Editorial Illustration of Characters in Gouache
Transferring our sketch to paper
A course by Julia Bereciartu , Illustrator
About the video: Transferring our sketch to paper
Overview
“The next thing we have to do is trace the final sketch to the paper on which we are going to paint the illustration. In this lesson I will also tell you about a very useful trick that I use when working in large formats.”
In this video lesson Julia Bereciartu addresses the topic: Transferring our sketch to paper, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Illustration of Characters in Gouache. Learn how to create an editorial illustration full of life and texture using gouache paint, from the initial planning to getting it printed .
Partial transcription of the video
“Transferring our sketch to paper The last step you'll take before painting your final project It will be tracing your sketch to the watercolor paper. In this lesson I will give you a great trick so you can print large size sketches without having an A3 size printer. If you will work your final sketch on paper, you can skip this part because you won't need it. You just have to take it and stick it behind your watercolor paper. But if you worked it like me, in Procreate or Photoshop, you will have to export a PDF. One of the problems that I face is that at home I have a normal A4 size printer...”
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Course summary for: Editorial Illustration of Characters in Gouache
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Traditional illustration

Julia Bereciartu
A course by Julia Bereciartu
Julia Bereciartu is an illustrator from San Sebastián, Spain, who now lives in Madrid. She specializes in editorial illustration creating artwork for both book covers and picturebooks. She has also done work in advertising and merchandising as well as for toys.
Over the course of her career, she has had the opportunity to work with publishing companies from the United State and United Kingdom, such as Quarto Books, Bloomsbury, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Penguin Kids, Abrams, Simon & Schuster, and Little Brown, as well as companies like Google, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon. She has also done illustrations for the publishing companies Alfaguara, SM, and Astronave in Spain.
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