Vintage Illustration for Engaging Children’s Books
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Create a visual universe that inspires young readers by exploring illustration techniques, playful typography, and book design
Children’s illustration gives us the opportunity to pique curiosity in the minds of young readers from an early age through words and images. Illustrator Ingela P Arrhenius specializes in doing just that through her bold and colorful artwork. She has illustrated and published multiple children’s books, one of which has been translated into over 20 languages worldwide.
In this course, Ingela teaches you how to design a children’s book filled with joyful drawings from scratch. Discover how to illustrate cheerful images that kids engage with using a combination of digital and analog tools. Brighten up your own children’s book with a vintage twist.
Begin the course by getting to know illustrator Ingela P Arrhenius. She talks through the creative career that has led her to work with brands around the world, along with the influences that inspire her work, from bookshops to fellow artists.
Dive into the different shapes and forms a book can take before finding inspiration for your own vintage visual universe. Use your library of references to create initial sketches and experiment with composition. Then finalize and refine your illustrations by adding the finer details in Procreate.
Transfer your images to Illustrator before deciding on a color palette. Learn how to incorporate typography into your illustrations seamlessly for a professional end result. Next see how to construct a dummy version of your book and box, ready to be presented to publishers.
Ingela talks about how to develop a series of books. Then, to finish the course, she shares her advice for collaborating with publishing houses that are right for you and your work.
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