Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“In my opinion, it's not necessary to be too neat with the textures. I always make sure they look a bit rough here and there—this adds charm and personality. So it doesn't have to be too perfect! ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Coloring the Characters 3, 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

“ Coloring the Characters I'll leave this brush as an additional resource in the course. I can come back and add more magic to the broom later but for now I want to add a little cat friend for our witch. Like before, I'll start by putting down the base colour and then building up the textures until I'm happy with the results. As with lots of the textures I like to use, I like building up scribbly textures using pencil-style brushes. This is one of my favourite ways of creating texture and also defining the light and dark areas. It works well on animals and cats, where you can create little ...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 582 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