IRENE LOAL
Irene Loal is an illustrator born in Murcia, Spain. She graduated in Fine Arts and shortly after completed a Postgraduate degree in Illustration for Children’s and Youth Publications at the Eina school in Barcelona. She works as a freelance illustrator for clients and companies around the world, creating illustrations for various media and products such as web pages, educational materials, marketing, and clothing.
However, her true passion lies in illustrating children’s books. Irene has illustrated her first book, “I Command in Me,” co-written with Sophia Almagro and published by Excellence Editorial in November 2023. She loves creating charming atmospheres and characters, filled with magic, tenderness, and fantasy. Through illustration, she has found a way to express herself creatively through her “creatures,” which are, in their own way, little alter egos of herself.
RAQUEL BONITA
Raquel is an illustrator from the north of Spain but now she is based in Copenhagen. Her books are being published in Spain, France and United Kingdom and her illustrations have been selected in some different international exhibitions.
This 2021 she has been selected as winner of the 55o international illustrator’s exhibition of the Bologna Children’s book fair. In 2018 she won the special mention in the Golden Pinwheel Young illustrators Competition of the Shanghai International Children’s book fair in China
In 2020 she was selected as finalist for the Bibf international illustration exhibition in Beijing. During 2018 as well, her work was finalist in the illustration exhibition of the 11th international illustration meeting of S. João da Madeira in Portugal and shortlisted in the Nami Concours of the Nami island international Children’s book festival in South Korea. In 2018 and 2019 for the exhibition of illustration for the Sharjah Children’s reading festival in United Arab emirates and in 2015 and 2017 for the exhibition of illustration Santiago ilustrado in Chile.
UNPUBLISHED PROJECTS
