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Illustrating Children's Books





 

    Illustrating Children's Books

    In this course students explore the various steps involved in illustrating a children's book. Through hands-on assignments, lectures, and critiques students examine aesthetic and technical aspects including text analysis, concept development, character studies, and story boarding. Students create illustrations that harmonize with the text, produce a rough dummy, and create three pieces of full color, resolved illustrations. Also covers how to submit artwork and/or book proposals to art directors and editors, how to market your work and what you can expect in a publishing contract. Suitable for beginning to advanced artistic skills.

    Prerequisite: None

    First class materials: Note-taking materials

    Also, please bring any rough sketches you would like to discuss, as well as a children's book, which has caught your fancy!

    Course Details
    Course Code: XILU6009
    Meetings: 10
    Credit Hours: 1
    Lab:
    Section 1 Illustration
    Instructor: Deborah Nourse Lattimore
    Meeting Day(s): Monday
    Meeting Time(s): 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
    Meeting Date(s): June 03, 2013 - August 05, 2013
    No Meeting/Special Note:
    Class Size: 16
    Meeting Room:
    Location: Goldsmith Campus
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    Credit: Registration #: Fee:
    Non-Credit 25187 $395 Add to Cart
    Certificate 25188 $430 Add to Cart
    Credit 25189 $1220 Add to Cart
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