Travel Journal: Illustrate Your Reality
About Me
A course by Powerpaola , Plastic Artist, Cartoonist, and Illustrator
Joined December 2019
Joined December 2019
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to tell you a little about my journey and why travel is a recurring theme in my work and a trigger to explore everything around me. ”
In this video lesson Powerpaola addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Travel Journal: Illustrate Your Reality. Capture the moment by combining drawing and storytelling to create an unforgettable travel journal.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction Hi, my name is Paola. I'm known as Powerpaola. I studied Fine Art. I'm an illustrator and a cartoonist. My work usually consists of narrating daily life. I work with autobiography and autofiction. I like themes like feminism, immigration, social issues, and above all, cities. I was born in Quito, Ecuador. I'm the daughter of a family of Colombian immigrants. I grew up surrounded by books, especially about religion and art. My mother collects popular and Latin American art. So I'm influenced by that, a mix of paganism of deep-rooted drawings of different Latin American cultures ...”
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Course summary for: Travel Journal: Illustrate Your Reality
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration, Writing
Powerpaola
A course by Powerpaola
Powerpaola is a renowned plastic artist, cartoonist, and illustrator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her sketchbooks are part of a collection at the Luis Ángel Arango library in Bogotá, and her drawings and paintings can be viewed at the IDLB gallery in Buenos Aires. She has also published over eight books and exhibited her work in several countries.
Additionally, she was artistic director of the animated feature Virus Tropical, based on her eponymous graphic novel. She produced more than 5000 cartoons for the film over a total of 5 years.
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