Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition
An Introduction to Picture Books
A course by Melissa Castrillón , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: An Introduction to Picture Books
Overview
“First, I will be showing you different types of picture books and how they use their key characteristics to tell their stories better: from books which play with size and shape to books which use colour instead of words to tell their stories. ”
In this video lesson Melissa Castrillón addresses the topic: An Introduction to Picture Books, 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
“In this lesson, I'll be talking about the picture book. I'll be going through the different types of picture books that are available on the market. As well as going through the anatomy of the picture book and the components that make up the physical book. So the first picture book that I'm going to be talking about is a board book. Board books tend to be for children that are under five years old. And they are made out of cardboard, so they're a lot more sturdier than typical picture books. and they tend to have a lot less pages. Because they're made out of cardboard, they're actually very...”
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Course summary for: Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition
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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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