Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures
Composition and storyboard 1
A course by John Joven, Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Composition and storyboard 1
Overview
“I will talk to you about the organization criteria of the elements of your illustration. I will also tell you how you can plan your work if it is a book. ”
In this video lesson John Joven addresses the topic: Composition and storyboard 1, 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
“Composition and storyboard The composition basically it's the way you arrange things in your illustration. There are rules and criteria that help you define why one way works better than another. I am going to explain these criteria to you so that you can apply them in your work. Let's start. COMPOSITION Composing is basically arranging and organizing the elements that will be present in the illustration. Your goal should be to get the viewer's gaze have a sense when going through the scene and interpret the action correctly. Basically establishing what we will call focal points. If it is a...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures
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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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