Web:

www.estrellabascunan.com/

 

Bio:

Estrella Bascuñán Alonso, illustrator born in 1989 in Valéncia, (Spain) 

Devoting much time to draw since young age ,in 2008 begins the career of Fine Arts at the Universidad Politecnica in Valencia, but is in 2010 , when she decided to specializes in the ambit of illustration , inspired by her visit to the Bologna Children's Book Fair , during her Erasmus Grant in this city of Italy , and it's where she also participates with one of her works, for first time in a foreign country, in the art section, of the well known event "TEDx" at Bologna . After graduating in 2012 and participating in numerous group exhibitions in Valencia, in 2013 she did a Professional Illustration Master at "Escuela de Arte y Tecnología de Valencia", combining it with other work , such as flashcards illustrator for an Academy of Languages in Valencia, and collaborating in various exhibitions and artistic events like the illustration meeting "Imagenpalabra" at Bogota , Colombia , when her work was selected to the Illustration exhibition , as well participating in many auto-edition markets , and in different publications for the Valencia Professional Association of Illustrators. 

Estrella usually use the digital technic with Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustration. In her work often represents scenes and spaces that charge a meaning through human presence , a look that unites them. Emphasizing emotional aspects or messages that she try to transmit , and creating a partnership between the real and the fantastic things, that is characterized by reasons related to the nature and sensations. 
Currently, she lives and works in Valéncia centering in the field of editorial illustration, especially in children and young illustration for picture book, but also she starts to feel interested in press illustration. 
She recently participated in numerous publications and exhibitions of APIV (Professional Association of Illustrators from Valéncia), and she's currently in the process of promoting his latest picture book: "Divya and the Flower's Island", a picture book for children between six and ten years old, about adventures and fantasy. 

"My aspiration is to draw, and always contribute, through it, the best of myself"