Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures
Stage sketch and final idea
A course by John Joven, Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Stage sketch and final idea
Overview
“I'll explain how to make the sketches for the final scene based on the references you looked for earlier. I will share with you the selection process that I carry out to select the right sketch, in addition, I will show you how I work on it to polish it and be able to move on to the next step.”
In this video lesson John Joven addresses the topic: Stage sketch and final idea, 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
“Stage sketch and final idea Hello, in this lesson I will show you the sketch of the stage and we will define the final idea. Accompany me I decided that the book format will be 8 x 10 inches closed, which gives working sheets 16 wide by 10 high. It is a standard illustrated book format, of the most common along with the square format. This scene is from one of the final thumbnails of the story or plan of pages that we previously worked on. At this stage I add some more details and I corroborate notes that have arisen in the revisions. We are still planning things. In this drawing I include ...”
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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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