Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“You might want to be intentional with shade and light instead of soft and realistic. This can sometimes look muddy, but you can also use lighting to draw attention. We can bend classic art rules, not too much that things look wrong, but just enough to create a quirky style. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Coloring the Characters 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

“I've chosen a vibrant bright red for my characters Hood and Kate. The character's based on Little Red Riding Hood. But also the red really stands out from the background. So I'm just drawing the characters feet and the same as I did for the arms and the head I've used inking brush, dry ink. I've used the charcoal smooth brush for the shading. and then I go in with any details and line work with my HB pencil. As I've been painting, I've been thinking about where the light will hit the character. Now I'm going to add the light from the lantern and make any last adjustments to the character in...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.

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

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (11)
• 1121 students
• 7 units
• 98 lessons (18h 23m)
• 46 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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