The book The Fish that Fled the Story with text by Maria João Freitas contains a sad story, but lucky enough, it is not over. Can we make it have a happy ending? This is a book to raise awareness about the consequences of overfishing and highlight more sustainable practices. 

At the start of any project, I like to do research and find out more about the subject. This was no exception. At some point, I needed to go out on fieldwork to see the beach and the sea, but we went into a Pandemic State of Emergency, so I had to conjure up as best I could all the memories, some more recent and others from childhood, of summers spent by the sea, sometimes with family and sometimes with friends. I realised that I had a suitcase full of these memories. 
This project offered me an excellent space for artistic exploration, mixing digital media with traditional techniques. I expanded the narration of the text, creating a village from scratch, managing to create all the illustrations in coherence with this space materialised in them.


2021
Os peixes que fugiram da história

Published by
Pato Lógico

Text by
Maria João Freitas

Graphic Design by
Pato Lógico


Translations
Complex Chinese
(2023, Les Gouttes Press)
Polish


City
Lisbon


Awards 
2025 Selected
BRAW Amazing Bookshelf - Sustainability, 17 goals for a better future. Bologna Ragazzi Awards. Bologna Children’s Book Fair

2023 Selected
Nami Island Illustration Exhibition. 



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