Children’s Illustration for Editorial Publications

The first thing you will do is meet Pamela Barbieri, her passion for children's illustration and how they started. Also, you will know his most important works and the biggest influences of his career.

You will learn about the different targets that exist in the children's publishing market, and you will try different styles of illustration designing a character, starting with the head and placing special emphasis on expressions. Once you have defined the face, you will create the body of your character using the puppet method.

Pamela will teach you all the basic resources to create illustrated stories such as line, color palettes and composition, and then focus your attention on the brief: what it is, how it is structured and what are its benefits to create your illustrations.

Now comes the moment of truth. You will receive an assignment and you will work it as if it were real. You will study the brief to start brainstorming. You will draw the first sketches until you have the most potential and then vectorize it in Adobe Illustrator and add color after doing different tests.

Finally, Pamela will tell you a bit about work as a freelancer, the importance of the organization, the relationship with customers and the advantages and disadvantages of having an agent.