Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers

Moving the project

A course by maria_ramos , Illustrator and Author of Children’s Books

Illustrator and Author of Children’s Books. Madrid, Spain.
Joined June 2009
100% positive reviews (79)
1,261 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Moving the project

Overview

“In this lesson I will talk to you about how to move the project and I will give you some tips that have helped me when presenting it to a publisher.”

In this video lesson maria_ramos addresses the topic: Moving the project, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers. Experiment with illustration and learn how to tell children's stories through images.

Partial transcription of the video

“Promoting the project HOW SCARY! A WITCH! AH NO, IT'S MY DOLL MIMI Now I'll show you how the project looks and I'll give you some tips so you can promote yours. This is my finished work. As you see, I used the blue spiral binder. Normally, books have a spine, it's important in bookshops for when they're not on display, to be seen on shelves, but we're talking about a proposal. We're not simulating a finished book, but presenting it in a nice way to a potential publisher or someone interested in the project. I changed the final graphics, it's not graphite, which I could use, but as I want th...”

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Course summary for: Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (79)
  • 1261 students
  • 4 units
  • 13 lessons (1h 25m)
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    Illustration
  • Areas

    Children's Illustration, Collage, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Traditional illustration

maria_ramos

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Illustrator and Author of Children’s Books

María Ramos is an illustrator who specializes in all types of children's literature from picturebooks to comics. Her work has been published by companies like Fulgencio Pimentel, Mamut Cómic, and Biscoto, and some of her books have been translated in other countries like Italy, China, and France.

She has also collaborated with clients such as Milan Press, Revista Kiwi, and Wrap Magazine. María Ramos loves the art of storytelling through drawings and aims to create books that are fun, exciting, and at the same time thought-provoking.


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Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers. Illustration course by maria_ramos

Creating Picturebooks for Young Readers

A course by maria_ramos
Illustrator and Author of Children’s Books. Madrid, Spain.
Joined June 2009
  • 100% positive reviews (79)
  • 1,261 students