Children’s Illustration Specialization: From Sketchbook to Digital Art

Overview

“You will see how to sketch out setting designs and how to create a half-page illustration of your character in a setting. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Creating the Setting, 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

“ Creating the Setting In the last lesson, we created our character sketches. In this lesson, we'll be working on placing that character in a convincing and exciting setting. We'll work on our setting right now, but before we start, I want to tell you why settings and backgrounds are important to have in your portfolio. Make sure that you're able to place your character in a background and in a setting because when you create picture books, you get that picture book deal, most likely that character will have to be in a space. Remember, as a children's book illustrator, not only are you crea...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 749 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