GENIE ESPINOSA Tell us a bit about your post-secondary education and your journey to obtain your two technical degrees revolving around design. What prompted you to attend school for design and illustration? It was just something I needed to do. I realized, quite late, I could at least try to study something related to arts because everyone [had] told me there was no future in it. Before that, I was studying economics (age 16 -18) and [that’s] when I realized I needed to at least try it. Since I didn’t make any art in high school I thought trying to enter to University would have been difficult for me. I thought that starting with the technical degrees would kick me a bit faster into that world. I thought Graphic Design will get me close to illustration so that’s why I started there.
What do you think was the most beneficial take away from it? Oh! It certainly complements illustration a lot ... I can manage spaces, weights, and it also turned me into a font freak so I can add bits here and there. Graphic design is super fun and complementary to illustration; it helps me set the space and the voids of the paper. It still fills my hear with joy! hehehe
