Building a Portfolio for a Career in Children’s Illustration
About Me
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“Before we get started, I'd like you to know me better. I've been working as a freelance illustrator since 2006. I want to share with you how I came to love children's books and how it became my dream job. ”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Building a Portfolio for a Career in Children’s Illustration. Kick-start your career as a children's book illustrator by building a powerful portfolio that captures the attention of publishers.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi, I'm Jimena, and I'm an illustrator of children's books. Illustrated books have always been an important part of my life. When I was a kid, I lived for animation, video games, and comics, except when I was at school. When I was at school, I was this weird kid who always got into trouble with teachers for not paying attention. I had a hard time making friends, so that meant that I ended up spending a lot of my childhood hiding in the school library. I wasn't a bookworm, far from it. In fact, I had dyslexia and attention deficit disorder, so I gravitated to this small collection...”
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Course summary for: Building a Portfolio for a Career in Children’s Illustration
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Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Narrative, Portfolio Development, Sketching, 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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