Name: Francesca D’Ottavi Country: Job: Illustrator / Painter Url: http://www.francescadottavi.com About: Freelance Illustrator since 1991. MacIntosh user since 1995. I was born when the first man left his first footprint on the Moon. Few years later I left my first mark on a piece of paper. Finding out that it coud be a profession was the next step. Then Mac arrived and it was a little bit like starting from zero again. Today I love to use modern techniques searching for pictorial effect, and vice versa. I am curious about any kind of illustration genres accepting any kind of challenge because my fun is all in the searching of composition, the sign, color, the right technique and to finding what the publisher is looking for. Using an oxymoron, I feel like a “modern traditional illustrator”. Get Inspired by: I am inspired by everything that has vibrant colours and strong tints, arts ,music, cinema, nature. I love extremes, and the people who have a huge sense of humor.