About the illustrator Nadia Ronquillo
Ever since I could remember I was always drawing and painting, it was in a way my fun hobby. And thanks to a very supportive family I could pursue this “hobby” for years, taking after-school drawing classes, traditional oil, acrylics, painting, watercolors. I wanted to try everything and learn and my family was again, so supportive and encouraging.
Then years later in college, while majoring in graphic design and audiovisual production, I realized there were people making a living out of illustration and I wanted to give it a try and find a way of making illustration and visual development my full-time job, slowly but steadily I’ve been lucky to collaborate on great projects and also start to develop some of mine.
I live in sunny Guayaquil, one of the main cities of Ecuador, a very warm and charming city with a nice view of the river and a lovely boardwalk, perfect for Sunday morning or afternoon walks. I think this is why I tend to prefer warm and bright color palettes.
If I manage to make a kid smile then mission accomplished, there’s no better feeling than that.
I love nature and animals and one of my favorite places in the world is the Galapagos Islands and I have always wanted to be involved in a project where I could tackle my two favorite subjects and working with Nicholas on Not a Drop in the Ocean allowed me to indulge them both.
To view some of Nadia’s other illustrations and her website, click here: https://www.nadiaronquilloart.com/childrens-book-illustrator/
If you want to get in touch with Nadia for a book project. Write to: nadiaronquilloart@gmail.com