Building a Portfolio for a Career in Children’s Illustration
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Kick-start your career as a children’s book illustrator by building a powerful portfolio that captures the attention of publishers
Children’s illustration gives you the opportunity to connect directly with young minds who are just developing a taste and love for literature. Illustrator Jimena S. Sarquiz has illustrated numerous children’s books for publishing houses including Edebé, Pearson, and Capstone Publishing. She also shares her work online under the name Monitos Bonitos.
In this course, she teaches you how to develop a powerful portfolio of children’s book illustrations. Create a chapter book project from scratch and discover how to grab the attention of agents and publishers with Jimena as your guide. Draw your way to a job as a children’s book illustrator.
Begin the course by getting to know illustrator Jimena. She talks through the creative career that has led her to illustrate for publishers in Mexico and beyond, along with the influences that inspire the work she creates.
Get an introduction to the world of children’s literature and the different audiences and ages you can illustrate for. Jimena then shares her advice on how to choose a book for your project, as well as the advantages of writing your own.
Read your chosen book in preparation for your illustration and take notes on the story and descriptions. Then use your descriptions to create a list of illustrations before sketching the characters for your book. Move onto the plot and create a storyboard to ensure your illustrations complement each other.
Transfer your sketches onto your digital device and continue developing them using the tools of Procreate. Jimena shares her tips for working with multiple images and keeping a consistent aesthetic across your work. Then experiment with hue, contrast, saturation, and more to add color to your drawings and bring your illustrations to life.
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