By Kristjana S. Williams
How did you get started in illustration? I was one of those kids who was always drawing at a young age. Art was just in my blood. But in Iceland, I didn’t see it as a profession. Graduating from art school was not the thing you did. So, I studied electronics and was desperately trying to be creative with that, but my math was terrible, so there wasn’t much of a future there. I realized that in the end, I’d go to art school. I did the foundation year part-time, over a couple of years, for graphic design and attended Central Saint Martins (CSM) in London. There, you can take classes in graphic design, advertising or illustration. CSM was really good in that way. They were very open. It was all about the thought process.