So this was one of my first scenes ever, that I ever drew as an illustrator of children’s books, and this is where I apply my conceptual background. Basically here it says: “Open your eyes and see, this is emergence of Celia Cruz, as a singer, as an artist.” No one knows who she is. This is her introduction to the rest of us, to the world. And obviously in real life it happened on a stage. But who wants to see her emerging on a stage? It’s kind of boring, right? So, why not emerging out of these beautiful tropics of Cuba? So I see her emerging out of this, like this goddess that comes out, from the forest and the jungle.
