THE ART OF ILLUSTRATING: Conceptions and creative processes by Marilda Castanha and Anna Cunha for illustrated books
Illustration; Illustrated Book; Creative process.
Illustration as an expression, exercising its purpose of communicating visually, follows a specific way of process and creation. And because this mode is constituted from an interpretation, it reveals marks of subjectivity of what is perceived and felt by those who illustrate. Considering that this interpretation starts from a verbal text, its appropriation by the illustrator is impregnated with experiences, memories and knowledge, in which the subject transforms, adds and translates one language into another. In this work, we investigate how illustrations for illustrated books are conceived, based on another author's text, having as research object the illustrative work of Marilda Castanha and Anna Cunha, and their respective works, Bárbara and Agora Pode Chover. A research developed based on a qualitative approach, with an exploratory character, involving a bibliographical research, mainly regarding illustration and illustrated books; and a semi-structured interview with the illustrators, regarding their conceptions and creation processes. Finally, in-depth analyses, we present the creative journey carried out in the works and what were the challenges in the interpretation and translation for the conception of the illustrations from the text of another writer.