Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration

About Me

A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator

Illustrator. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2020
100% positive reviews (51)
2,067 students
Audio: English
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About the video: About Me

Overview

“Hi there! I want to start by introducing myself. Most people know me by my social media name, Monitos Bonitos. I have been working as an illustrator for the past fifteen years. Let me tell you about how I got my start. ”

In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration. Inspire young minds by learning how to create magical illustrations for children’s publications with digital tools.

Partial transcription of the video

“ About Me Hi, I'm Jimena Sánchez Sarquis, and I'm a children's book illustrator. For the longest time, it never occurred to me that I could be working in children's illustration. When I was young, I was obsessed with animation and comic books and video games. I really wanted to work in one of those fields. The problem was that when I was young, there weren't really any options for where to study animation in Mexico, and I could barely afford to go to college, so studying something abroad was completely out of the question. I ended up studying visual communication in the National School of ...”

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Course summary for: Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (51)
  • 2067 students
  • 5 units
  • 15 lessons (1h 35m)
  • 5 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Procreate
  • Areas

    Character Design, Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration

Jimena S. Sarquiz

Jimena S. Sarquiz
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz

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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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Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration. Illustration course by Jimena S. Sarquiz

Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration

A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz
Illustrator. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2020
  • 100% positive reviews (51)
  • 2,067 students