Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“The first step to illustrating a book is, of course, reading the text. In this lesson, I will explain what I’m looking for when reading a story. Then, I will show you how I break a story down into a list of things that could make a good illustration. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Let’s Read a Book, 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 will be illustrating Kenneth Graham's The Wind in the Willows. It's a story about a mole who decides to live his boring life in his borough and starts a new life living by the river. He moves in with a river rat and makes a lot of friends with whom they have different adventures. Among these friends is Mr. Toad, who's an eccentric heir that doesn't know how to spend his money and he's always going from one fat to the other, getting the other characters in trouble. I chose this book because I love drawing animals. I've been doing it in my personal work for a long time, but I've never been ...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 1270 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