Design Outdoor Scenes for Picture Books
Mirka Hokkanen, Illustrator/Author/Printmaker/Educator
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Leçons de ce cours
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1.
Introduction
1:57
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Class Project
1:41
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Create A Focal Point
13:04
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Balance in Composition
10:44
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Balance Examples
6:04
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Movement, Variety & Unity in Compositions
11:41
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Movement, Variety & Unity Examples
14:23
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Shapes = Feelings
6:22
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9.
Creating Depth
5:00
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10.
Exercise 1: 5 Thumbnails
5:13
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Point of View
11:43
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12.
Exercise 2: 5 More Thumbnails
0:57
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Lighting Your Scene
13:59
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Exercise 3: 5 More Thumbnails
3:24
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Artistic Liberties: Level of Abstraction
10:48
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Levels of Abstraction: Examples
6:28
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Exercise 4: Full Size Sketch
3:10
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Artistic Liberties: Creating Organization
13:42
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Artistic Liberties: Colors
14:13
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Exercise 5: Final Illustration
2:55
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21.
Encouragement & Final Thoughts
3:19
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À propos de ce cours
Do you want to illustrate books, but get stuck drawing more complicated environments?
Learn the ins and outs of designing environments for picture books in this in-depth class with award winning picture book author and illustrator Mirka Hokkanen.
This class is perfect for beginner and intermediate illustrators wanting to illustrate picture books for kids. Mirka uses examples from her own work and from other picture books to illustrate each lesson, and you’ll complete 5 simple exercises to help you build up your skills.
In this class you will:
- Learn how to create a focal point for a piece
- Learn how to move a viewer's eye with shapes and lines.
- Learn design principles to help you make decisions
- Learn how to balance an illustration
- Learn how to light your scene for different times of the day
- Learn how to take a chaotic reference photo and create an organized illustration from it
- Learn how to choose the best point of view for your illustration
Class Project:
We'll work on 3 short and 2 slightly longer exercises to take an idea for an illustration, to thumbnails, to a detailed sketch and finally to a completed illustration.
Interested to learn more about illustrating books for kids?
I have a series of classes on the process of illustrating children’s books:
Crafting Engaging Picture Book Dummies (https://skl.sh/4acCkQU) A great complement to this class!
Character Design for Picture Books, Parts 1 (https://skl.sh/4ceboRO)
Drawing Characters Consistently Part 2 (https://skl.sh/3VTgBYs)
Character Design for Picture Books: Animal Part 3 (https://skl.sh/3ZZNNjC )
Procreate for Picture Book Illustration (https://skl.sh/3IUdWHE)
Picture Book Illustration: Reading for Research (https://skl.sh/4acCkQU)
Rencontrez votre enseignant·e
Mirka Hokkanen is a Finnish-American neurodivergent (ADHD) artist, author and illustrator who likes nature and quirky animal characters. She works with traditional publishers, and dabbles in self-publishing coloring books and journals. Mirka has an MFA in printmaking, and has over a decade of experience in the fine art world, exhibiting in galleries, teaching in-person classes and selling work at art fairs before starting to illustrate books and license her work.
Mirka is a military spouse and mom to three kids. She's learned to adapt quickly to all kinds of situations and turn challenges into opportunities.
With her background and experiences, she works comfortably with watercolors, digital and printmaking media, and can discuss a career in art from multiple per... Voir le profil complet
Projet de cours pratique
The class includes 5 small exercises that build on each other. You can work in any media that you are comfortable sketching and illustrating with: digital or pencil and paper.
The first three 10-15 min exercises will have you working on thumbnails for a picture book scene from different angles.
The fourth and fifth exercises will take you deeper into into one chosen thumbnail, first to add lighting, values and details, and then to make a final illustration out of it.
Post any or all of the exercises in the project gallery wall. Feel free to ask questions if you feel stuck or for feedback on your design.
If you enjoyed this class, please consider taking a short moment to leave a review. It really helps me and other students know what the class is like from a students point of view.
If you have not yet taken my Picture Book Dummy class or Character Design class, they would be excellent courses to continue with to become a more well rounded illustrator. All of the classes build on each other and some of the concepts from this class are covered more in depth in them.
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