Picturebook Creation
Final art 1
A course by Flavia Z Drago , Illustrator, autor and graphic designer
About the video: Final art 1
Overview
“Now, I will teach you how to create textures from different materials and how they look once colored to create different effects. I will use some of the following materials, but you can experiment and mix what you want. ”
In this video lesson Flavia Z Drago addresses the topic: Final art 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Picturebook Creation. Use illustration as a narrative base for your book and create a model ready to present to an editor.
Partial transcription of the video
“Final artwork 1: the original In this lesson, we'll start to work on our final images. I'll show you some techniques that I like to use. When I work, I really like to mix traditional techniques and then color them in digitally afterwards. This allows me to achieve the warmth of all of the hand-made textures, but with the color and editing control that I have with Photoshop. Here's a drawing. I scanned it directly from my sketchbook and blew up the image, and I'll trace my final illustration on top of this image. I'm going to use Canson paper, a type of paper that I really like because it ha...”
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Course summary for: Picturebook Creation
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Flavia Z Drago
A course by Flavia Z Drago
Flavia studied graphic design in Mexico and for many years, worked in branding and packaging design. She later became an illustrator and is now a full-time writer and illustrator of picturebooks for children of all ages. Her books can be found in Mexico, Spain, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and online through Amazon.
As a designer, she has worked with Dolce Gusto, Nestlé Chocolate, and Hermés. She has illustrated for editorials such as Combel (Ricitos de Oro), Petra (Dientes, Santo Remedio), Delete Dog (Balandra), and the Secretary of Culture in Mexico (Tolstoi), A Fin de Cuentos (Alimentos que cambiaron al mundo), Castillo (Maroma y la mariposa roja) and Walker Books (Gustavo the Shy Ghost); and for animation studios like HolaCombo (Matlatzinca and #Refugeechildren) and Dicinueve36 (Little Thinkers).
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