About me
I'm Laura, a children's book illustrator since 2019. I was born in the interior of Santa Catarina but today I live in Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul. I graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from UFFS Erechim and then had the privilege of embracing the arts. Creating is what keeps us alive, as is art. On this path I chose, I have already illustrated more than one hundred children's books and written one, guess what... About feeling! And today, more than ever, I see the need for culture and diversity in relation to writing and art.
Some clients included: Oxford University Press, One Billion Children, Montoro and Associates Editorial, Inverso Editora, Texugo Editora, Adventuresome Words, M&G Publishing, Catavento Books, Acolá Editora, Franco Editora.
Currently, I am proudly represented by Amy Milligan at Illo Agency.
My Process
Briefing
This step consists of a lot of dialog with the client to understand how he/she is imagining the proposal, thus creating a briefing. I always say that working on a book requires cooperation, that's why everything needs to be taken into account.
Research
On the second step a lot of research happens from what was discussed with the client, piecing together all the main ideas he/she had - sometimes even specific character features - and with that, looking for references to create our sketches and our ideas.
Sketching
Here I organize and format all the sketches to deliver the client a complete file so he/she can see how the end result is going to look like, this way we can analyze and organize in the best way, together.
Coloring and touch-up
Finally, we decide the color palette and start to paint the illustrations following what we agreed. Here is also when the final touches are added to the formatting and organization of the file for printing.
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