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Instagram: @constanza.illustrates 1. What's your story? Where are you from?I'm from Chile, but have been living in Australia for the last 7 years! 
2. Tell us about your aesthetic.My aesthetic is very feminine, I love drawing women and florals, and experimenting with different colour palettes and patterns. 3. What is your favourite medium and why?My main medium is digital, I use Procreate for all of my work because it's easy to use and quick and this allows me to experiment more without having to worry about messing up, but I definitely want to try to get better at painting. 4. What is your artistic process like?I like to look at pictures on Pinterest a lot, specially vintage fashion photography and if I see one I really like I base my drawing on that picture and then change it up by adding different colours and patterns to it. But if I'm doing a commission, I look up pictures that have a specific pose that I'm looking for or an aesthetic that I want to base my work around. 5. Who and/or what inspires your work?I get a lot of inspiration from fashion, but also from nature, specially the colour palettes that I use and patterns. I also find a lot of inspiration from artists like Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin. 6. What role does art play in your life? How does it change the way you view the world?I think I pay much more attention to the small details, when I go for walks I love looking at all the plants and flowers and the different colors, or even if I go shopping I like to take a look at the patterns to get some inspiration. 
7. Where did you study?I did a Bachelor in Business in Chile but I never felt 100% happy with it, and when I came to Australia I decided to do a short course in Graphic Design at Shillington in Brisbane. I loved the course and I thought I wanted to be a graphic designer but then I discovered illustration and I loved it, and I didn't even know I could make a career out of it! 8. Where do you see yourself in five years?Hopefully doing more editorial jobs, I illustrated a book which will be coming up next year, and I would love to do more big projects like those. 9. What about in ten?I see myself working more in surface pattern designs more and who knows, maybe children's books? haha 10. What do you hope to achieve with your art?I just want to make people happy when they see my art and also inspire other people to make art. 
11. Now, tell us a little more about you as a person: what is your favourite food?That's a hard one! One of my favourite foods is a dish called Pastel de Choclo, which is a traditional dish from Chile and is like a corn pie with beef and onion and some other ingredients, and it's delicious! I also love fried rice haha 12. Favourite book?I'm not much of a reader although I try to make an effort to read more, but I love the book The Alchemist from Paulo Coelho. 13. Favourite genre of music?I don't have a favourite, it really depends on my mood, I love alternative rock, but also I listen to Blues a lot when I'm working or something relaxing. 14. What are your hobbies?Besides drawing, I love watching good documentaries on Netflix and going for walks along the beach. 15. If you weren't an artist, what would you be?I would probably be a graphic designer or something related with fashion. 
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