Brightness Magazine No 19 Published! Digital Journal of Illustration

Paul Garland was born in Somerset, England. Studied at Somerset College of Arts & Technology, Epsom School of Art and Plymouth University and currently works from his studio in the North of England.

As a visual story teller, he creates intensely colourful, conceptual illustrations using metaphors to convey often quite complex stories for clients worldwide.

His work has been recognised by the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, 3x3, Luerzers Ar-chive, Society of Illustrators of LA, the Association of Illustrators and the World Illustration Awards amongst others.

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I was born in Turin in 1994, from a mother who is an art restorer and a father who is a decorator, so I have been immersed in an artistic environment since childhood. These circumstances have led me to become an illustrator and artist who graduated in the field of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Turin. Moved by the desire for adventure and a great need for novelties and new stimuli, after a few years of working in my hometown, in 2016 I left Italy and began to travel. I put my life in a backpack and left. When you travel, you are subject to continuous transformations, your personality is moulded by the experiences you have and the memories you make. You discover yourself by discovering different cultures… it’s a neverending “challenge” between you and the world. One of my nuances that emerged from exploring is my passion for cooking; I realized that in order to get in touch with a different culture, food is the main door. So, for fun, two years ago I started to illustrate the best recipes of every country that I had the opportunity to visit and to collect them in one of my notebooks, unconsciously, giving life to something that relates my two great passions: design and cooking. Here I am today, with my latest project “Melting”; a collection of works where the main character is food, taking it out of the conventional space, playing with textures and motions. All the illustrations are digitally painted using Procreate

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Anna Castagnoli is an Italian children’s book author, illustrator and critic. Born in Versailles, after a childhood spent across Europe and a bachelor degree in Philosophy, she discovered picture books, a fascinating universe that brought together her primary interests: art, literature and psychoanalysis. She is the author of several books including Il manuale dell’illustratore (Ed. Bibliografica), De gouden kooi (De Eenhoorn, 2014), La caja de los recuerdos (OQO, 2010). Her stories have been illustrated by artists such as Susanne Janssen, Gabriel Pacheco, Isabelle Arsenault, Carll Cneut, Gaia Stella. Her blog lefiguredeilibri.com is a reference point in Italy for picture-book lovers and illustrators. Anna teaches the history of illustration and the theory of perception in universities and institutions in Italy and Spain. She lives in Barcelona with her family.

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BIANCA POZZI

I’m an illustrator based in the south of beautiful Brazil. Unlike many artists, I didn’t draw when I was a kid. Of course, as a child, I loved to draw, but I drew less and less as I was growing up. It took me many years, only after closing a pastry business I had, to realize I wanted to do something art-related in my life.

I decided to go to university for the second time and I received a degree in fashion design. That’s when I learned about creative process, design and many other important subjects I apply to my art now. That’s also when I learned to use watercolours and realized I wanted to work in illustration. I started making hand-painted patterns for fabrics used in the fashion industry. After that I started turning my artwork into many other products, licensing it to stationery, wall art, fabric, greeting card companies and many more.

I still work with surface design, but nowadays I’m more focused on publishing, as books and picture books, in particular, are my greatest passions. I mainly work with traditional media, such as acrylics, gouache and pencil colours. As inspiration, I usually look for classics, not only illustration and picture books but also 2D animation, movies, fashion and art. Some people say to me they feel peace looking at my artwork, which makes me happy because I like to bring these nostalgic, childhood feelings through my art. I like to create a place where anything is possible, and where imagination is a big part of it. Website: www.biancapozzi.com.br

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