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Two years ago, I met Pablo Ientile<\/a> as he was working his way across Asia for his book. Now, 2 years later and with lots of stories under his belt, he’s running an Indiegogo campaign<\/a> where you’ll be able to support his first ever production of the book that brings all of his experiences together \u2013 all bounded in a beautiful comic book.<\/p>\n With just 42 hours left to the clock<\/strong> on the Indiegogo campaign, this is your last chance to be a part of his first print run \u2013 the\u00a0campaign is already a success, and as of this point in time has surpassed the\u00a0\u20ac6,577 needed for him to kickstart things!<\/p>\n I did a little interview with Pablo to find out more about the process that lead up to the campaign:<\/p>\n Thank you Amy, my name is Pablo Ientile, I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and I live and work in Berlin right now. I always wanted to make a big project with illustrations and I came up with an\u00a0idea to combine it with another two of my favorites activities: traveling and meeting\u00a0people. In the\u00a0end, with all the ideas combined, I traveled to Asia for 6 months and met a lot of artist along the way, including you, Amy!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u00a0needed someone to\u00a0tell the story so I had to be the main character, but I didn’t want it to be a human being \u2013 so I decided I will be a bear and that’s how he became the main character. The words are all me though!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I struggled a lot before buying the first flight ticket to Kuala Lumpur, just because I was scared of\u00a0the idea that\u00a0spontaneously meeting artists along the way would never work out. But some of the artists I contacted before I left confirmed their participation and that made me feel more comfortable to give it a go.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I met a lot of creative people, from many different fields and I featured around 40 artists in the book plus many creative meetings with young artists. It was a great decision to meet other artists along the way, it gave me a lot of inspiration and new ideas for the future. I hope I could inspire them too with my ideas.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n My first plan was to show my friends in Europe how Asia looks like but at the end I was surprised at how many other people were interested in my experiences too\u00a0as I went along the way. I felt I was showing Asians how Asia looks like and that made me feel very happy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I had saved up for a\u00a0long time with the idea of making a big project one day, although at the time I didn’t know what that would be!\u00a0I kept myself confident that it would be an unique project. I also started my first crowd funding campaign and the amount I’ve received from that represented only a small part of what I’ve spent, but it helped to get the travel done and helped me with my struggle along the way. The trust from the funders was very important to me and gave me confidence I needed for the project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A lot! When I came back I was already thinking about future trips, so I thought I will never be able to keep myself still,\u00a0but after 3 months I started to plan the book so I kept myself busy creating it. I also had a lot of new freelance jobs because the project gave me some exposure\u00a0as an artist too. Now I can safely say I’m really happy with the result of this project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n First of all I scanned all the drawings I had. Then I tried to figure it out how the composition would be. At first I started doing a journal-like design, mixing pictures and drawings about my days in Japan \u2013 the first country I visited, but it didn’t \u00a0look like a professional book. I kept trying new things and I found out that a comic could be a good method for telling the story of my travels, but I had no idea how to make a comic! So\u00a0after 6 months of trying, I\u00a0finally\u00a0had the first chapter ready and I started to send it to publishers, but with\u00a0no results. So I asked\u00a0myself: \u201cdo you want to continue with the rest of the story without having a publisher?\u201d and I said \u201cyes!\u201d. Two years later I’m answering this interview for\u00a0the crowd funding campaign of\u00a0my first comic book!<\/p>\n I recommend to all new writers and illustrators that if you believe in an idea\u00a0you should fight for it! So don’t give up too early, you can still learn a lot in the process. And never forget to have fun at work, you live only once.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The most amazing thing that happened to me in Asia was my\u00a0experience with food! I wholeheartedly believe\u00a0that everyone\u00a0should travel to Asia at least once and try as much\u00a0food as they can \u2013 for me it’s a big enough\u00a0reason to go back.<\/p>\n Thanks so much Pablo!<\/p>\n You can support Pablo’s Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign here<\/a>! (Hurry, there’s not much time left!)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Congratulations on your Indiegogo campaign Pablo! I’m really thrilled to have you with us to talk about your process from the beginning to where you are right now with raising money for your comic book. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and the project?<\/span><\/h3>\n
How did you get the idea to come up with having yourself as the main character in your comic book?<\/span><\/h3>\n
What was the scariest part about starting your project?<\/span><\/h3>\n
How many artists did you meet on your journey, and how did you get to know them\/approach them about your idea?<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nWhat were the few most important lessons that you’ve learnt throughout the 6 months journey for your book?<\/span><\/h3>\n
How did you manage to save up enough money to travel? Did you have any help, or sponsorship throughout the journey?<\/span><\/h3>\n
How has your life changed after your journey through Asia for your book?<\/span><\/h3>\n
What did you do after your trip? How did you put your dreams of turning your experience into a book a reality?<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nWhat is your advice for aspiring artists who look up to you as a role model?<\/span><\/h3>\n
Lastly, tell us something random about your trip! (any funny details or happenings, or even tips for traveling in Asia perhaps?)<\/span><\/h3>\n