Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“Once we have our design, it's time to start the painting process, from the background to the foreground. So, I will begin painting. I will show a few layers and a few brushes I'm using. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Building Textures and Coloring the Background 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

“Now we have our design, it's time to start the painting process. beginning with the background. So we have our sketch on a separate layer, I'm going to set that to multiply and lower the opacity and work underneath, just like we did in the previous lesson. I'm going to start with the sky and get the base color down, then build up the textures. The first brush I'm going to use is from the artistic section that comes with Procreate and it's this Terralia. I'll just start getting the base colour down. I'm now building some more grainy textures using the noise brush that comes with Procreate. I...”

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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