Erro, imperfeição e arte: processos criativos em ilustração de Marilda Castanha e Anna Cunha.

Abstract

This article is the results of academic research whose main objective was to understand and present the creative process in illustration of two recognized and award-winning illustrators from Minas Gerais: Marilda Castanha and Anna Cunha. The research, now completed, adopted a qualitative, exploratory approach. In addition to the bibliographical research that supported the reflection on illustration and the illustrated book, we visited the studios and work environments of Marilda Castanha and Anna Cunha and recorded semi-structured interviews with the illustrators in order to learn about their conceptions and creation processes, in particular when they work from texts by other writers. In this article, we briefly present the stages of the illustrative process of both and confirm the extreme importance of the role played by illustrators in the works in which they participate, as they complement and transform the original texts, going beyond the interpretation or mere translation of the verbal text.