{
  "id": 4504792,
  "title": "Colombian Illustrator Daniel Lievano Turns Everyday Ideas Into Award-Winning Visual Language",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/colombian-illustrator-daniel-lievano-turns-everyday-ideas-into-award",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-30T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Colombia One",
    "slug": "colombia-one",
    "url": "https://colombiaone.com/2026/08/30/colombian-illustrator-daniel-lievano/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Colombian illustrator Daniel Lievano discusses his visual language and international recognition in an interview with ColombiaOne. His background in advertising and graphic design at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogota shaped his unique approach, which combines metaphors, symbols, associations, and words. Lievano's work earned him a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators of New York. He left his studies three years after graduation and began creating comics, eventually gaining traction on social media. Lievano's interest in etymology began in a high school class taught by an American teacher, James Hain, who taught him about suffixes, lexemes, prefixes, and roots from Greek, Latin, and Arabic languages. His book Gravity, which won a gold medal in 2020, was born out of curiosity and explores themes like time, gravity, and memory. Lievano prefers entering contests in the United States and the United Kingdom, considering them the strongest markets in his field. Despite the challenges of freelancing, he has gained international recognition and work from outlets like The Lancet and The Boston Globe. He is currently working on his next book, which explores the \"identity of lines.\"",
  "summary": "Colombian illustrator Daniel Lievano tells ColombiaOne how his background in advertising and graphic design shaped an impactful visual language that combines metaphors, symbols, associations, and words. His work has earned him international recognition, including a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators of New York. Lievano studied at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogota, where […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}