Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration
Sketching for Clients
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: Sketching for Clients
Overview
“Follow along while I make my final sketch for the project! I will also give you some advice on how to present sketches to clients. ”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: Sketching for Clients, 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
“ Sketching for Clients While I start on my sketch, I'm going to go over a few things that you should keep in mind when turning in your work to clients. I'm going to be using my thumbnail as a rough sketch, and I'm going to paint over it and add more information until I have a sketch I'd be comfortable showing to a client. The first thing I'm going to do is lower the opacity on this rough layer so I can paint over it. I'm still using my Pencil brush, and I'm going to try and choose another color. This is something that I always do. It helps me tell the difference between the layer that I'm ...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration
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Category
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Areas
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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