Fatima Ordinola (she/her)

Hello! My name is Fatima Ordinola and I’m a peruvian illustrator and graphic designer based in Cambridge, UK. From a very young age I was interested in drawing and painting with different materials and techniques. With my family support, I took every art workshop that I could with the goal to become a better artist and storyteller.

I love working with traditional materials such as chalk, pencils, ink, and collage. The MA has changed my life in different ways, it has helped me to discover and develop my voice as an artist and work through different projects at the same time. It has given me the opportunity to know my strengths and combine my passion for design and illustration into a picturebook.

Between my passionate work for illustration and my new lifestyle in Cambridge, I try to find time to explore different things like reading, sketching, cycling around town, watching movies, and enjoy the company of my friends and family. I believe that my style is a combination of all these activities that make me who I am today.

Website: www.fatimaordinola.com

Instagram: @fatima_ordinola

Email: fatima.ordinolag@gmail.com

Our Love

Fiction picturebook that explores the relationship between animals and nature. For this project, the materials I used were chalk pastels, pencils, ink, and digital collage. In 2023, it got shortlisted for the Batsford Prize in the UK, and for the Hamburger Bilderbuchpreis in Germany. In 2024, it will be at Bologna Children's Book Fair selected by dPictus for 'The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase'.

Look

A Christmas fiction picturebook that explores love through a winter city full of surprises.

Jump / Boom!

A concertina book where animals sounds and movements fills every page. It’s a book to open, fold, unfold, play, and discover. For this project, the technique was screen printing.