If you love funny and minimal children's book illustrations, then this class is for you!
Hi everybody! My name is Fabio Sardo, and I'm an Italian freelance illustrator based in Milan. I work in the children and middle grade books field for a major Italian publisher. This is my first Skillshare class. In this class I will talk about my workflow, and how I make children's books from the storyboard to the final art.
In this class, you'll learn how to:
- Create a funny storyboard,
- Create a character,
- Get ideas and build on them
- Build a composition (I love minimal and funny compositions and creating playful illustrations)
- I'll also be sharing with you the Photoshop tips and tricks I use the most
This class is addressed to all beginner illustrators. I work completely digitally from sketches to coloring, so my working tools are: a graphic tablet and Photoshop. So to take this class, you will need a graphics tablet and Photoshop as well. You don't have to be a Photoshop expert but knowing the basics will help you along the process.To show you my working method I will use a story, “Hannibal’s Rules” that I am proposing to publishers.
For your class project I'll ask you to choose a scene from the story and make an illustration of it. But don't worry, I'll show you step by step how I make them.
So let's get started — see you in class!
