Issue 20 - In Conversation with .. 9!

Can you elaborate on your perspective
on humor in your illustrations? How do
you incorporate humor, and what do
you hope to convey to the viewers
through it?
Hard question! Thinking about humour in my
illustrations is hard because I think my sense of
humour is absurd. However, I don’t know if this
humour is in my art. Sometimes, I think it is,
always using little details and thinking how this
could be accurate for viewers.
How does your heritage or cultural
background influence your work as an
illustrator? Are there any particular
themes or elements from your heritage
that you incorporate into your
illustrations?
In some way my cultural background influences
me, even if I don’t consider it as a reference.
Everything surrounding my life so far has been
an influence on me, even on my academic
choices, like having started a career outside of
art. The context where I grew up delayed my
choice to study illustration, but in the end, I was
able to do it. The nature of things has allowed
me to keep my eye, find beauty and even be
inspired by the ugly things of a social context.
However, that’s not usually the main focus of my
art.
Recently, I made an illustration about the town
where I grew up, and I had to stop and think
about all the places where I have enjoyed and
cried; the people who surrounded me and
everything, it gave me a new perspective about
my place as an artist here.
Interview by Marcel Schlutt
Follow Andrea at @ancrioca
www.behance.net/ancrioca
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