Ep49: Eva Amores, Author & Designer

Today my guest is Eva Amores, an Author & Designer. Along the way, we refer to a few visuals, so you might like to explore the links in the show notes so you can view the designs as you listen. In this episode, in the atmosphere of a busy outdoor cafe, we ask the question: Have you ever had a bad week? We find out about Eva’s background and enthusiasm for arts and design and working in various professional roles. We chat about design processes and how they can be used to answer a question or to serve a function or purpose. We also talk about Eva’s junior fiction book series Worse Week Ever, the humorous story of an ordinary boy forced to engage and deal with a series of extraordinary, unexpected, and sometimes unpleasant events. Through the various challenges creatively explored in the books, the main character is supported and encouraged by his social connections to keep going, which, in turn, strengthens his resilience. The book series, a positive and creative response developed during the global pandemic, is a creative collaboration with co-author, illustrator, and Eva’s husband Matt Cosgrove. We explore Eva and Matt’s design and writing approaches and how they often use real-life experiences as a starting point for storytelling. These ideas are then suitably exaggerated and amplified. Eva explains how using a comic art format, combining illustrations and text within strategically paced storylines, helps to engage audiences and encourage reluctant readers. Links: A few pages from Worst Week Ever: https://www.instagram.com/p/CoOydeeLc0w/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Eva’s links: https://www.instagram.com/eva.amores/ https://twitter.com/evajanetamores https://www.tiktok.com/@eva.amores https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7iqZ9tt77aWSnjGGFU7Xaw/videos https://linktr.ee/evaamores?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=07a4ccef-d56a-47da-89a5-0e803ccbb4cd Transcript: https://pastebin.com/Lg4Pmg4X