Julia Galotta
hen illustrator Julia Galotta was deciding what career to pursue, she knew she wanted to do something creative. “At first I thought I’d explore animation, but I was more drawn to illustration.” Julia got into the highly competitive, about Inuktut sounds and syllabics, and has another on the way. She’s also illustrated for outlets such as and . Julia’s graphic for this issue’s Cottage Q&A (p. 33) depicts frogs mysteriously disappearing from a cottager’s pond. “I sketched about 10 rough illustrations,” says Julia. “I felt like I nailed it pretty early on though. You never know. Sometimes your first idea is also the best one.”