Online Portfolio for Children’s Book Illustrators
Making a Physical Portfolio
A course by Marissa Valdez , Children's Book Author and Illustrator
Joined February 2021
Joined February 2021
About the video: Making a Physical Portfolio
Overview
“You will see an alternative option: creating your very own physical portfolio to take to conferences. ”
In this video lesson Marissa Valdez addresses the topic: Making a Physical Portfolio, which is part of the Domestika online course: Online Portfolio for Children’s Book Illustrators. Learn the fundamentals of children’s book illustration to create a playful portfolio ready to share with editors and art directors.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Making a Physical Portfolio In the last lesson, I showed you how to format your online portfolio. In this lesson, I'll talk to you about the benefits of having a physical children's illustration portfolio. It's great to have your online portfolio because it's easy to use and share, and many art directors and editors will expect you to have an online portfolio and website, but it's wonderful to be able to create your own physical children's illustration portfolio. A great benefit of a physical portfolio is that you have a memento. You have something from your past that you can look back to...”
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Course summary for: Online Portfolio for Children’s Book Illustrators
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Editorial Design, Management & Productivity, Narrative, Picturebook, Portfolio Development, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Marissa Valdez
A course by Marissa Valdez
Marissa is a children’s book author and illustrator based in Houston, Texas. Drawing and illustration have always been present in Marissa’s life, which led her to study animation at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. After her studies, she went on to work as a preschool teacher, an art teacher, and a graphic designer. She later discovered children's illustration and decided to pursue her newfound passion as a career
She has since worked with publishers such as Hachette, Penguin Random House, and Macmillan. Marissa illustrated books like Ambitious Girl, which was on The New York Times bestseller list, as well as the books Hedgehogs Don’t Wear Underwear and Esme’s Birthday Conga Line.
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