Editorial Illustration: Workshop with Emma Roulette

27.09, Friday

18:00 – 20:00

Credo Bonum Gallery

Language: English

Emma Roulette, best known for her illustrations for The New Yorker magazine, is coming to Sofia for a workshop about editorial Illustration.

Emma Roulette is an illustrator and comic artist from Florida, USA, and now lives in Barcelona, Spain. She studied Spanish and entomology at the University of Florida and has worked in various labs studying bees, wasps, spiders, moths, and butterflies. Her background in biology and scientific illustration is evident in her work which is full of biogeographical details. Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Washington Post, as well as advertising campaigns for Chobani yogurt and Away luggage. She is currently working on her first graphic novel.

❋ The Process of Editorial Illustration

We will explore real-life editorial illustration scenarios, focusing on the brainstorming and idea-generation steps of the process. Each student will receive a brief and, using the techniques discussed earlier in the workshop, will create 4 thumbnail idea drafts for their specific brief.

❋ Who can participate:

• Teens/adults with some or lots of drawing experience, designers, entrepreneurs of visual self-expression, all curious and lovers of bold and well-crafted stories in drawings, and an interest in professional editorial illustration. 

❋ The workshop is free, but to participate, fill out the registration form here

❋ What should you prepare?

• Materials: Paper (a4 and a5 sheets), pencils, pens, markers, colored pencils. Students can bring their own drawing materials if they want.

The workshop is a part of the project The Sofianer.  

The imaginary magazine The Sofianer as a tribute to the cult covers of The New Yorker magazine. The project aims to celebrate our love for Sofia, to show its bizarre, funny or absurd sides, to give a poetic or unexpected look at the present day, to reveal our dreams for the future and to initiate a public debate about what city we (want to) live in. The initiative is realized by the Credo Bonum Foundation and Multi Kulti Collective. The project is realized with the financial support of the US Embassy in Bulgaria and  Mastercard.