Interview Excerpt:

EH: Land of Mirrors felt somewhere between a memory and a dream. That feeling comes partly from the simplicity of the line art and the flatness of the shapes—the lack of details gives these illustrations a half-remembered quality. You also use that sparse linework to play with the rules of perspective and reality. What drew you to this style?

Medem: I’m very interested in provoking that sort of feeling in my work—a bit of disorientation. Not much, just a bit. I studied fine arts in Sevilla, which is a very traditional university, so when I started making comics and illustrations, I just did the opposite of what they had taught me: no shading, avoiding colors such as sienna, sap green, et cetera, and using bright colors instead. It wasn’t a conscious path, though. Now I can see what led me to drawing this way, but at that time, I just felt that comics were a territory where I could play and draw how I wanted, with nobody judging me.

Published 2022. Full interview here.