Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate
Where do ideas come from?
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: Where do ideas come from?
Overview
“Whether the project begins with an briefing , a literary text, or an idea from your head, there are certain questions you should ask about a character. In this lesson I will use the phrase “a boy and his imaginary friend” to create two characters. I will explain to you what are the questions you should ask yourself to bring your character to life.”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: Where do ideas come from?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate. Learn how to tell stories and convey emotions through children's illustration with your iPad.
Partial transcription of the video
“WHERE ARE IDEAS BORN? An illustration project can start in different ways, whether you are working with an agency and they send you a briefing, whether you are working with a publisher and send you a text of a novel or an article or whether it all comes from your ideas for a personal project. This time I will work on a personal project, then I will start from a trigger phrase. The phrase I chose was "A boy and his imaginary friend." No matter what kind of project I'm working on, I always try to ask myself the same questions about what I'm doing. These questions if it is a personal project I...”
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Course summary for: Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration
Jimena S. Sarquiz
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz
Jimena S. Sarquiz is a freelance illustrator specializing in the illustration of books for children and young people. During her career, she has had the opportunity to illustrate books for different publishers in Mexico, the United States, and Europe, as well as different magazines from Editorial Televisa (Mexico). In 2010, she illustrated her first children's book. Since then, she has illustrated ten more, mostly for publishers in Mexico.
Jimena is an active participant in comic events and design fairs, where she sells her illustrations. Her work can be found on social media under the name Monitos Bonitos.
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