I'm Eva! An illustrator with a lot of heart for pretty pictures, books, music & people.
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I've always loved picture books:
Richard Scarry, Lauren Child, Mary Blair, Shirley Barber, Dr Seuss, & Quentin Blake!
I could never get over the feeling of the stories being so real. The illustrations were living, breathing worlds to me. Anything could happen. I could do anything, be anything, overcome anything!
It then occurred to me that's the beauty & influence of illustration. Not only pretty drawings on a page (which they still are...) but a way to encourage, instil identity & bring pure wonder to a developing mind.
I want to harness this feeling of colourful imagination & endless possibility in my own work. So the reader, kids & adults alike, can experience this same inspiration.
I've worked closely with primary children for the past 2 1/2 years & have seen firsthand the impact of emotional support through visual storytelling.
I won't go on about the significance of visual communication and its effects on the emotional development of kids. But think of this: we all remember our favourite picture book or movie from when we were kids & how it made us feel.
My aim in my illustration career is to be intentional in the message I'm bringing. I want to my work to speak colour, life & hope into every little reader that may come across my work.
"Because when you read a book as a child, it becomes part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does..."
Kathleen Kelly - You've Got Mail (1998)"Because when you read a book as a child, it becomes part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does..."
(I aspire to be this woman in so many ways)
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