Get To Know | April dela Noche Milne
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The artists talks The Blue Road and her busy illustration practice
This article originally appeared on the Emily Carr University Alumni Association's . It is a part of an ongoing interview series called Get To Know. Written by S谩ra Mol膷an.
April dela Noche Milne (BFA 2014) is an illustrator who鈥檚 work has been featured in Briarpatch Magazine, Ricepaper Magazine, and EVENT Magazine. April illustrated The Imperfect Garden, a children鈥檚 book written by Melissa Assaly, released July 2019 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, and was one of the contributors to the Cloudscape comics anthology The Witching Hours (2019). Most recently April illustrated the graphic novel The Blue Road: a fable of migration, with text by Wayde Compton and released by Arsenal Pulp Press in October, 2019. To see more of April鈥檚 work, you can follow as well as visit .
WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT IS YOUR ART PRACTICE?
My name is April dela Noche Milne and I鈥檓 an illustrator specializing in children鈥檚 books and comics.
WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT IN YOUR PRACTICE RIGHT NOW?
I illustrated a graphic novel, The Blue Road: a Fable of Migration, written by Wayde Compton, and it was released just last month by Arsenal Pulp Press.
WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AT EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY?
I currently work as the International Exchange Advisor.
WHAT'S THE MOST USEFUL PIECE OF CAREER ADVICE YOU'VE RECEIVED AS A PRACTICING ARTIST/DESIGNER?
Do your art for yourself.
HOW HAS YOUR PRACTICE EVOLVED SINCE GRADUATING?
In one sense I鈥檝e become more comfortable within my practice since graduating; I felt very unsure while I was in school. And I think that comfort came once I learned to be okay with the fact that I鈥檒l (hopefully) always be playing and learning, and that settling into my voice will take many years. I had to learn not just to be okay with how much I don鈥檛 know, but to enjoy and embrace it. It鈥檚 a lifelong process.
WERE THERE ANY PROFESSORS OR CLASSES THAT INFLUENCED YOU?
I had many wonderful instructors while I went to 麻豆视频! The first ones that come to mind are , , , , , just to name a few.
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