Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures

The trim guides

A course by John Joven , Designer and Illustrator

Designer and Illustrator. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined May 2021
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975 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: The trim guides

Overview

“I will indicate the considerations that you must take into account for the space and folds in the final printed product.”

In this video lesson John Joven addresses the topic: The trim guides, 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

“The trim guides Our work in the editorial process is not only limited to consider the space to leave for the text. There are also technical aspects of printing production that we should take care of. I will show you how. As I mentioned before, the final print format of the book will be 8 x 10 inches. This will measure the closed book, so the dimension of the file, which is double page, It should be 16 x 10 inches. An aspect that is overlooked and is very important it is the area of bleeding or cut that should always be left. This area indicated in red is the one available to sharpen the boo...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (50)
  • 975 students
  • 4 units
  • 16 lessons (2h 5m)
  • 10 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

John Joven

John Joven
A course by John Joven

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Designer and Illustrator

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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 Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures. Illustration course by John Joven

Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures

A course by John Joven
Designer and Illustrator. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined May 2021
  • 100% positive reviews (50)
  • 975 students