Mon Sep 05 20:54:19 CST 2022
Good drawing tutorials and handmade cardboard picture books are actually very difficult to write. The author must not only master the relative skills, but also know the reader level of his cardboard picture book, and know where the readers of this level are prone to make mistakes. In this way, the cardboard picture book will not be too complicated to write and read too long-winded; and it will not be too simple, so that readers of the cardboard picture book cannot understand it.
Recently I read a cardboard picture book tutorial book "Healing Your World Zero Basic Children's Cardboard Picture Book Drawing Tutorial" to do this, it is very helpful to me, it is worth recommending and learning.
For those who have zero basic knowledge of cardboard picture book illustration, perspective is a difficult point, and it is very boring and tedious to learn by reading books on their own. When the author wrote this, he told us in a diagrammatic way: what is the perspective from which we observe the cardboard picture book, and what does the cardboard picture book look like from this perspective. Intuitively feel the changes in the appearance of the cardboard picture book from different perspectives.
The language summary of the cardboard picture book is also instantly enlightening. For example, when talking about the parallel perspective of the cardboard picture book, the author concluded: "...Each of this group of cubes, no matter where it is located, always has a face that The pictures are parallel. That's why this kind of perspective is called "parallel perspective." In this way, it feels like a parallel perspective.
Compared with professional cardboard picture book painting tutorials, this part is not too much, but it is systematically covered from head, limbs to clothing, so that beginners of cardboard picture book will not retreat from difficulties at first. The explanation in the book is full of details. In addition to the cardboard picture book drawing method, there are also examples of wrong drawing methods. When reading the cardboard picture book, it seems that a teacher is peeping at his own painting. Looking back at the cardboard picture book that I used to feel good about, I found that many of the details in it were wrong demonstrations in the book.
For a beginner of cardboard picture book like me, follow the tutorial to draw and copy the painting is fine, but once you make your own original cardboard picture book, it is very difficult.
While explaining how to draw a cardboard picture book, the author will summarize the creation methods, such as which items can be summarized as planes, how to add details to the picture... and also write the idea of creating the cardboard picture book, such as "the wooden box is filled with childhood memories. Small objects. This step requires a bold breakthrough, not only can you put regular books, envelopes, bows and arrows and other objects, but also snowmen, streams, fish and crabs that are impossible to store. These elements that break through the daily experience can enhance the cardboard The imagination of the picture book picture makes the cardboard picture book work more interesting.”
When talking about techniques in the book, they will give a detailed process. Basically, you can create a good cardboard picture book by following the drawing, which is really a great sense of achievement for beginners. In a word, this is a very friendly book for beginners of cardboard picture book. It can be seen that the author's sincerity is full, and it is worth reading.
The world in the cardboard picture book is simple and full of beauty. Are there many fairy tale pictures in the minds of these painters who draw children's cardboard picture book illustrations? Today, let's take a look at the American cardboard picture book illustrator Alison McDole and her fresh and beautiful illustrations!
Alison is a person who loves nature. Her cardboard picture book paintings are also influenced by nature. At the same time, she also loves children's cardboard picture books, so the style of painting is full of innocence~
Most of her cardboard picture book paintings are in light colors, but not single. The images outlined by black lines can all show their characteristics.
Every cardboard picture book painting seems to be able to derive a whole cardboard picture book fairy tale. The little girl dances with butterflies and bees in the forest~
These animal images drawn by Alison are not without basis~ She will find the real images of animals, and then use her imagination to turn them into cute cartoon cardboard picture book versions.
Take a look at the cardboard picture book she just drew~ Brother Mouse who chops wood looks very hardworking!
Even if there is no gorgeous color, only a simple outline, it is also a very good-looking cardboard picture book~
And the man pulling a sled in the woods, with a puppy, looked a little lonely. Maybe he could accompany the bear with the belly fishing.
The big bear by the water stream in the forest is weaving its colorful clothes.
Backpackers in fairy tales look like this~
Is this a bunny race? Guess who won in the end?
Of course, Alison's beautiful cardboard picture book paintings are far more than that. The continuous creation is all because she regards life as an art teacher and absorbs the energy that life gives her~