Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition
About Me
A course by Melissa Castrillón , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To begin, I will tell you about myself, the work I create—from books to beer cans—as well as my journey from student to full-time illustrator. ”
In this video lesson Melissa Castrillón addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition. Develop eye-catching illustrations for picturebooks by using harmonious structures and a consistent color palette while experimenting with textures and media.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, my name is Melissa Castrillón. I'm an illustrator and designer from the UK. In this lesson you'll learn about me, my work, and my journey from student to full time illustrator. I predominantly work on picture books for children, but I also work on other projects such as stationery, cards, toys, and even very occasionally beer cans. I have a deep love for colour and design, and I love to inject it in all of my work, especially my books so that they stand out on the bookshelves. My illustrating and my drawing started when I was a child. I was really lucky to grow up in a creative...”
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Course summary for: Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Color Theory, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Picturebook, Traditional illustration
Melissa Castrillón
A course by Melissa Castrillón
Melissa Castrillón is a freelance illustrator and designer with a mix of English and Colombian roots. Growing up in a creative family, she knew from the age of five that she wanted to draw for a living. While studying an MA in children’s book illustration at the Anglia Ruskin University, she discovered screen printing, and with it, a new way to approach her artwork, focusing on color and composition.
Melissa has illustrated over 25 book covers and more than ten picturebooks, collaborating with publishers like Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Bloomsbury, and Scholastic. She has also written three of her own, Mighty Min, The Balcony and Can You Keep a Secret?, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. In 2019, she was awarded the Gold medal by the Society of Illustrators in New York for The Balcony. That same year, she was asked to redesign the covers for Philip Pullman’s popular trilogy His Dark Materials.
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