A Home For The Ladybird – Children's Book Illustration
Mar Serra
‘A Home for the Ladybirds’ is a narrative about belonging, displacement and family told through the eyes of a Portuguese child in the late ‘70s.
The book draws its inspiration from the bedtime stories my grandmother used to share with me. These stories revolved around a young girl and her affection for ladybirds. It was only later that I discovered that these stories were about the experiences of my mother and grandmother in 1970s Lisbon, Portugal.
The illustrations in the book feature a warm and muted color palette, evoking the feeling of cherished memories or vintage film photographs, transporting readers to the era in which the story is set.
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Posted Oct 28, 2024
Illustration, Editorial Design, Character Design, Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
