Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures
Color choice
A course by John Joven , Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Color choice
Overview
“How do you know if it's the right color? Choosing the right colors is one of the essential parts to carry out your illustration. I will explain how this choice can depend on the mood, the environment, the time of day, etc. ”
In this video lesson John Joven addresses the topic: Color choice, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures. Learn to create illustrations that tell endearing stories by combining the use of analog textures and digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“color choice The choice of color is fundamental, since a well-chosen range provides information and reinforces the idea you want to convey. In this lesson I'm going to show you how I make my color choice. To start thinking about the color of our scene consider the environment you want to define. Color enriches our illustration, conveys information on texture, position, shape, as well as feelings or moods. Pictures will be uploaded from him and they will be a powerful communication tool. The correct choice and combination of the same they will help us to reinforce the message that we want to...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

John Joven
A course by John Joven
John Joven started drawing at a young age and is now a graphic designer by trade and an illustrator at heart. With more than 22 years of experience in the industry, his characters and illustrations have appeared in magazine and newspaper articles, children's books, and animation projects around the world.
Throughout his career, he has created illustrations for children's stories published by major companies like McGraw Hill, Planeta, and Macmillan. He has also designed images for Amazon, Avianca, and National Geographic Channel.
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