Feel wonder more often
I’m a fan of rocks. When I was little, my grandparents had a piece of old rock with seashell fossils captured in time. That always fascinated me. It had a nice smell of old wet dirt (you might crinkle your nose at this, but for me it smelled like exploring and...
I have been blogging, but I didn’t know it
It’s been about 1 year since I last updated my website. I realised that the way I was presenting my portfolio was not the easiest to read for potential clients. So, I analysed other illustrator portfolios and got to this formula here that I feel shows my work in...
Oh, the places you’ll go! written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss
Why should you read it? You should read this if you want to inspire your child with a balanced look on life, generally. The book will make them see that life is mostly good and sometimes life is hard. It teaches kids that good things will happen and if they use their...
The Wonderful Grove – Case Study
This project was a challenge for me. I had to tell a story in a clear visual way, without using any words on it. Not relying on written words to depict settings, to express time passing or things happening was a requirement from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair...
Learning about silent books
In children’s literature, silent books are wordless books, visual narrations that give readers new ways of reading, through images. Children learn to observe and discover the details that build up the “big picture” and use their own narrative voice to make...
Lucy and Aslan – Case Study
If I were to describe this project, I would say it was like the journey of an excited, but scared snail. It began as a personal challenge to create more children’s book like illustrations and therefore to upgrade my illustration style, but then it also evolved into...THANKS FOR BEING HERE
Here I’m posting things that inspired me the past month, thoughts on my illustration work, style & composition decisions and picture books I loved. Hope you’ll enjoy these articles as much as I did when writing them and that you find them useful.