Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures
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Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Lessons
- 16 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- John Joven
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Illustration is a creative tool for decoding a message into images, and for illustrator and graphic designer John Joven, it's his way of connecting young readers with stories and piquing their curiosity through fantastical scenes, imaginary characters, and exciting new worlds.
In this course, learn to create larger-than-life children's illustrations in Adobe Photoshop. John teaches you how to combine analog techniques with digital tools, making textures by hand and turning them into digital brushes to produce vibrant pieces with charming characters that captivate readers.
Description
Get to know freelance illustrator John Joven as he talks you through his career and explains how, thanks to his influences and professional experiences, he ended up exploring and working with a modern style of illustration and storytelling.
Next, go through the materials you need to complete the final project. Search for and compile references into a mood board and start shaping your story with sketches of characters and scenes.
Continue by experimenting with textures for your illustration and see how to digitize the ones you like best. Choose a color palette that conveys the atmosphere of your scene and learn how to use the brushes created in Adobe Photoshop to bring it to life.
To round out the course, John shares some tips on what to avoid during the printing process, as well as some considerations about dimensions and folds in the final product. He wraps things up by showing you how to properly save your work and send it to a client.
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