Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration

Inspire young minds by learning how to create magical illustrations for children’s publications with digital tools

• Introduction
• Draw With Your Head
• Drawing With Your Hands
• Digital Drawing
• Final Steps
• Final project

The process of creating fictional worlds for young readers to enjoy has two main aspects: the creative illustration phase and the editorial layout stage. Opening the imagination of children is what inspires illustrator Jimena Sarquiz to create eye-catching artwork for books and magazines. Her clients range from magazines to publishing houses, including Edebé, Edelvives, and Capstone Publishing.

In this course, she walks you through the entire process of creating magical illustrations for children’s editorial publications. Discover how to bring your images to life with a vibrant color palette, and how to position them in a layout ready for publishing. Send a meaningful message to young curious minds with words and images.

This is Jimena’s second course at Domestika. If you want to learn more about how to further develop your character illustrations, take a look at her previous course Creating Characters for Children’s Stories with Procreate.

• About Me
• Influences
• Children’s Illustration 101
• I Have a Job for You
• Things You Need to Know
• Illustration as a Second Language
• Prepping Your Workfile
• Thumbnails Are Key
• Sketching for Clients
• Some Notes on Color
• Working with a Limited Color Palette
• Adding Color to Black and White Images
• Adding Texture with Halftones
• Sending Work to Clients
• Let’s Talk Portfolios
• Children’s Publications: Editorial Design and Illustration