Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate
The final sketch
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: The final sketch
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to sketch my final illustration. I'll take the sketch of my interacting characters and add the missing background. I'll show you how to use the drawing guide tool to add a perspective grid to help you position the elements of your scene. ”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: The final sketch, 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
“THE FINAL SKETCH Now that I have this sketch of my two characters, I will use them to make a simple illustration. When I do a children's book project, I usually include something that is a color swatch of the finishes that I will use for the rest of the book to be clear both with the client and with me, what color palette will I use, what finishes I will use throughout my book. To start this illustration i will take the sketch i made and this layer I will put Copy. I will go out to the gallery and create a new canvas. In this case, I will use this default canvas that I have already created,...”
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Course summary for: Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate
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Category
Illustration -
Software
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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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