Children's Book Illustration Courses and Certifications

Character Design with Personality: 4 Core Concepts for Creating Better Characters with Tom Bancroft

Learn character design from former Disney animator, Tom Bancroft. Gain insights from his experience and apply 4 key tips to improve your drawings. Suitable for artists of various mediums.

• Skillshare
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Illustrating Children's Books (and beyond!)

Learn to illustrate children's books with a 9-hour course, covering manuscript interpretation, character drawing, color theory, and digital art techniques. Includes real-life examples and interviews.

• Skillshare
• 8 hours 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Linocut in Children’s Book Illustration: Create a Unique Block Print Artwork

Learn the linocut technique used in children's book illustrations in this 1-2 hour course. Create unique block print artwork inspired by "The Ugly Duckling".

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

The Magic of Digital Brushes: Make Traditional Painting with Photoshop

Learn to create traditional painting effects using Photoshop brushes in less than an hour. Ideal for aspiring digital artists and children's book illustrators.

• Skillshare
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Children's Book Portfolio Assignment: Plan, Sketch, and Create a Double Page Spread

Romica Spiegl-Jones is an Austrian illustrator and designer based in Manchester (UK) The aim of this class is to show you my process and help you to get ideas for your own picture book spread. Double page spreads are an integral part of any children's bo…

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION: DISCOVER YOUR STYLE

Develop your unique illustration style for children's books in under an hour, exploring drawing tendencies, color combinations, and book categories.

• Skillshare
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Picture Books With Photoshop: From Sketch To The Final Art

Learn to create children's book illustrations using Photoshop in under an hour with Italian illustrator Fabio Sardo. Ideal for beginner illustrators.

• Skillshare
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

How to be a Children's Book Illustrator

Learn to become a children's book illustrator with this course, covering story visualization, contract usage, client communication, and dealing with common issues. 1-2hr workload.

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

How to Illustrate a Children's Picture Book Part Three: Creating a Book Dummy

Learn to create a children's book dummy with author-illustrator Claire Lordon. Perfect for those interested in illustrating, drawing, and writing. Less than 1-hour workload.

• Skillshare
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

How to Draw Cartoon People

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How to draw cartoon style Women, Children and Babies - Part 3. How to draw clothes on cartoon people. Draw a Tudor Lady - easy step by step spoke tutorial. Draw and paint a 1950's Rock n'Roll Teenager. Draw Archimedes.

• YouTube
• 8 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Animal Characters in Watercolor for Children’s Books

Explore the softness and playfulness of childhood through lovable anthropomorphic characters using watercolors

• Domestika
• 3 hours 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Online Portfolio for Children’s Book Illustrators

Learn the fundamentals of children’s book illustration to create a playful portfolio ready to share with editors and art directors

• Domestika
• 3 hours 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

​​Playful Hand-Lettering for Children’s Book Illustration

Learn to create joyful lettering compositions for your book illustrations that appeal to readers of all ages

• Domestika
• 2 hours 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Picturebook Illustration: Explore Color and Composition

Develop eye-catching illustrations for picturebooks by using harmonious structures and a consistent color palette while experimenting with textures and media

• Domestika
• 3 hours 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Creative Inspirations: Ed Emberley, Children's Book Illustrator

23 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

At 80 years young, children's book author and illustrator Ed Emberley is pushing ahead. Meet his team as he works on his newest iPad app with other artists.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available