Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Lessons
- 15 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- Valentina Toro
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If books are also your good luck charm, writer and illustrator Valentina Toro is the perfect teacher for you. As a fantasy lover, she likes to dream up worlds for others to live in. Take a trip with her to discover the secret universe of children’s picturebooks and dare to bring your own stories to life.
In this Domestika course, learn to write and illustrate children’s books; start with an idea and follow it through to the mock-up stage for submission to a publisher. Experiment with watercolors, colored pencils, and different digital techniques for narrating adventures. When you finish this course, you’ll know how to turn your ideas into stories on paper with text and images.
Description
Start by discovering how your teacher Valentina Toro made her way into the world of picturebooks and why she chose this profession. She shares some of her biggest influences and describes the final project you’ll be working on throughout the course.
In the next unit, learn the fundamental approaches to writing a story, including searching for references, creating characters, brainstorming, and other creative techniques. This method helps you gradually build up the confidence to transform your ideas into stories.
Then, inject life into your ideas: develop your characters, plan out scenes and settings, and watch as everything starts coming together. Valentina shows you some techniques to help with this process, like how to create a storyboard, as well as some tips for tackling your first illustration.
Once you’ve thought through all the details, it’s time to illustrate. Learn how to turn your sketch into a final illustration and how to digitalize it to be used as the first image of your book. Lastly, get all your materials in order and create a mock-up to present to a publisher.
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