Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“The story is your starting point. You will create a mind map to brainstorm your ideas, select and combine all the elements discussed in the previous lesson and reinterpret them through color, shapes and textures so you can represent them visually through a mood board. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art. Explore sketchbook techniques for creating characters, settings, and narratives in children's book illustrations.

Partial transcription of the video

“The Story Now we're going to decide what story we want to tell. It can be about anything. It can be personal or it can be an existing story or theme you want to illustrate in your own way. I usually pick things I remember fondly from my childhood, like the time spent on my grandpa's farm with my cousin or visiting my father's hometown. I also really enjoy stories about strong women... Elsa Schiaparelli Frida Kahlo Virginia Woolf or myths and legends that tell stories about my country. "El Guando" "El Silbón" "El Sombrerón" Anything that allows me to include elements of magic and play with r...”

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Course summary for: Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

• Level: Beginner
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• 1476 students
• 7 units
• 98 lessons (18h 23m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Gouache Painting, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration