Picture Books With Photoshop: From Sketch To The Final Art

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!

• Introduction
• Your Class Project
• First Step: Read the Story
• Character Study: Looking for Hannibal
• Book Format & Composition
• Making a Storyboard
• Final Art
• Conclusion & Quick Summary