Nodes of Design#41: Creative Illustration by Camila Nogueira

Camila Nogueira is a Freelance illustrator and graphic designer from Proto. She studied Communication Design at Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto. She worked as a freelancer developing several illustrations and graphic design projects -especially known for her cityscapes. She also made album covers for famous music bands like Dxydream & Jalowo. 

Camila describes herself as "Using pastel tones and playing with delicate light, shadow, and elegant lines, who seek graceful solutions at a multidisciplinary level." 

In this episode, Camila shares her insights on creative illustration and how to approach a unique storytelling perspective using your illustrations; along with these, she also shared her process of showing the heritage of towns and places and how she captures that in a unique perspective, In the latter part we discussed on building a unique style as an artist and mature your style with different ways of practice. 

Takeaways: Storytelling via illustrations. How to mature your style as an artist and build a unique perspective.  

Tales from Designers around the world - https://medium.com/design-warp 

Camila Nogueira Work - https://camilaillustration.pt

Camila Nogueira  recommends books.

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles - Steven Pressfield

Figure drawing for all it's worth -Andrew Loomis

Drawing the head & hands - Andrew Loomis

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