Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“I will continue painting the water, adding lighting and a few details to make it more expressive. To create more movement and the idea of energy in my artwork, I make more loose lines, as you will see here. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Building Textures and Coloring the Background 2, 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

“So now I'll move on to painting the water. I'm going to use the old paintbrush along with a few other textured brushes just to build up the depth. I'm going to be varying the shades of blue and the tones. whilst also considering where the light will be hitting the water. I might want to add some tints of gold or some lighter areas over here. Thinking about the references that I looked at earlier of ocean waves hitting rocks, I'm considering that the areas where The waves are going to be hitting the rocks will be lighter and foamier. and possibly more textured. So I'm using a really textured...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 1475 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