In 1995 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and decided to work as an artist. Tan studied Fine Arts, English Literature and History at the University of Western Australia. He spent his childhood illustrating stories and drawing robots and dinosaurs. Shaun Tan was born and raised in Western Australia. To choose someone whose work has spoken to me in all aspects of picture-book making: storytelling, technique, format approach, theme, characters and creative process. Illustrators such as Jean de Brunhoff, Maurice Sendak, Sir John Tenniel, Beatrix Potter, Suzy Lee, Roger Mello, Alexandre Rampazo, Renato Moriconi, and many others contributed to this puzzle in construction, in constant change and discovery, that is my own style.įor this difficult task of choosing a single illustrator to talk about, I decided to use the inspiration criteria as a whole. Many artists have influenced me in different stages of my life and career. I believe that we all are touched by art throughout our lives, but as artists, this contributes to constants and changes in our own perspectives and work. To tell us about an illustrator who has inspired her. Alison Padley-Woods invites children's writer and illustrator, Tita Berredo,
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