Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“I will explain to you how to think out of the box with character designs. You will see how I keep writing down everything until I came up with the idea I want to keep working. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Characters, Setting, and Storytelling 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

“ Character, Settings and Storytelling Now we can start thinking about where to put the character. The entire time we do this, we want to be thinking about the story. The way she looks should influence the story. The setting should influence the story, because picture books, especially, are only 32 to 40 pages, so you want to make sure that everything you put in that book is important to the overall story of the picture book. Settings. Where to put the character? If you have multiple characters, think about places where there are multiple characters like a school, at the local pool, on a sp...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 930 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