Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“In this lesson, I will talk about my image prompt and how you can build your own prompt, encouraging you to think about certain questions. I will show you examples from my own work to discuss how colors can affect the mood of an illustration and also my mood board. Then, I will sketch from those references to show you how to break images into simple shapes. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Rethinking a Classic: References, Inspiration, and Color Palette, 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

“ Rethinking a Classic: References, Inspiration, and Color Palette In this lesson, I'll talk about my image prompt and how you can build your own prompt. I'll encourage you to think about certain questions. We'll start by building a mood board on Pinterest and discuss why it's important to find inspiration and take that into informing our own artwork to make something new. We can rethink a classic story by flipping the narrative. For example, "Little Red Riding Hood," but she's the threat, not the wolf. Changing the setting, for example, "The Little Mermaid," but instead of an ocean, it's a...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 749 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