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Professional Children's Book Illustration with Procreate

Defining the Colors and Basic Shapes of the Illustration 2

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: Defining the Colors and Basic Shapes of the Illustration 2

Overview

“Color thumbnails give you a very quick overview of which colors are related to each other and how much space they take up in the image - I will also use these as a reference in the next step. ”

In this video lesson Meike Schneider addresses the topic: Defining the Colors and Basic Shapes of the Illustration 2, 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 I finished my "color thumbnails" and will now use as a reference for the next step. To do this, I bring both to one and the same layer and make them significantly smaller. We'll just put them in the corner and reuse them, to take our colors I can go in here now And pick the color I need right now to set the basic shapes. I go back in, put my outlines on, make them a little brighter so I can see them better and now you just want to create a blocking. That means blocking, because you actually only place all shapes separately on individua...”

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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.