Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“In this lesson using tonal value and color drafts, I'll go from painting the big areas to adding detail. The first thing I do to make the process easier is to identify the bigger elements, so I can stay focused. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: From Big Areas to Small Details 1, 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

“From Big Areas to Small Details Now we understand value and color, we can go from big to small to focus on the big picture. We're gonna mask our big shapes, so we can then add detail and textures, that will define the style of our illustration. Let's begin. Now that we've selected our color draft, I'll duplicate the layer of the sketch and move it to the left, as I always try to keep the final or the last part of my process so far in the left to keep that in mind. We have the lines and now I'm gonna import the color. I've duplicated and merged the file, so I can copy it in one single layer ...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 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