Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“Here, I will choose five images from my storyboard. Then I will show you how I turn my initial idea into sketches. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Making Your Sketches, 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

“My book has 12 illustrations, so I'm going to be making sketches for half of the book. This way, my portfolio will be a mix of sketches and finished illustrations. When a potential client looks at the images, he'll know what to expect when he's working with me. Let's get to it. Here's one of the images from my storyboard that I've chosen to make into a sketch. For sketching, I'm going to be using a pencil brush. Procreate has a whole bunch of pencil brushes, but my favorite one is the 6B pencil. I even copied it into this list of brushes that I always use that I'm going to be sharing with y...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 1476 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