Emila at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2013
I received the formal invitation to join the Illustrators Corner in January and I was happy to accept the offer because it includes a free panel in the illustrators corner, 10 hotel nights and a flight to Abu Dhabi and back.
And now here I am in Abu Dhabi, writing this posting in my room. I am here since 22nd April and will leave Abu Dhabi on 1st May. Two more days to go.
Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) has considerably grown throughout the past 5 years and has positioned itself as the gateway to the Arab book market with 300 million potential readers. It continues to offer a professional platform to conduct business with regional partners in the publishing industry. Three years ago, ADIBF successfully introduces the Illustrators Corner where visual content is presented to publishers and the general public. It is now a vibrant area with international attendance and sparkling creativity.
Last year, Illustrators Corner hosted 25 artists from the Arab world as well as Korea, France and Switzerland. This year it includes illustrators from Malaysia, Catalonia, Switzerland, Germany, Dubai, Syria, Egypt, Peru as well as local illustrators.
I am having a great time here entertaining questions from budding illustrators who dropped by to seek more information on how to become an illustrator. Apart from that I got visited by publishers and writers from Bahrain, France, India, Pakistan and many more who are interested in my works. It is a great experience as this is my first time being involved in something that I can relate to.
Here are some pictures from my booth.
This is Saied. He likes to draw anime. He bought each of my women series postcards because he, too, likes to draw women. We have something in common there. He said, “I love sketching women, it’s quite easy unlike sketching men.”
This is Aisha. She’s eleven. She likes my postcards and asked whether she can have a piece of everything on display. I said yes and she happily picked her postcards.
This is Mahra Salem. She is an art student at Zayed University. She bought my stuff 🙂 I am so happy that my merchandise items are sell-able there.
They come to see me draw. From left Sara, Fatma and Fatma. Fatma is a popular name here. I met another Fatma after that, who is the cousin of the very right Fatma.
Will post more soon. Take care.
Much love,
Emila, Abu Dhabi 29/4/2013, 7am
25 Comments
Unsunghero
Salam…tahniah Emila. rezeki anda melimpah di Abu Dhabi 🙂 Moga terus sukses
lily riani
Wow! Kak Emi… congrats! I might need your help lak lepas ni (serious tau)
Mariuca
chop
Mariuca
Hah? 2 days left? So fast LOL! Feels like you just left yesterday ha ha! 🙂
Mariuca
I can see you’re having a ball and hope you are maximizing the hotel room and yummy food, have fun! 🙂
LadyJava
Ems.. glad you are enjoying your stay there.. lama tu 10days…. so how your talk on Saturday?? Surely awesome kan? lots of QnA?
Niza
Congratulations!
I hope there will be plenty more opportunities for you to showcase your work.
emila
Salam, terima kasih UH. Alhamdulillah.
emila
Thanks, dear. Help apa? Lemme know nanti ok.
emila
Hehe 2 days left. Huhu…
emila
Yummy food during breakfast hehe
emila
Ooo the presentation hehehhe. I showed a running presentation je. Q and A ok, tak ada masalah nak jawab. Alhamdulillah everything went smooth.
emila
Thank you, Niza! I hope so too.
Nessa
Emila, you surely are making your mark and I’m truly happy for you. Mula2 kat Bologna, Italy (kalau tak silap)… then Frankfurt, now Abu Dhabi… eh, where to next?
I saw ‘My Mother’s Kitchen’ book on display that day. Is it available already?
Insyirah
Yay! your coming back soon!
(right?)
Insyirah
I saw your Instagrams (at the right) and Abu Dhabi is beautiful! 😀
cikcloudy
drawing women lagi senang? ye ke?
Hamdan
Tahniah Kak Emila. Bukan mudah nak dapat peluang keemasan camni… 🙂
emila
Thank you, Hamdan. Alhamdulillah, ini hasil networking di Frankfurt tahun lepas.
Robyn Mitchell
Wow, must be so amazing to attend this book fair! I’m sure it must have been an invaluable experience! I had no idea there was one in Abu Dhabi! One day I’ll make a plan to get there!!!
Robyn Mitchell
P.S. It seems like you live such a charmed, awesome life – travelling and illustrating! What’s your secret?!! 🙂
emila
You should! I really love their idea of having the illustrator’s corner. Perhaps you can write to them about being an invited illustrator? They will sponsor you everything except of course for the pocket money.
emila
I dunno. Maybe it’s my luck? Doing things that I love…
Hazural
Orang Abu Dhabi pun suka dgn karya kak em… ini kan lagi org Malaysia 😀
Yukino Hinata
i’ve known this event of you back then, but didn’t have the chance to drop a comment yet. congratulations kak emi for exhibiting your artworks in abu dhabi. (Y)