Building a Portfolio for a Career in Children’s Illustration
From My Sketchbook to My iPad
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: From My Sketchbook to My iPad
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show how I transfer my drawings from my sketchbook to my iPad to color them. ”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: From My Sketchbook to My iPad, 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
“ From My Sketchbook to My iPad I finished my storyboard, now I'll transfer the images to my iPad so I can continue working. I'll take pictures of all the images on my storyboard. They have to be in focus and have enough light so that I can properly see the image. I like to look for a natural source of light and place my sketchbook at an angle so I can take better pictures without casting a shadow on myself. When I have all the photos I need on my iPad, I'm ready to start working in Procreate. To get the size of my illustrations, I measured a book of similar size and shape to the one I want...”
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Course summary for: Building a Portfolio for a Career in Children’s Illustration
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Category
Illustration, Marketing & Business -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
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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