Vintage Illustration for Engaging Children’s Books
Influences
A course by user6358270 surname6358270 , Illustrator
Joined March 2021
Create a visual universe that inspires young readers by exploring illustration techniques, playful typography, and book design
Joined March 2021
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I like going to flea markets and antique bookstores because that is where I find inspiration. I will show you here some of the treasures I've found along the way! But I also think one isn't always aware of what influences us. Let's talk more about this in this lesson!”
In this video lesson user6358270 surname6358270 addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Vintage Illustration for Engaging Children’s Books. Create a visual universe that inspires young readers by exploring illustration techniques, playful typography, and book design .
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I'll talk about my influences and how I get inspiration. It's a big difference today if I compare it to how it used to be when I grew up. I grew up in the 70s. We had a black and white TV. I still remember the day we got the color one. Today, if I pick up my phone and scroll on Instagram, I follow like 500 people, mostly illustrators and designers, it's only images. That wasn't the case when I was young. I collected comic books for their illustrations. If I went to a store or the post office, they had advertising brochures with illustrations, I collected them to h...”
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Course summary for: Vintage Illustration for Engaging Children’s Books
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Bookbinding, Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Editorial Design, Narrative, Paper Craft
A course by user6358270 surname6358270
Ingela P Arrhenius is a Swedish illustrator who has over 30 years of experience in her field. She has been drawing and making things for as long as she can remember, and first started her creative career in an advertising agency. From there, she took part-time classes in everything from oil painting to drawing before going on to study graphic design full-time at Bergh School of Communication. After graduating, she set up her business as a freelance illustrator, working on magazines, book covers, advertising campaigns, and more before publishing her first children’s book in 1994.
Since then, Ingela has published 10 books in collaboration with her scriptwriter husband and worked with a number of brands on international projects, including stamps for The Swedish Post and a series of limited-edition beauty products for Biotherm. She has also been commissioned to create print patterns for fabrics, wallpaper, stationery, packaging, home accessories, toys, and more.
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