The project turned three personal objects into an illustrated narrative, developed for Illustration Contexts and Practices. From these objects I explored grief and ancestry, setting the story in Japan — where part of my family comes from — as the…
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CAMOUFLAGE
CAMOUFLAGE is part of a research project exploring how vivipary in plants, particularly the facultative type, can be metaphorically associated with phenomena such as affective computing, which continues to expand significantly in the field of Human–Computer Interaction.
Não Pedi Para ser adulto
Developed for Illustration Contexts and Practices, this project created an illustrated narrative from an everyday object, transforming it and exploring its narrative and symbolic potential.
Comida e memória familiar: Um arquivo auto-narrativo em construção em forma de livro ilustrado
Since the dawn of civilization, sharing a meal has always been more than a mere necessity — it is a social act that brings people together, whether family, friends or strangers.
Hoje cortei o cabelo
Starting from an exercise in introspection about everything that surrounds us in the space outside and inside the body, Hoje Cortei o Cabelo is a book-hug.
En la ventana
“En la ventana” is an illustrated book that invites the reader to observe the world from inside, through the eyes of someone looking out of the window.
Our own world
In the Contexts and Practices of Illustration curricular unit, we were asked to start from the choice of two contrasting elements: one of erudite origin and the other of popular origin.
Espera
“Espera” is an illustrated book developed in the Contexts and Practices of Illustration curricular unit, under the supervision of Professor Rui Vitorino. The publication grows out of the imagination and the choice of three objects of great personal importance —…
Ao sopro da terra
(Because of the personal nature of this project, the synopsis was written in the first person) Developed from the selection of three objects representing three different people — my grandfather, my mother and myself —, Ao Sopro da Terra grows…
Saint John
Leonor Aguiar “São João” (Saint John popular festivity) narrative sequence, developed for CPI in 2022, under Prof. Rui Vitorino Santos and Prof. Júlio Dolbeth. For the Contexts and Practices of Illustration (CPI) course’s first assignment, students are prompted to create a mood board, followed by a 5–7 image-based narrative sequence by reflecting on issues related… Continue reading Saint John