Children's Book Illustration: A story in a moment
Selecting, Scaling, and Detailing
A course by mark hoffmann , Author and illustrator
About the video: Selecting, Scaling, and Detailing
Overview
“At this stage, you will select your final sketch to bring to production. Using the prior throughlines and blocking information, the sketch will be brought to full realization in scale. ”
In this video lesson mark hoffmann addresses the topic: Selecting, Scaling, and Detailing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children's Book Illustration: A story in a moment. Learn how to create children's book illustrations that serve the narrative whilst telling its own tale..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to be talking about selection, scaling, and detailing. We want to bring up our sketch that we did earlier at a larger scale to something that is full scale or bigger. Most of the time when I'm working, I work at roughly about one and a half times the scale of the final production. In this case, this is actually the scale that I'm going to be working at. So I can scan this at 300 DPI and it's going to be the exact same size. So I want to make some indicators on the page that allow me to place everything properly and make sure that it's set up for production when I...”
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Course summary for: Children's Book Illustration: A story in a moment
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Acrylic Painting, Children's Illustration, Colored Pencil Drawing, Drawing, Picturebook, Traditional illustration
mark hoffmann
A course by mark hoffmann
Meet Mark Hoffmann, a talented author, illustrator, painter, and professor, who truly embodies a kid-at-heart spirit. With a career spanning nearly 20 years, Mark has collaborated with esteemed publishers and showcased his goofy and fun illustrations through various avenues. From editorial illustration to animation and gallery work, Mark's passion for storytelling through illustration is evident in his work.
Through his extensive teaching experience, Mark believes in the power of discovery and experimentation. In this course, he aims to emphasize the importance of thinking about each image as a story rather than just a part of one. Mark's hope is to impart his knowledge on how to approach text and ideas, allowing for multiple storytelling paths that captivate readers and enable artists to control the narrative direction.
With a wide range of accomplishments, including working on 13 picture books and winning numerous awards, Mark's artistic journey continues to evolve, making him the perfect mentor to guide you on your picture book illustration adventure.
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