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A black and white comic strip consisting of three vertical panels against a black background. The panels show a simple line drawing of a spiral shape that evolves into a burst of motion and stars.
A black and white comic strip consisting of three vertical panels against a black background. The panels show a simple line drawing of a spiral shape that evolves into a burst of motion and stars.

Marvellous monochrome drawings from Miguel Angel Valdivia

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Date
18 April 2016

Using heavy black backgrounds and considered line-work, Miguel Angel Valdivia’s work is smart in its execution and brave in its layouts. Within a single image Miguel often uses multiple frames, which come together to create a disorientating but clear narrative. As well as working as an illustrator, Mexico-born Miguel is also a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art. When he’s not dong either of those things, he’s at the helm of beautiful drawing zine Le Petit Neant, which is soon to launch its third issue.

A black and white comic strip featuring four panels of minimalist line drawings. The panels depict abstract shapes, flowing lines and small stars against a stark black background.
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Miguel Angel Valdivia: Idiomas III

Right

Miguel Angel Valdivia: It’s Peaceful Now

A black and white illustration of a diagram. Three blank white rectangles are connected by thin lines, leading down to a series of white, undulating vertical columns.
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Miguel Angel Valdivia: It’s Peaceful Now

A black and white illustration of a large, bold letter “n”. A coiled, ribbon-like shape wraps around the top of the letter, trailing off to the right.
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Left

Miguel Angel Valdivia

A black and white illustration of a surreal scene. A rainbow descends from a window into a dark rectangle, where it transforms into a white, finger-like shape.
A black and white illustration of a person in a cap, seen in profile against a black background. Three lines extend from their face and connect to a white speech bubble.
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Miguel Angel Valdivia

A black and white illustration of a person standing before a large black rectangle. A white line extends from the person’s mouth, weaving through a series of white oval shapes like a circuit board.
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Miguel Angel Valdivia

A black and white illustration of a figure partially obscured by a large, dark geometric shape. One leg and a foot in a shoe extend upwards, while another foot rests on a flat plane below.
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Miguel Angel Valdivia

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Emily Gosling

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Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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