Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures
Text and inspiration
A course by John Joven, Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Text and inspiration
Overview
“You will see how to find the right story. I will explain how to find references, whether they are photos or images, you can even be inspired by the versions of other artists, but always taking into account the story you will work on.”
In this video lesson John Joven addresses the topic: Text and inspiration, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures. Learn to create illustrations that tell endearing stories by combining the use of analog textures and digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“text and inspiration In this course the final project It will be the illustration of a scene from a story called "The Fear". I want to share my working method for you to apply or adapt to your creative process, complementing it or as a starting point for your own. Once you finish the course, you will be ready to use this technique and enrich it or apply it in the style of illustration you do, which can be from conceptual illustration to storyboard, animation or video games. Now yes, getting into the matter, In this lesson I will show you the text on which we are going to work and we will st...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures
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Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

John Joven
A course by John Joven
John Joven started drawing at a young age and is now a graphic designer by trade and an illustrator at heart. With more than 22 years of experience in the industry, his characters and illustrations have appeared in magazine and newspaper articles, children's books, and animation projects around the world.
Throughout his career, he has created illustrations for children's stories published by major companies like McGraw Hill, Planeta, and Macmillan. He has also designed images for Amazon, Avianca, and National Geographic Channel.
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