Introduction

The texts that make up this project are personal reflections, which do not intend to imply that there is a correct way of doing things. Nothing could be further from my intention. They are ideas that I arrive at from my personal tastes, my experiences and my desire to create my own style. They are not meant to sound dogmatic or pretentious. These are reflections that may or may not be shared, and mostly, I suppose, are wrong. I don't think there's a way to illustrate or approach the creation of an image. A large part of these reflections are very obvious, but it is a way of ordering them in my head, specifying my tastes and trying to build my own discourse to be consistent when making a new illustration. I share the project, being aware of how fragile and intimate it is, because it is a journey I have taken. I write it in the first person, so there's no doubt it's personal. I'm sharing it in case there's anything in it that can help someone in a similar situation of creative crisis, whether it's to start a similar path of inner questions or to make the wise decision to turn off the screen from which I see this, go outside, and live a happy and fulfilling life.

If you keep reading from here, you're worse off than you think. I wish you heartfelt encouragement. Remember that you are not alone.

But I've reached a point where I still have a lot of shortcomings. There are many parts of the picture that I completely ignore and begin to understand that they are more important than I think.

Where to place an item? How to reinforce sensations? What makes an image work? And most importantly, how do you communicate an idea with illustration?

These are questions I ask myself every time I set out to create an image. The amount of time I can spend testing without control or direction until something seems nice or acceptable to me is an inexhaustible waste of time and a sign of a lack of judgment and method. It's a tonic in my life.

I'm aware that things happen in an image that I don't understand.

I think that's the principle that is necessary to start this travelogue on the search for answers. Questions and more questions.