Editorial Illustration with Artificial Intelligence: Create Book Covers, Children’s Illustration, and Professional Pieces
A course by Jaime Sanjuan Ocabo , Digital Painter and Illustrator
Joined December 2013
Editorial illustration with AI for book covers, children’s illustration, opinion pieces, scientific illustration workflows
Joined December 2013
This course shows you how to tackle real editorial illustration briefs while using AI as a creative partner instead of letting it take over the work. You’ll mix your usual design and illustration process with tools like ChatGPT and Freepik to read a brief more clearly, explore visual directions, and decide what actually works on the page.
You’ll dig into practical assignments—children’s illustrations, book covers, opinion pieces, and scientific visuals. Along the way, you’ll try training AI with your own artwork, gather reference material, play with metaphors and layouts, and adjust AI‑generated ideas so they still feel like they come from you.
It’s a course for illustrators, designers, and creatives who want to bring AI into their workflow without giving up craft or ethics. By the end, you’ll have a workflow you can rely on when working for magazines, publishers, blogs, or science‑related projects.
What will you learn in this online course?
6 lessons & 2 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (2)
- 200 students
- 6 lessons (1h 23m)
- 2 additional resources (1 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
ChatGPT
FreepikWho is this online course for?
For illustrators and graphic designers curious about editorial work, science communicators who want clearer visuals, creatives experimenting with generative AI and looking for some structure, and beginners who want to learn how to read a brief and turn it into a personal, well‑built visual idea
Requirements and materials
You don’t need much experience. If you can draw a bit or have played with design before, that’s enough. A basic sense of composition, color, and visual storytelling helps, plus internet access and a computer. Knowing AI image tools is a bonus, not a requirement. Mostly, you just need curiosity and a willingness to try different ways of working.
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Jaime Sanjuan Ocabo
A course by Jaime Sanjuan Ocabo
Jaime Sanjuán is a digital designer, illustrator, and painter. He studied fine art at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, where he learned traditional artistic techniques such as oil painting, pastels, clay modeling, etc. However, he decided to swap his brushes and studio for an iPad and the Procreate app, which give him the possibility to explore countless techniques without needing much space and using only his fingers.
Jaime has always been fascinated by realist and hyperrealist painting. It's this aesthetic that he always seeks in his paintings and illustrations, which are full of double meanings and impossible realities. This very particular vision and a highly refined technique have earned him international recognition such as the Communication Arts Award, the American Illustration Award, and the Latin American Illustration Award, enabling him to see his work exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.
Content
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Editorial Illustration with Artificial Intelligence: Create Book Covers, Children’s Illustration, and Professional Pieces
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How to Approach Editorial Illustration Briefs With AI
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Children’s illustration: understanding a brief and shaping your visual style
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Book cover design: shaping the idea before the image
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Opinion illustration: turning a viewpoint into an image
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Scientific illustration: making complex ideas easy to see
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Wrapping up: using the method for any editorial brief
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Final project
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Freepik
Práctico y claro. Muy creativo.
Ótimo curso!