Building a Portfolio for a Career in Children’s Illustration
Let’s Read a Book
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: Let’s Read a Book
Overview
“The first step to illustrating a book is, of course, reading the text. In this lesson, I will explain what I’m looking for when reading a story. Then, I will show you how I break a story down into a list of things that could make a good illustration. ”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: Let’s Read a Book, 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
“ Let's Read a Book I'll be illustrating Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows." It's the story of a mole who decides to leave his boring life in his borough and starts a new life living by the river. He moves in with a river rat and makes a lot of friends with whom they have various adventures. Among these friends is Mr. Toad, who's an eccentric heir that doesn't know how to spend his money and he's always going from one fad to the other, getting the other characters in trouble. I chose this book because I love drawing animals. I've been doing it in my personal work for a long time, b...”
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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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