Picturebook Creation
Final art 2
A course by Flavia Z Drago , Illustrator, autor and graphic designer
About the video: Final art 2
Overview
“In this lesson, we will go digital, I will show different techniques to apply color and texture in Photoshop. ”
In this video lesson Flavia Z Drago addresses the topic: Final art 2, 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 2: the digital side of things In this lesson, I would like to share my favorite Photoshop tools. I would also like to show you two techniques for coloring in your final artwork. The first of them is the Brush. I like to work with the brushes that come with the programme and I like to change the settings to get different textures. The setting I like to work with the most is Scattering, which is how close or far away the dots will appear when drawing with the brush. Let's do some tests. Here, we have Scattering at 0 %. If I increase it a little, the effect will be a bit differen...”
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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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