we need enough layers. If we illustrate both on one page, we would definitely not have enough layers to split the whole thing properly. First I start add some basic textures. You should be clear about whic...”
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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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