Explore how to illustrate a children's book, even if you can’t draw! This course helps you design unique characters and backgrounds easily. Read more.
I am an award-winning creator of 150+ children's picture books.
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Who this course is for:
- This course is designed for beginners who cannot draw and have never illustrated a book before.
What you’ll learn:
- Discover the types of source images you can use as the foundation for your illustrations.
- Explore a variety of artistic effects to apply to your images, allowing you to create unique and personalized illustrations.
- Learn how to combine different images to develop distinctive characters.
- Master the process of selecting specific areas from images to craft one-of-a-kind backgrounds.
- Find out where to locate free and affordable royalty-free images for your projects.
- Gain skills in editing images using PhotoImpact, which can easily be transferred to any other image-editing software of your choice.
Requirements:
- No prerequisites are needed, except a passion for creating children’s picture books.
This course will guide you step-by-step through how to illustrate a children’s book—without needing to draw a single line! Importantly, this process does not involve artificial intelligence.
As someone who also can’t draw, I’ve illustrated over 150 children’s books, many of which have been licensed by companies like Mattel and others. In this course, you’ll learn everything from sourcing images to combining them in creative ways to develop characters and backgrounds.
You’ll also gain hands-on experience with PhotoImpact—a versatile skill you can adapt to any image-editing software. Best of all, you don’t need to know how to draw to bring your vision to life.
If you’ve always wondered how to illustrate a children’s book but feel held back by your drawing skills, this course is for you! Let me show you how you, too, can do it.
Ready to become a more creative and innovative thinker? My courses can help you spark your imagination.
Our Promise to You
By the end of this course, you will have learned how to illustrate a children’s book by sourcing, editing, and combining images to create unique characters, backgrounds, and effects, all without needing any drawing skills.
10 Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are unsatisfied for any reason, simply contact us and we’ll give you a full refund. No questions asked.
Get started today!
Course Curriculum
| Section 1 - Introduction | |||
| Introduction | 00:00:00 | ||
| Source Images | 00:00:00 | ||
| Artistic Effects | 00:00:00 | ||
| Create Unique Characters | 00:00:00 | ||
| Create Unique Backgrounds | 00:00:00 | ||
| Where To Get Source Images | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 2 - Editing Images | |||
| Image Editing Software | 00:00:00 | ||
| Flip An Image (“One Goose Swimming”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Apply An Artistic Effect (“One Goose Swimming”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Change A Color (“One Goose Swimming”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Copy And Paste, And Save Layers (“One Goose Swimming”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Change The Color Saturation Level (“One Goose Swimming”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Crop An Image (“Mother Goose”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Brush Out An Object (“Mother Goose”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Change Image Dimensions (“Mother Goose”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Select, Resize, And Order Objects (“Squirrel Finds Shapes”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Class Project | 00:00:00 | ||
| Conclusion | 00:00:00 | ||
About This Course
Who this course is for:
- This course is designed for beginners who cannot draw and have never illustrated a book before.
What you’ll learn:
- Discover the types of source images you can use as the foundation for your illustrations.
- Explore a variety of artistic effects to apply to your images, allowing you to create unique and personalized illustrations.
- Learn how to combine different images to develop distinctive characters.
- Master the process of selecting specific areas from images to craft one-of-a-kind backgrounds.
- Find out where to locate free and affordable royalty-free images for your projects.
- Gain skills in editing images using PhotoImpact, which can easily be transferred to any other image-editing software of your choice.
Requirements:
- No prerequisites are needed, except a passion for creating children’s picture books.
This course will guide you step-by-step through how to illustrate a children’s book—without needing to draw a single line! Importantly, this process does not involve artificial intelligence.
As someone who also can’t draw, I’ve illustrated over 150 children’s books, many of which have been licensed by companies like Mattel and others. In this course, you’ll learn everything from sourcing images to combining them in creative ways to develop characters and backgrounds.
You’ll also gain hands-on experience with PhotoImpact—a versatile skill you can adapt to any image-editing software. Best of all, you don’t need to know how to draw to bring your vision to life.
If you’ve always wondered how to illustrate a children’s book but feel held back by your drawing skills, this course is for you! Let me show you how you, too, can do it.
Ready to become a more creative and innovative thinker? My courses can help you spark your imagination.
Our Promise to You
By the end of this course, you will have learned how to illustrate a children’s book by sourcing, editing, and combining images to create unique characters, backgrounds, and effects, all without needing any drawing skills.
10 Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are unsatisfied for any reason, simply contact us and we’ll give you a full refund. No questions asked.
Get started today!
Course Curriculum
| Section 1 - Introduction | |||
| Introduction | 00:00:00 | ||
| Source Images | 00:00:00 | ||
| Artistic Effects | 00:00:00 | ||
| Create Unique Characters | 00:00:00 | ||
| Create Unique Backgrounds | 00:00:00 | ||
| Where To Get Source Images | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 2 - Editing Images | |||
| Image Editing Software | 00:00:00 | ||
| Flip An Image (“One Goose Swimming”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Apply An Artistic Effect (“One Goose Swimming”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Change A Color (“One Goose Swimming”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Copy And Paste, And Save Layers (“One Goose Swimming”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Change The Color Saturation Level (“One Goose Swimming”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Crop An Image (“Mother Goose”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Brush Out An Object (“Mother Goose”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Change Image Dimensions (“Mother Goose”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Select, Resize, And Order Objects (“Squirrel Finds Shapes”) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Class Project | 00:00:00 | ||
| Conclusion | 00:00:00 | ||
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