Blanca Gómez’s illustrations are endearing in their naivety, having a child-like feel to them that is well intended. Based in Madrid, Spain Gómez started drawing when she was just a kid.
“When I was little I would draw all day long like many kids do and my parents enrolled me in a painting academy,” she shared with Grain Edit. “I would always say that I wanted to be a painter, but as I grew older I didn’t see it as a feasible option and the idea faded.”
“It was in Milan that I became interested in graphic design. I remember attending an eye-opening exhibition of Milton Glaser’s work and somehow finally figuring out what I should do. When I returned to Madrid I enrolled in evening classes at a design school while I wrapped up my publicity studies. I was in classes all day until 11 P.M. and it was very exhausting but well worth it in the end.”
“One month after finishing college and my design coursework I began working for a small graphic design studio that was mainly dedicated to the production of business literature. That is where I learned to work in a very rigorous and precise manner.”
Now represented by Writer House for book projects in the US, Gómez’s illustrations are her bread and butter.
But when asked about her inspiration she has a hard time pinpointing it. “To be sincere, I’m not too certain what inspires me,” she said. “I suppose that everything that surrounds me and everything that I like inspires me inevitably. I’m a huge collector of objects and books. Picasso said something along the lines of it being best for inspiration to find you working, I happen to think that’s good way to put it.”
Check out some of her work in the gallery below.
