Building a Portfolio for a Career in Children’s Illustration

Overview

“Here you'll learn how to plan your book illustrations with the help of a storyboard. I will explain how I use this storyboard to ensure that my illustrations have a rhythm as a group. ”

In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: Storyboarding 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

“When you're making an illustration, there's a list that you're following. It's not like a written checklist where you're ticking off boxes, but it is a bunch of pots that are coming to your head, whether you're aware of it or not. The list includes things like composition, the characters, the background, the lighting, the color. You're thinking about all of these things, whether it's at the beginning of the illustrations or as you go along. Sometimes when you're starting your sketch, you will maybe leave something blank and say, Oh, I'll fix this later or something that. you couldn't draw e...”

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Course summary for: Building a Portfolio for a Career in Children’s Illustration

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (110)
• 4747 students
• 5 units
• 15 lessons (1h 46m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Illustration, Marketing & Business

• Software

  Procreate

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Narrative, Portfolio Development, Sketching, Traditional illustration