• Idoia draws inspiration from history, caricatures and stories of the past
• She has practised and studied drawing and design since childhood
• In 2023, she represented Spain at the Guadalajara Book Fair

Since childhood, drawing has been Idoia Iribertegui’s way of escaping and expressing herself. She was always the student who, instead of taking notes, would sketch what was being explained. "I have a much stronger visual memory than a textual one," she says. She studied fine arts in Salamanca, specialising in graphic design. Later, Idoia completed a postgraduate degree in advertising creativity in Barcelona and trained in illustration and picture books in England. "I am constantly learning, attending fairs, conferences and talks," she says. Idoia's strengths lie in character design, creating atmosphere, visual storytelling from a text, and experimenting with traditional materials. She works with watercolours, Indian ink and pencil. What she loves most about being an illustrator is the ability to experience different lives through the stories she illustrates.