Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration
Thumbnails Are Key
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: Thumbnails Are Key
Overview
“In this lesson, I want to show you how I make rough sketches, also known as thumbnails, for a project. I will also explain why they are such an essential step in the creative process of most illustrators. ”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: Thumbnails Are Key, 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
“ Thumbnails Are Key I'm going to start my sketching process by thumbnailing some options for what my final image could be. A thumbnail is a very rough sketch where we try to lay out the basic information about the things that are going to be a part of our illustration. Since I'm going to be working on my full canvas, I'm going to zoom out of my image, and that way, I can still work on my image and keep it in a very small size. Thumbnails are meant to show us information about the general look of our composition, so that means that you want to get down where you'll put the things that you w...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration
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Character Design, Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Digital Drawing, Digital 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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