Building a Portfolio for a Career in Children’s Illustration
Influences
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I'll show you some artists who inspire my work as a children's book illustrator in this lesson.”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: Influences , 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
“ Influences I can remember perfectly the first book that I ever read. I remember because it was a book assignment from our teacher where she wanted us to read a novel. She brought this box of novels and most of them were these 19th-century classics that had very boring editions with no images and very small print. I ran away from those choices and tried to grab the only book that had an illustrated cover. This book was "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl with illustrations by Quentin Blake. I remember having so much fun reading this book, mainly because it was a perfect combi...”
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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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